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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello WSSSC,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Below is an update on the bills that are still active in the legislature. Since the majority of the bills have died, I wouldn’t recommend using
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JXp-OIgqFNkhFpKmYhnfeI_Tjt-eMhjFVlcgoB9TE9U/edit?usp=sharing">
Bill Tracker 2025</a> unless it’s for historical purposes. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Below are the bills that have made it through fiscal cut off (2/28), on the floor for a vote, and/or passed their chamber of origin. All other bills in the tracker did not make it. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Reviewer</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?Year=2025&BillNumber=1556"><span style="color:#467886">HB 1556</span></a> (SB 5542)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Troy Goracke<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">HS completers/CTC tuition<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">H Passed 3rd<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Entenman<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Support<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?Year=2025&BillNumber=5110"><span style="color:#467886">SB 5110</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maya Esquivido<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tribal elder tuition waivers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at community and technical colleges.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">H Postsec Ed & Wk<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kauffman<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Support<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?Year=2025&BillNumber=5189"><span style="color:#467886">SB 5189</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Troy Goracke<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Competency-based education<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Supporting the implementation of competency-based education.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">S Passed 3rd<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wellman<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?Year=2025&BillNumber=5542"><span style="color:#467886">SB 5542</span></a> (HB 1556)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Troy Goracke<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">HS completers/CTC tuition<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">S 2nd Reading<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Support<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?Year=2025&BillNumber=5543"><span style="color:#467886">SB 5543</span></a> (HB 1554)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Troy Goracke<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">College bound scholarship<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">S 2nd Reading<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Boehnke<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Support<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?Year=2025&BillNumber=5682"><span style="color:#467886">SB 5682</span></a> (HB 1883)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Carolyn McKinnon<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Employment training program<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Concerning the Washington customized employment training program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">S 2nd Reading<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warnick<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Support<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?Year=2025&BillNumber=5523"><span style="color:#467886">SSB 5523</span></a> (HB 1278)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kim Tanaka<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Concerning the role of students on the governing boards of institutions of higher education.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">S Rules 2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Riccelli<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Neutral<o:p></o:p></p>
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Traugott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.55pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764">Director of Student Services and K12 Alignment</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.55pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:10.55pt;text-autospace:none"><a href="mailto:jtraugott@sbctc.edu"><span style="color:blue">jtraugott@sbctc.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003561">
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">• o: 360-704-3929
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/"><span style="color:blue">sbctc.edu</span></a><span style="color:#003561">
</span><span style="color:#003764">• Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wasbctc/"><span style="color:blue">@WASBCTC</span></a>
<span style="color:#003764">•</span></span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#003764">LinkedIn:
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/washington-state-board-for-community-and-technical-colleges"><span style="color:blue">@washington-state-board-for-community-and-technical-colleges</span></a><span style="color:#003764"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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