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SB5087 • 2026

CTC legal education programs

Establishing legal education programs at community and technical colleges.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Senator Torres, Senator Dozier, Senator Warnick, Senator Wellman
Last action
2026-01-12
Official status
S Higher Ed & Wo
Effective date
Not listed

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CTC legal education programs

CTC legal education programs

What This Bill Does

  • CTC legal education programs

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-12 Senate

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Official Summary Text

CTC legal education programs

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT Relating to the establishment of legal education programs 1
at community and technical colleges; and adding new sections to 2
chapter 28B.50 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.50 5
RCW to read as follows: 6
Subject to appropriations, Columbia Basin College, Yakima Valley 7
College, and Walla Walla College must each offer a prelaw associate's 8
degree program. 9
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28B.50 10
RCW to read as follows: 11
Subject to the amount appropriated for this specific purpose, the 12
college board shall develop a program to incentivize, encourage, and 13
financially support any board of trustees within the system of 14
community and technical colleges to initially establish and offer 15
paralegal education programs approved by the American bar 16
association, to be located in regional areas of the state east of the 17
crest of the Cascade mountains where they are not currently offered, 18
with the goal of establishing one new paralegal education program in 19
central Washington and one new paralegal education program in eastern 20
S-0324.1
SENATE BILL 5087
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senators Torres, Dozier, Warnick, and Wellman
Prefiled 12/19/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on Higher Education & Workforce Development.
p. 1 SB 5087
Washington. The program must give financial support to the 1
development of these programs. 2
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p. 2 SB 5087