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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5304: Homelessness/tribal colleges

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 5304 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college. Primary sponsor: Claudia Kauffman (D). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 12, 2026): By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Claudia KauffmanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate47
Noel FrameCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Deborah KrishnadasanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Marko LiiasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Marcus RiccelliCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Vandana SlatterCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate48
Yasmin TrudeauCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Javier ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Claire WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. Senate Rules "X" file.
  3. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  4. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  5. WM - Majority; do pass.
  6. Minority; without recommendation.
  7. Referred to Ways & Means.
  8. HEWD - Majority; do pass.
  9. And refer to Ways & Means.
  10. First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development.

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page