All policy bills in fiscal committees must move from committee to the floor by the end of today (April 7).

The fiscal committees in both chambers spent long hours yesterday taking testimony on over sixty bills combined.  Today both committees will hold a brief public hearing and then spend the remainder of the day advancing bills from committee to the floor.

A handful of higher education policy bills are on the list to advance to the next step. Many more have already moved directly from the policy committees to the floor. Bills that are expected to advance from fiscal committee to the floor today include:

• HB 1138: Creates a task force on mental health and suicide prevention in higher education
• HB 1546: Makes changes to dual credit programs offered by higher education institutions
• HB 1825: Aligns state residency policies with federal policies
• HB 2041: Creates a pilot project on performance-based scholarships in the state need grant program
• SB 5518: Creates procedures to address campus sexual violence
• SB 5534: Creates the certified public accounting scholarship program
• SB 5746: Adds Everett Community College as an aerospace training or educational program
• SB 5851: Concerns recommendations of the college bound scholarship program work group