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WA SB 5179

died on adjournment

Establishing a complaint process to address noncompliance with certain state education laws.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5179 pass?

No. WA SB 5179 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-01-12): Senate Rules "X" file.

What is WA SB 5179 about?

WA SB 5179 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Establishing a complaint process to address noncompliance with certain state education laws.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5179?

C. Wilson is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5179, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-12 — Senate Rules "X" file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • C. Wilsonprimary
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Lovickcosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor
  • Lovelettcosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    Prefiled for introduction.

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  2. 2025-01-13

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

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  3. 2025-01-21

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.

  4. 2025-02-06

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

  5. 2025-02-06

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

    substitution

  6. 2025-02-06

    Minority; do not pass.

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  7. 2025-02-06

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  8. 2025-02-06

    And refer to Ways & Means.

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  9. 2025-02-07

    Referred to Ways & Means.

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  10. 2025-02-17

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

  11. 2025-02-28

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

  12. 2025-02-28

    WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

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  13. 2025-02-28

    Minority; do not pass.

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  14. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  15. 2025-03-05

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  16. 2025-03-10

    2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

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  17. 2025-03-10

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  18. 2025-03-10

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

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  19. 2025-03-12

    First reading, referred to Education.

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  20. 2025-03-24

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.

  21. 2025-04-27

    By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

  22. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  23. 2026-01-12

    Senate Rules "X" file.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15)

    2025-03-10 · pass · 30-19

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: no
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5179&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

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