Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SB 5543: Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship.
Signed into law: Chapter 288, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Boehnke
- Introduced
- January 28, 2025
- Status
- C 288 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 15, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Expands eligibility for the College Bound Scholarship to students who have received a high school equivalency certificate.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 202589 yea · 5 nay · 4 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 7, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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