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Bill Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges. Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges. us/states/wa Washington Legislature 2025-2026 HB 1556 Washington HB 1556 (2025-2026)
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Washington HB 1556 (2025-2026) — Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
  2. Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Entenman — primary (person)
  • Davis — cosponsor (person)
  • Hill — cosponsor (person)
  • Kloba — cosponsor (person)
  • Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
  • Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
  • Pollet — cosponsor (person)
  • Reed — cosponsor (person)
  • Simmons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2025-01-23 First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. reading-1
  • 2025-02-04 Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
  • 2025-02-11 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
  • 2025-02-11 PEW - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-13 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-04 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
  • 2025-03-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
  • 2025-03-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
  • 2025-03-07 First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. reading-1
  • 2025-03-13 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
  • 2025-03-13 HEWD - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-14 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  • 2025-03-26 Placed on second reading consent calendar. reading-2
  • 2025-04-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
  • 2025-04-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
  • 2025-04-04 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2025-04-07 President signed. passage
  • 2025-04-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2025-04-11 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2025-04-11 Chapter 42, 2025 Laws. became-law
  • 2025-04-11 Effective date 7/27/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4e402de-cc5e-4331-a91f-51969728fce2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).