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BILL · 1997–98 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESSB 6717

SB 6717: Joint center for higher ed

Providing for the transfer of the Spokane Riverpoint campus to Washington State University and eliminating the joint center for higher education.

Summary

  • Washington State University, through the operation of its Spokane branch campus, is responsible for providing upper-division and graduate higher education programs in Spokane. Eastern Washington University is no longer collocated in Cheney and Spokane.

From the Substitute Senate Bill Report (SSB 6717), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
  1. IntroducedJan 29, 1998
  2. Out of committee
  3. Passed SenateFeb 17, 1998
  4. Passed Housestopped here
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
James West (R-6)
Introduced
January 29, 1998 in the Senate
Last action
March 12, 1998
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 6717, ESSB 6717

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: James West (R-6)

2 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Eugene Prince R-9Patricia Hale R-8

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

February 17, 1998
Version voted on: ESSB 6717
28 Yea 21 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused
PartyYeaNayAbsentExcused
Democrat22100
Republican26000
How each member voted
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History

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SB 6717 in other sessions

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