2017 Legislative Bill Tracking

Bill   # Sponsor Companion   Bill Title/Description Status
HB 1169 Orwall   Enacting the student opportunity, assistance, and relief act.

May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5074 Frockt   Aligning eligibility for the college bound scholarship program with the state need grant program. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1440 Stonier   Establishing a student loan bill of rights. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1978 Kilduff SB 5359 Requiring annual reporting on the implementation of laws to streamline licensing processes for military service members and their spouses. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1057 Orwall SB 5022 Providing information to students about education loans. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1238 Pollet   Creating new full-time tenure track positions at the state's four-year public institutions of higher education. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1433 Stambaugh SB 5592 Decoupling services and activities fees from tuition. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5684 Palumbo   Creating the higher education infrastructure investment program. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1840 Pollet SB 5666 Establishing the Washington promise program. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5316 Fortunato  
  Concerning the removal of provisions that are no longer necessary for continued publication in the Revised Code of Washington.

May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status

By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading
HB 1561 Frame   Concerning open educational resources. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5820 Wilson   Concerning financial aid at institutions of higher education. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5100 Bailey   Requiring live financial literacy seminars for students at institutions of higher education. May 4 - Governor signed. Chapter 177, 2017 Laws. Effective date 7/23/2017.
SB 5826 Hobbs   Concerning eligibility for veteran or national guard tuition waivers.

April 25 - Governor signed. Chapter 127, 2017 Laws. Effective date 7/23/2017.
HB 1052 Sawyer   Repealing the requirement that credentialing authorities suspend a person's occupational credential for nonpayment or default of certain student loans. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1107 Haler   Eliminating the term "branch" as an identifying factor for extensions of the public institutions of higher education. April 19 - Governor signed. Chapter 52, 2017 Laws. Effective date 7/23/2017.
HB 1115 Bergquist SB 5070 Concerning paraeducators. May 8 - Governor partially vetoed. Chapter 237, 2017 Laws. Effective date 7/23/2017.

HB 1129

 

 

 Haler SB 5069 Providing associate degree education to enhance education opportunities and public safety.

May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1130  Haler SB 5381 Making the customized training program permanent.

April 17 - Governor signed. Chapter 21, 2017 Laws. Effective date 6/30/2017.
HB 1168 Gregerson   Supporting student success at community and technical colleges by increasing full-time faculty. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5832 Wilson   Creating an academic bill of rights. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5731 Chase   Requiring acceptance of additional high school equivalency tests. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1237 Sells   Modifying collective bargaining law to authorize providing additional compensation to academic employees at community and technical colleges. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5677 Zeiger   Creating a leasehold excise tax exemption for certain leasehold interests in facilities owned or used by schools, colleges, or universities. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1282 Tarleton SB 5183 Concerning career and technical education funding. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1293 Ortiz-Self   Concerning witnessing a student's college bound scholarship pledge when efforts to obtain a parent's or guardian's signature are unsuccessful. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1304 Kilduff SB 5201 Concerning individuals receiving both employment and community access services.

May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 2037 Frame   Reauthorizing the work group concerned with removing obstacles for higher education students with disabilities. May 4 - Governor signed. Chapter 175, 2017 Laws. Effective date 7/23/2017.
HB 2009 Reeves   Providing higher education support for gold star families. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1375 Van Werven   Providing students at community and technical colleges with the costs of required course materials.

April 21 - Governor signed. Chapter 98, 2017 Laws. Effective date 7/23/2017.
HB 1379 Orwall   Implementing a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention and behavioral health in higher education. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1404 Tarleton SB 5285 Conducting a workforce study of employment opportunities in the agriculture, environment, and natural resources economic sectors intended to provide educators with the information needed for informing students about employment opportunities in the studied fields. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1425 Kilduff   Creating the Washington next generation educational savings account pilot program. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1437 Pollet   Adding a faculty member to the board of regents at the research universities. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1439 Pollet   Regulating the institutions of higher education, including for-profit institutions and private vocational schools, to protect students from unfair business practices. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1737 Volz SB 5525 Concerning veterans' mental health services at institutions of higher education. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1452 Holy SB 5361 Concerning the opportunity scholarship program. May 25 - Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4.
HB 1488 Hansen   Expanding higher education opportunities for certain students. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1499 Pollet   Creating protections and fairness for students in the student loan disbursement process. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1512 Bergquist   Expanding college bound scholarship eligibility. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5585 Ranker   Modifying the future teachers conditional scholarship and loan repayment program to increase the number of early elementary teachers. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5584 Baumgartner   Concerning college and university presidents. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status

HB 1733

 

 

 Springer SB 5640 Concerning technical college diploma programs. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1741 Slatter SB 5526 Concerning preparation data for use by the professional educator standards board. May 4 - Governor signed. Chapter 172, 2017 Laws. Effective date 7/23/2017.
HB 1768 Stambaugh   Concerning the Washington open educational resources pilot grant program at the state universities, regional universities, and The Evergreen State College. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1830 Hudgins   Creating the cybersecurity conditional loan program. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
HB 1861 Pollet SB 5631 Concerning the University of Washington's alternative process for awarding contracts. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5713 Palumbo   Creating the skilled worker outreach, recruitment, and key training program. May 5 - Governor signed. Chapter 225, 2017 Laws. Effective date 7/23/2017.
SB 5028 McCoy   Requiring teacher preparation programs to integrate Native American curriculum developed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction into existing Pacific Northwest history and government requirements. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status
SB 5064 Fain   Concerning freedom of expression rights of students at public schools and institutions of higher education. May 23 - By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status