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type: "Bill"
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title: "Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges."
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description: "Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 1556"
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citation: "Washington HB 1556 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Entenman"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-23"
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last_action: "2025-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4e402de-cc5e-4331-a91f-51969728fce2"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1556&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "92ba72c82734a2486b8e93f791c1bb3fae588af81d32f9d5273c886e3107960d"
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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 HB 1556 (2025-2026) — Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.
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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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1556.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1556.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Entenman — primary (person)
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- Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-11** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-13** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-11** Chapter 42, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-04-11** Effective date 7/27/2025. `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/e4e402de-cc5e-4331-a91f-51969728fce2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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