BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5087: CTC legal education programs

Establishing legal education programs at community and technical colleges.

Summary

Creates a program to establish certified paralegal education programs east of the Cascade Mountains.
Requires certain community and technical colleges to offer a prelaw associates degree if funding is provided.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5087), 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 establishment of legal education programs at community and technical colleges;

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

Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jan 13, 2025First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
Dec 19, 2024Prefiled for introduction.

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

SB 5087 (2023–24) Defects and omissions · Enacted · Chapter 102, Laws of 2023
SB 5087 (2021–22) Risk-based water standards · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5087 (2019–20) Language competency grants · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5087 (2017–18) Capital projects/higher ed. · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5087 (2015–16) Oil transportation safety · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5087 (2013–14) Illegal aliens · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5087 (2011–12) Noxious weed lists · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5087 (2009–10) Hospital benefit zones · Did not pass · died in committee