HB1762 • 2026

Higher ed./residence req.

Prohibiting institutions of higher education from requiring students to live on campus.

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Representative Keaton, Representative Pollet, Representative Rude, Representative Salahuddin, Representative Jacobsen, Representative Berg, Representative Zahn, Representative Simmons, Representative Ormsby, Representative Reed
Last action: 2026-01-12
Official status: H Postsec Ed & W
Effective date: Not listed

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Higher ed./residence req.

What This Bill Does

Higher ed./residence req.

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Bill History

2026-01-12 House
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Official Summary Text

Higher ed./residence req.

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT Relating to prohibiting institutions of higher education 1
from requiring students to live on campus; and adding a new section 2
to chapter 28B.10 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.10 5
RCW to read as follows: 6
Public institutions of higher education may not require students 7
to live on campus or in university residence hall facilities.8
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H-0841.1
HOUSE BILL 1762
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Keaton, Pollet, Rude, Salahuddin, Jacobsen, Berg,
Zahn, Simmons, Ormsby, and Reed
Read first time 01/31/25. Referred to Committee on Postsecondary
Education & Workforce.
p. 1 HB 1762