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type: "Bill"
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title: "Improving equitable access to postsecondary education."
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description: "Improving equitable access to postsecondary education."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "SB 6053"
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citation: "Washington SB 6053 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Holy"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89f0500b-f449-4592-b51d-0d6e77d1e089"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6053&year=2023"
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source_hash: "edfc0a77bd057d770dbb168de563ae8d30299c8e7fb2841e1672a12568112fb5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 6053 (2023-2024) — Improving equitable access to postsecondary education.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6053.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6053-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6053-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#37) — **85–11** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Holy — primary (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
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- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
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- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-01-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-01-17** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2024-01-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-01-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (HEWD 24). `substitution`
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- **2024-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-05** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-16** PEW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-16** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-28** Chapter 324, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-28** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89f0500b-f449-4592-b51d-0d6e77d1e089`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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