WA People
BILL · 1999–00 SESSION

HB 2809: Foster care scholarship

Creating a foster care scholarship program.

Summary

  • $ Creates the foster care scholarship program where eligible students can receive up to the cost of attending college minus tuition, for up to four years.
  • $ Students must be between 16 and 23 years old, and have been in foster care a minimum of six months since their 14 th birthday.

From the House Bill Report (HB 2809), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 20, 2000
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Ruth Kagi (D-32)
Introduced
January 20, 2000 in the House
Last action
February 4, 2000
Budget
Makes appropriations

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Ruth Kagi (D-32)

20 co-sponsors (16 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Joyce McDonald R-25Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney D-46Duane Sommers R-6Carolyn Edmonds D-32Kip Tokuda D-37Patricia Lantz D-26Marc Boldt R-17Jim Clements R-14Jim McIntire D-46John Lovick D-44Mary Lou Dickerson D-36Dave Anderson D-10Michael Stensen D-31Al O'Brien D-1Mark Miloscia D-30Val Ogden D-49Shay Schual-Berke D-33Jeanne Edwards D-1Alex Wood D-3Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37

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 2809 in other sessions

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