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BILL · 2003–04 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5158

SB 5158: Higher ed student residency

Expanding the definition of resident student for purposes of higher education.

Summary

  • Any person who has completed a full senior year at a Washington high school and obtained a diploma from that high school, or any person that has received the equivalent of a high school diploma, is permitted to pay resident tuition at Washington public universities and colleges if the person has lived in the state for at least three years immediately prior to receiving the diploma or its equivalent.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5158), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 16, 2003
  2. Out of committeeFeb 7, 2003
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Don Carlson (R-49)
Introduced
January 16, 2003 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 2004
Versions
SB 5158, SSB 5158

AN ACT Relating to classification as a resident student;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Don Carlson (R-49)

15 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 10 Republicans)

Rosemary McAuliffe D-1Mike Hewitt R-16Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Larry Sheahan R-9James West R-6Shirley Winsley R-28Stephen Johnson R-47Bob Oke R-26Patricia Hale R-8Linda Evans Parlette R-12Joyce Mulliken R-13Lisa Brown D-3Dave Schmidt R-44Betti Sheldon D-23Paull Shin D-21

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5158)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5158)
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5158)
  6. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  7. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5158)
  8. Senate Rules "X" file.
  9. Made eligible to be placed on second reading. (SSB 5158)
  10. Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
  11. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5158)
  12. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  13. HIE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5158)
  14. HIE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  15. First reading, referred to Higher Education.

SB 5158 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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