Bill Commons

WA SB 5009

enacted

Modifying the student transportation allocation to accommodate multiple vehicle types for transporting students.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5009 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5009 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-20): Effective date 7/27/2025*.

What is WA SB 5009 about?

WA SB 5009 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Modifying the student transportation allocation to accommodate multiple vehicle types for transporting students.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5009?

Braun is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5009, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-20 — Effective date 7/27/2025*.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Braunprimary
  • Warnickcosponsor
  • Wagonercosponsor
  • Slattercosponsor
  • Shortcosponsor
  • Shewmakecosponsor
  • Schoeslercosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Lovelettcosponsor
  • Krishnadasancosponsor
  • J. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Gildoncosponsor
  • Doziercosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor
  • Conwaycosponsor
  • Christiancosponsor
  • Batemancosponsor
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-20

    Effective date 7/27/2025*.

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-20

    Chapter 372, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-20

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-23

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-22

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-19

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-17

    Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    passage

  8. 2025-04-17

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  9. 2025-04-14

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-04-14

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-04-14

    Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.

  12. 2025-04-11

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  13. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-04-08

    APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-04-08

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  16. 2025-04-05

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  17. 2025-03-09

    First reading, referred to Appropriations.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  18. 2025-03-07

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  19. 2025-03-07

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  20. 2025-03-07

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  21. 2025-03-07

    1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 25).

    substitution

  22. 2025-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  23. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  24. 2025-02-27

    WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Early Learning & K-12 Education.

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. 2025-02-27

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  26. 2025-02-11

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  27. 2025-02-06

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-02-05

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-02-05

    EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  30. 2025-02-05

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.

  31. 2025-01-23

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.

  32. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  33. 2024-12-03

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9)

    2025-03-07 · pass · 49-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19)

    2025-04-14 · pass · 96-0

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: yes
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: yes
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: yes
    • Connors: yes
    • Corry: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: yes
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: yes
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 49-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5009&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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