WA SB 5542

died on adjournment

Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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: —
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — Senate Rules "X" file.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-28
First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-06
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-10
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-10
HEWD - Majority; do pass.
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2025-02-11
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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2025-03-06
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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2025-03-06
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
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2025-03-08
First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-26
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-26
PEW - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-28
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-04-27
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-12
Senate Rules "X" file.

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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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5542&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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