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WA HB 1587

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Encouraging local government partner promise scholarship programs within the opportunity scholarship program.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WA HB 1587 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1587 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1587 about?

WA HB 1587 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Encouraging local government partner promise scholarship programs within the opportunity scholarship program.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1587?

Bergquist is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1587, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-13 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Bergquistprimary
  • Salahuddincosponsor
  • Dogliocosponsor
  • Timmonscosponsor
  • Zahncosponsor
  • Nancecosponsor
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Reedcosponsor
  • Rudecosponsor
  • Reevescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-13

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-13

    Chapter 254, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-13

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-24

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-23

    President signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-22

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-19

    Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 5.

    passage

  8. 2025-04-19

    House concurred in Senate amendments.

  9. 2025-04-14

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-04-14

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-04-14

    Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  12. 2025-04-09

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  13. 2025-04-08

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  14. 2025-04-07

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  15. 2025-04-07

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  16. 2025-04-07

    WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Higher Education & Workforce Development.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-04-07

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  18. 2025-04-03

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  19. 2025-03-26

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-24

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-03-24

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  22. 2025-03-24

    HEWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-03-24

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.

  24. 2025-03-17

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.

  25. 2025-03-11

    First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  26. 2025-03-08

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    reading-3

  27. 2025-03-08

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  28. 2025-03-08

    2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25).

    substitution

  29. 2025-03-06

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  30. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-02-28

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  32. 2025-02-28

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  33. 2025-02-28

    APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  34. 2025-02-28

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  35. 2025-02-19

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.

  36. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  37. 2025-02-11

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  38. 2025-02-11

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

    substitution

  39. 2025-02-11

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

  40. 2025-02-05

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

  41. 2025-01-24

    First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6)

    2025-03-08 · pass · 58-38

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • 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: other
    • 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: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • 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: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25)

    2025-04-14 · pass · 33-16

    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: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: no
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • 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: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

  • Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19)

    2025-04-19 · pass · 57-36

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • 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: other
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • Morgan: yes
    • 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: other
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: other
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: other
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1587&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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