CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1030
Chapter 130, Laws of 2023
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
APPLIED DOCTORATE DEGREES—REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2023
Passed by the House January 26, 2023
  Yeas 93  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 6, 2023
  Yeas 47  Nays 1
DENNY HECK

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1030 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved April 20, 2023 2:10 PM
FILED
April 21, 2023
JAY INSLEE

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

HOUSE BILL 1030

Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Leavitt, Jacobsen, Pollet, Reeves, and Bronoske
Prefiled 12/12/22.Read first time 01/09/23.Referred to Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
AN ACT Relating to applied doctorate degree-granting authority; adding a new section to chapter 28B.35 RCW; and repealing RCW 28B.35.215, 28B.35.216, and 28B.35.218.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.35 RCW to read as follows:
The board of trustees of the regional universities may offer applied, but not research, doctorate level degrees.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
(1) RCW 28B.35.215 (Doctorate level degrees in physical therapy) and 2012 c 229 s 812 & 2001 c 252 s 1;
(2) RCW 28B.35.216 (Doctorate level degrees in audiology) and 2013 c 281 s 1; and
(3) RCW 28B.35.218 (Doctorate level degrees in education) and 2020 c 15 s 1.
Passed by the House January 26, 2023.
Passed by the Senate April 6, 2023.
Approved by the Governor April 20, 2023.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 21, 2023.
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