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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving student access to dual credit programs."
description: "Improving student access to dual credit programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1273"
citation: "Washington HB 1273 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de038cc0-2462-4677-85f1-fb0a52146620"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1273&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "fe31c275730b33dbb52ecfbf102c82cbdf3d796b059b976855ebde6b8cfe3e0c"
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 HB 1273 (2025-2026) — Improving student access to dual credit programs.
## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1273.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1273-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1273-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1273-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Paul — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-17** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-24** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 104, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de038cc0-2462-4677-85f1-fb0a52146620`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).