WA HB 1540

enacted

Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1540 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1540 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 1540 about?

WA HB 1540 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1540?

Timmons is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1540, joined by 15 cosponsors.

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

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-23
First reading, referred to Appropriations.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-29
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-10
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-10
APP - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-10
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-10
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-13
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-02-18
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-20
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-20
Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-02-21
First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-13
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-13
HEWD - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-13
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-03-14
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-03-24
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2025-03-24
WM - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-26
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-02
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-04-08
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-08
Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-04-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-14
President signed.
passage
2025-04-16
Delivered to Governor.
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2025-04-21
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-21
Chapter 92, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-21
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1)
2025-02-20 · pass · 62-33
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- 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: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: other
- Ley: no
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: other
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14)
2025-04-08 · pass · 45-4
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- 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: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: yes
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1540&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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