BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 5901: Higher education salaries

Requiring part-time faculty to be paid at the same time as full-time faculty.

Summary

Beginning with the second term of contiguous employment, not including summer term, part-time faculty at all of Washington's public colleges and universities are paid on the same pay date as full-time faculty. An exception is provided when the first pay date for a given term occurs prior to the beginning of a part-time faculty member's duties for that term.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5901), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the payment of part-time faculty at colleges and four-year institutions;

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

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

SB 5901 (2025–26) On-base school construction · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5901 (2023–24) Co-living housing · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5901 (2021–22) Economic dev. tax incentives · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 257, Laws of 2022
SB 5901 (2019–20) Refreshment info./rest areas · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5901 (2017–18) Early child ed. eligibility · Enacted · Chapter 22, Laws of 2017, 3rd Special Session
SB 5901 (2015–16) Headlight use requirements · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5901 (2013–14) Education reforms · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5901 (2011–12) Revenue and taxation T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee