WA HB 1486

enacted

Adding a student member to the state board for community and technical colleges.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1486 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1486 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-21. Latest recorded action (2025-04-21): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1486 about?

WA HB 1486 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Adding a student member to the state board for community and technical colleges.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1486?

Salahuddin is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1486, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-04-21 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-21
First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
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2025-02-12
Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-19
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-19
PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-19
Minority; do not pass.
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2025-02-21
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-10
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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2025-03-11
1st substitute bill substituted (PEW 25).
substitution
2025-03-11
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-03-11
Third reading, passed; yeas, 75; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 3.
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2025-03-13
First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
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2025-03-20
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-24
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-24
HEWD - Majority; do pass.
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2025-03-24
Minority; without recommendation.
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2025-03-26
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-07
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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2025-04-09
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-04-09
Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0.
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2025-04-11
Speaker signed.
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2025-04-14
President signed.
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2025-04-15
Delivered to Governor.
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2025-04-21
Governor signed.
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2025-04-21
Chapter 91, 2025 Laws.
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2025-04-21
Effective date 7/27/2025.
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Versions

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34)
2025-03-11 · pass · 75-20
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: other
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: other
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16)
2025-04-09 · pass · 39-10
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1486&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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