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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5542: HS completers/CTC tuition

Passed one chamber 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 5542 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges. Primary sponsor: Matt Boehnke (R). It lists 5 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 tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Matt BoehnkePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Bill RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Vandana SlatterCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate48
Javier ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46

“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. By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
  4. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  5. PEW - Majority; do pass.
  6. PEW - Executive action taken by committee.
  7. First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  10. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  11. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  12. HEWD - Majority; do pass.

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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