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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning financial aid grants for incarcerated students."
description: "Concerning financial aid grants for incarcerated students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5953"
citation: "Washington SB 5953 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2b863f6-3647-4c9d-93e4-e77ed4388061"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5953&year=2023"
source_hash: "babe9a8324180307aa182cbdce4198b5874aac5925ba024876893257771daf78"
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 5953 (2023-2024) — Concerning financial aid grants for incarcerated students.
## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5953.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5953-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5953-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#36) — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#36) — **79–17** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-10** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-21** PEW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 272, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2b863f6-3647-4c9d-93e4-e77ed4388061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).