Legislature 2025-26: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee (Dave Paul)

State Representative Dave Paul (D-Oak Harbor) serves on the House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Committee. The committee has scheduled a meeting for Wed., Feb. 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM in House Hearing Room C, John L. O’Brien Building in Olympia.

Public Hearing

1. HB 2498 – Concerning nursing education program standards. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
2. HB 2443 – Creating the armed forces reserve postsecondary education grant. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
3. HB 2567 – Concerning the Washington college grant and college bound scholarship program for students attending private four-year not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Washington. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify
4. HB 2538 – Increasing pay equity for part-time faculty. (Remote Testimony Available). – Testify

Possible Executive Session

1. HB 2286 – Concerning alternative routes to social worker licensure.
2. HB 2363 – Concerning temporary exemptions from licensure for certain applicants for a license to practice music therapy.

See https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/house for information about viewing and providing public testimony at committee meetings. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature’s committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules