WA People
BILL · 1991–92 SESSION

HB 1559: Higher ed faculty salaries

Requiring that faculty at the state's regional universities, state college, and community colleges be paid salaries at least equivalent to K-12 teachers.

Summary

  • The Legislature intends to ensure that higher education faculty are paid at least as much as K-12 teachers with equivalent education and experience.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1559), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 1, 1991
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Brian Ebersole (D-29)
Introduced
February 1, 1991 in the House
Last action
January 13, 1992

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Brian Ebersole (D-29)

30 co-sponsors (21 Democrats, 9 Republicans)

Harriet Spanel D-40Robert Basich D-19Eugene Prince R-9Ken Jacobsen D-46Helen Sommers D-36Richard King D-38Moyne Riley D-19Roy Ferguson R-48Jeffrey Holland R-47Shirley Winsley R-28Paul Zellinsky D-23Steve Van Luven R-48Val Ogden D-49Georgette Valle D-34David Cooper D-18Margaret Rayburn D-15Arthur Wang D-27Dennis Dellwo D-3Jean Silver R-5John Moyer R-6Rose Bowman R-20Lorraine Hine D-33John O'Brien D-37Karen Fraser D-22Senator D-35Judith Roland D-31George Orr D-4Jeannette Wood R-21Curtis Ludwig D-8Richard Nelson D-32

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

HB 1559 in other sessions

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