The state Senate approved the WSU medical school bill this morning, just 12 hours after the House of Representatives approved its own version.
Senate Bill 5487 was approved 45-4. House Bill 1559 was approved last night 81-17. The bills are identical and one of them must be approved by the opposite chamber to be sent to the governor’s office.
Both bills seek to amend a nearly 100-year-old statute to allow WSU to pursue medicine as an academic discipline.
Video of this morning’s floor debate can be viewed below.