WA People
BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 6481: Comm. & tech. college access

Establishing the Washington promise program, which provides for universal and affordable access to community and technical colleges for all Washingtonians.

Summary

  • Creates the Washington promise program to help make the first two years of college affordable and accessible to the state's citizens by offering a tuition waiver for eligible students enrolled in associate degree or certificate programs offered by the state's community and technical colleges.

From the Bill Digest (SB 6481), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 21, 2016
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Pramila Jayapal (D-37)
Introduced
January 21, 2016 in the Senate
Last action
March 10, 2016
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to establishing the Washington promise program, which provides for universal and affordable access to community and technical colleges;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Pramila Jayapal (D-37)

20 co-sponsors (17 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Senator D-46Senator R-6Mark Miloscia R-30Marko Liias D-21Christine Rolfes D-23Sharon Nelson D-34Jeannie Darneille D-27Steve Conway D-29Maralyn Chase D-32Brian Dansel R-7Mark Mullet D-5Karen Keiser D-33Jamie Pedersen D-43Cyrus Habib D-48Dean Takko D-19Rosemary McAuliffe D-1Karen Fraser D-22Andy Billig D-3Bob Hasegawa D-11Kevin Ranker D-40

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Higher Education.

SB 6481 in other sessions

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

Report wrong or missing information on this page