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WA HB 1557

died on adjournment

Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1557 pass?

No. WA HB 1557 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-12): By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

What is WA HB 1557 about?

WA HB 1557 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1557?

Reed is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1557, joined by 26 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-12 — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Reedprimary
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Zahncosponsor
  • Petersoncosponsor
  • Goodmancosponsor
  • Klobacosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor
  • Gregersoncosponsor
  • Leavittcosponsor
  • Ryucosponsor
  • Duerrcosponsor
  • Lekanoffcosponsor
  • Ortiz-Selfcosponsor
  • Dogliocosponsor
  • Menacosponsor
  • Fossecosponsor
  • Bernbaumcosponsor
  • Obrascosponsor
  • Berrycosponsor
  • Macricosponsor
  • Walencosponsor
  • Ramelcosponsor
  • Streetcosponsor
  • Morgancosponsor
  • Scottcosponsor
  • Salahuddincosponsor
  • Bergquistcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-23

    First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.

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  2. 2025-02-05

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.

  3. 2025-02-11

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2025-02-18

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.

  5. 2025-02-18

    PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

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  6. 2025-02-18

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  7. 2025-02-18

    Minority; do not pass.

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  8. 2025-02-20

    Referred to Appropriations.

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  9. 2025-02-26

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  10. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1557&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:37:10.718715Z

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