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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5543: College bound scholarship

Enacted 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 5543 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship. Primary sponsor: Matt Boehnke (R). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 15, 2025): Governor signed.

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 equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Matt BoehnkePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Bill RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Vandana SlatterCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate48
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. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 288, 2025 Laws.
  3. Effective date 7/27/2025.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. Speaker signed.
  6. President signed.
  7. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  9. Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 4.
  10. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  11. APP - Executive action taken by committee.
  12. APP - Majority; do pass.

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

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