WA SB 5542
died on adjournmentExpanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did WA SB 5542 pass?
No. WA SB 5542 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): Senate Rules "X" file.
What is WA SB 5542 about?
WA SB 5542 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.”.
Who sponsors WA SB 5542?
Boehnke is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5542, joined by 5 cosponsors.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-01-12 — Senate Rules "X" file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Boehnkeprimary
- Valdezcosponsor
- Ramoscosponsor
- Noblescosponsor
- Hasegawacosponsor
- Slattercosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-12
Senate Rules "X" file.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2025-04-27
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
2025-03-28
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-26
PEW - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-26
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-08
First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-06
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-06
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-11
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-10
HEWD - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-10
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-06
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
2025-01-28
First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
reading-1,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8)
2025-03-06 · pass · 49-0
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: yes
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- 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: yes
- McCune: yes
- 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
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