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type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the undocumented student support loan program."
description: "Creating the undocumented student support loan program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6561"
citation: "Washington SB 6561 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE", "OFFICE", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "IMMIGRATION", "IMMIGRANTS", "AND IMMIGRATION STATUS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c39dd9a3-83ed-4eac-84d7-dc636d20fa8e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6561&year=2019"
source_hash: "0e6db4ca862ea48208e747ff1834d4e33026d22edd09acb55003421b942acd9a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington SB 6561 (2019-2020) — Creating the undocumented student support loan program.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6561.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6561-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6561-S.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **37–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **82–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **34–14** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Liias — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-22** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** CWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by College & Workforce Development.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 326, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 7/1/2021. `became-law`
- **2020-01-30T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c39dd9a3-83ed-4eac-84d7-dc636d20fa8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).