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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship."
description: "Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5543"
citation: "Washington SB 5543 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boehnke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c13aaa8-891f-4fab-ba0c-e26064bdbc17"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5543&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "522f6c1ab7a0666f8f76bfa3315c0fa1b27cb2c656af1a31c1606f2a212fd90e"
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 5543 (2025-2026) — Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship.
## 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/Senate%20Bills/5543.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5543.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **89–5** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Boehnke — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-28** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-10** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-10** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-09** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-26** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Chapter 288, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-15** 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/5c13aaa8-891f-4fab-ba0c-e26064bdbc17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).