| Passed by the Senate April 18, 2009 YEAS 42 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 30, 2009 YEAS 96 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5173 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved April 30, 2009, 10:58 a.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 1, 2009 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/15/09. Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.
AN ACT Relating to honorary doctorate degrees; and amending RCW 28B.35.205.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 28B.35.205 and 1991 c 58 s 2 are each amended to read
as follows:
In addition to all other powers and duties given to them by law,
Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, and
Western Washington University are hereby authorized to grant any degree
through the master's degree to any student who has completed a program
of study and/or research in those areas which are determined by the
faculty and board of trustees of the college to be appropriate for the
granting of such degree: PROVIDED, That before any degree is
authorized under this section it shall be subject to the review and
approval of the higher education coordinating board.
The board of trustees, upon recommendation of the faculty, may also
confer honorary bachelor's ((or)), master's, or doctorate level degrees
upon persons ((other than graduates of the institution,)) in
recognition of their learning or devotion to education, literature,
art,
or science. No degree may be conferred in consideration of the
payment of money or the donation of any kind of property.