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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 636

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Relating to: requiring certain private postsecondary schools to report veteran enrollment information.

Colleges and universities Safety and professional services department of Sales Veteran — Education

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Safety and Professional Services examines, approves, and regulates most private postsecondary schools, including trade schools and for-profit colleges. All such schools approved by DSPS are required to submit quarterly reports that include certain information, including information on enrollment.

This bill requires these quarterly reports to also include information on veteran enrollment.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)

11 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Phelps (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Vining (D) , Wirch (D)

Full history

  1. Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives DeSmidt, McCarville, Tenorio, Clancy, Brown, Emerson, Stroud, Joers, Sinicki, Johnson, Arney, Bare, Fitzgerald, Sheehan, Stubbs, Madison, Udell, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Goodwin, Taylor, Miresse and Roe; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Habush Sinykin, Smith, Spreitzer, Carpenter, Ratcliff, Roys and Hesselbein

  2. Nov 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Nov 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Phelps added as a coauthor

  4. Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1