WA People
BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

HB 2308: Audit of state universities

Requiring an audit of the state universities.

Summary

  • Directs the State Auditor to conduct a comprehensive financial audit of the University of Washington (UW) and Washington State University and identify the cost and profit centers.
  • Directs that the audit focus on public funds; student fees, in particular tuition; and auxiliary enterprises including the UW Medical Center, the Internal Lending Program, the W Fund, and the Center for Commercialization.
  • Requires the State Auditor to deliver the audit to the Governor and relevant committees of the Legislature by January 1, 2015, and recommend whether follow-up audits are necessary.
  • Requires the UW to provide certain kinds of documentation related to the audit to the Legislature by December 1, 2014.

From the House Bill Analysis 2014 (HB 2308), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 15, 2014
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Cary Condotta (R-12)
Introduced
January 15, 2014 in the House
Last action
January 15, 2014
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to the audit of the state universities;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Cary Condotta (R-12)

Votes

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

History

  1. First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2308 in other sessions

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

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