This bill abolishes The Evergreen State College (TESC) effective July 1, 2026, and transfers TESC’s powers, duties, land, buildings, and other property to the University of Washington (UW), creating a new University of Washington health sciences campus on that date. It adds new sections to chapter 28B.20 RCW and directs that statutory references to The Evergreen State College in the Revised Code of Washington be construed to mean the University of Washington health sciences campus. The new campus is assigned a mission to provide baccalaureate and graduate degrees supporting the health care system, with an explicit minimum focus on nursing, dental, and behavioral health provider workforce (defined to include addiction counselors, mental health counselors, therapists, social workers, and related providers). This is a structural and programmatic legal change creating a new institutional entity and transferring an existing institution’s responsibilities; it does not create a criminal offense or change penalties. The bill imposes procedural requirements on the UW board of regents: immediately appoint an interim chancellor and begin a comprehensive search for permanent leadership; appoint a nine‑member advisory committee representing health care, business, and community interests; conduct a formal review of academic programs formerly offered by TESC and identify closure dates for programs not aligned with the campus mission by July 1, 2028, with authority to close such programs by July 1, 2030; establish a coordinating and planning council with specified membership (including the president of South Puget Sound Community College and a community leader appointed by the mayor of Olympia). The board must adopt a credit and course equivalency policy for all TESC credits by July 1, 2026, allowing equivalencies to be awarded at UW Seattle, UW Bothell, or UW Tacoma when no match exists at the health sciences campus. The board must also submit a 10‑year financial solubility and sustainability plan by July 1, 2028, addressing enrollment, tuition, program offerings, capital needs, operating budget, debt servicing for TESC, and planned property dispositions; that 10‑year plan requirement expires August 1, 2029. The code reviser is directed to note statutory transfers and prepare legislation for the 2026 session to update statutory references. Affected entities named include The Evergreen State College (abolished), the University of Washington (including Seattle, Bothell, and Tacoma campuses), the UW board of regents, the UW health sciences campus students, South Puget Sound Community College, the mayor of Olympia, the code reviser, and unspecified "appropriate committees of the legislature" that will receive the 10‑year plan. The extracted text does not specify which legislative committees are intended, and the single occurrence of the word "institute" in relation to the leadership search is not clarified; other cross‑references or implementation details that may appear elsewhere in the bill or existing law are not included in the provided facts.

If enacted, The Evergreen State College would be closed on July 1, 2026 and its campus, buildings, property, programs, and responsibilities would move to the University of Washington, which would operate the site as a new UW health sciences campus focused on training nurses, dental providers, and behavioral health professionals. Students and programs will face a formal review: the UW must adopt credit equivalency rules by July 1, 2026 and may move remaining credits to UW Seattle, Bothell, or Tacoma; programs not fitting the health mission must be identified by July 1, 2028 and may be closed by July 1, 2030, which could change program availability, faculty and staff roles, and local partnerships. The UW Board of Regents must appoint interim leadership, a nine‑member advisory committee, and a coordinating council that includes community and South Puget Sound Community College representation, and must produce a 10‑year financial sustainability plan by July 1, 2028 addressing enrollment, tuition, capital needs, operating budgets, and TESC debt servicing; this plan provision expires August 1, 2029. Key details left unclear in the provided text include which legislative committees will receive the plan, the precise financial commitments for debt and capital work, and whether the single reference to an "institute" changes responsibilities, so local stakeholders and employees may face uncertainty about exact timelines, costs, and program outcomes.