SB 5542 — Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-28
AN ACT Relating to tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges;
Latest action: 2026-01-12 — Senate Rules "X" file.
Sponsors
- Boehnke, Matt (R, WA-8) — sponsor · 2025-01-28
- Slatter, Vandana (D, WA-48) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Hasegawa, Bob (D, WA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Ramos, Bill (D, WA-5) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
Action timeline
- · senate — First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.
- · senate — HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
- · senate — PEW - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — PEW - Majority; do pass.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- · senate — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- · senate — Senate Rules "X" file.
Text versions
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-28 | Hasegawa, Bob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Ramos, Bill | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Slatter, Vandana | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Valdez, Javier | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-28 | Boehnke, Matt | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | 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 | Boehnke, Matt (R, state_upper WA-8) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Ramos, Bill (D, state_upper WA-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Slatter, Vandana (D, state_upper WA-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | 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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- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Slatter, Vandana (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · sponsored by Boehnke, Matt (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-28 · cosponsored by Ramos, Bill (cosponsor) · sponsorship