BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1136

HB 1136: Student navigational support

Providing student navigational supports to increase postsecondary enrollment.

Summary

Repeals the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA) Outreach and Completion Initiative Pilot Program and establishes the Financial Aid Completion and Postsecondary Enrollment Program (Program).
Requires the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to report annually to the Legislature on the Program.
Requires the Education Data Center, in collaboration with other entities, to create a report on the completion rates of the FAFSA and WASFA by Washington high school seniors.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1136), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to student navigational supports to increase postsecondary enrollment;

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

Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1136)
Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jan 31, 2025Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 1136)
Jan 31, 2025Referred to Appropriations.
Jan 28, 2025PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1136)
Jan 28, 2025Minority; without recommendation. (SHB 1136)
Jan 28, 2025Minority; without recommendation.
Jan 28, 2025PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 28, 2025PEW - Executive action taken by committee.
Jan 13, 2025First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
Dec 26, 2024Prefiled for introduction.

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

HB 1136 (2023–24) Employee expenditures · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1136 (2021–22) Supp. transportation budget · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1136 (2019–20) Child support pass-through · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1136 (2017–18) Oil spill planning/nonfuel · Enacted · Chapter 239, Laws of 2017
HB 1136 (2015–16) Employmnt after govt service · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1136 (2013–14) Emergency med. services levy · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1136 (2011–12) Vol. firefighter lic plates · Enacted · Chapter 225, Laws of 2011
HB 1136 (2009–10) Plant species impacts · Did not pass · died in committee