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HB1447 • 2026

Financial aid award amounts

Tracking Washington application for state financial aid award amounts.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Jacobsen, Representative Marshall, Representative Dufault, Representative Walsh
Last action
2026-01-12
Official status
H Postsec Ed & W
Effective date
Not listed

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Financial aid award amounts

Financial aid award amounts

What This Bill Does

  • Financial aid award amounts

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-12 House

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Official Summary Text

Financial aid award amounts

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
AN ACT Relating to tracking Washington application for state 1
financial aid award amounts; and adding a new section to chapter 2
28B.92 RCW. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.92 5
RCW to read as follows: 6
(1) Beginning with the 2025-26 academic year, the office shall 7
track the amount of state aid awarded to each student who receives 8
funds through the Washington application for state financial aid. The 9
total award amounts collected must be made publicly available on the 10
office's website. 11
(2) Beginning December 1, 2026, the office shall annually report, 12
in accordance with RCW 43.01.036, to the appropriate committees of 13
the legislature on the following data: 14
(a) The total number of students who applied for state financial 15
aid using the Washington application for state financial aid;16
(b) The total number of students who received state financial aid 17
through the Washington application for state financial aid; and18
H-0640.1
HOUSE BILL 1447
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Jacobsen, Marshall, Dufault, and Walsh
Read first time 01/21/25. Referred to Committee on Postsecondary
Education & Workforce.
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(c) The total amount of state aid disbursed to each institution 1
of higher education on behalf of a student who submitted a Washington 2
application for state financial aid. 3
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p. 2 HB 1447