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Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington’s community and technical colleges., the official text

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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5110
Chapter 177, Laws of 2025
69TH LEGISLATURE
2025 REGULAR SESSION
TRIBAL ELDERS—COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE TUITION WAIVERS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025
Passed by the Senate February 28, 2025
Yeas 48  Nays 0
DENNY HECK

President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 12, 2025
Yeas 78  Nays 17
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5110 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
SARAH BANNISTER

Secretary
Secretary
Approved April 29, 2025 4:08 PM
FILED
April 30, 2025

BOB FERGUSON

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SENATE BILL 5110

Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session

By Senators Kauffman, Chapman, Dhingra, Frame, Hasegawa, Liias, Lovelett, Nobles, Riccelli, Saldaña, Shewmake, Slatter, Valdez, and Wellman; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Prefiled 12/23/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.
AN ACT Relating to tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington's community and technical colleges; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.15 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.    Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.15 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Each community and technical college may waive all or a portion of tuition fees and services and activity fees for tribal elders over the age of 55 from eligible Indian tribes as defined in RCW 43.376.010.
(2) The state board for community and technical colleges may adopt and amend as necessary rules to implement this section.
Passed by the Senate February 28, 2025.
Passed by the House April 12, 2025.
Approved by the Governor April 29, 2025.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 30, 2025.
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