HB 1556 — Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-23
AN ACT Relating to tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges;
Latest action: 2025-04-11 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Sponsors
- Entenman, Debra (D, WA-47) — sponsor · 2025-01-23
- Davis, Lauren (D, WA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Leavitt, Mari (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Ortiz-Self, Lillian (D, WA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Reed, Julia (D, WA-36) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Kloba, Shelley (D, WA-1) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Pollet, Gerry (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Hill, Natasha (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
- Simmons, Tarra (D, WA-23) — cosponsor · 2025-01-23
Action timeline
- · house — First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
- · house — PEW - Executive action taken by committee.
- · house — PEW - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · house — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · house — First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
- · house — HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- · house — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · house — Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- · house — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · house — Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · house — Speaker signed.
- · house — President signed.
- · house — Delivered to Governor.
- · house — Governor signed.
- · house — Chapter 42, 2025 Laws.
- · house — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (9)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-23 | Davis, Lauren | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Entenman, Debra | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Hill, Natasha | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Kloba, Shelley | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Leavitt, Mari | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Ortiz-Self, Lillian | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Pollet, Gerry | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Reed, Julia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-23 | Simmons, Tarra | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entenman, Debra (D, state_lower WA-47) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Davis, Lauren (D, state_lower WA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Hill, Natasha (D, state_lower WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Kloba, Shelley (D, state_lower WA-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Leavitt, Mari (D, state_lower WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Ortiz-Self, Lillian (D, state_lower WA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Pollet, Gerry (D, state_lower WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Reed, Julia (D, state_lower WA-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Simmons, Tarra (D, state_lower WA-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Ortiz-Self, Lillian (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Reed, Julia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Leavitt, Mari (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Kloba, Shelley (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Pollet, Gerry (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · sponsored by Entenman, Debra (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Davis, Lauren (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Simmons, Tarra (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-23 · cosponsored by Hill, Natasha (cosponsor) · sponsorship