Bill Commons

WA SB 5189

enacted

Supporting the implementation of competency-based education.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2025-05-13 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Wellmanprimary
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Kauffmancosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2025-01-13

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-15

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2025-02-04

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.

  5. 2025-02-04

    EDU - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2025-02-04

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-02-04

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  8. 2025-02-04

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  9. 2025-02-05

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-02-17

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

  11. 2025-02-27

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

  12. 2025-02-27

    WM - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-02-27

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  14. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  15. 2025-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  16. 2025-03-05

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  17. 2025-03-05

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  18. 2025-03-07

    First reading, referred to Education.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  19. 2025-03-13

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:30 AM.

  20. 2025-03-20

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.

  21. 2025-03-20

    ED - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-03-20

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  23. 2025-03-21

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-04-02

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.

  25. 2025-04-04

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  26. 2025-04-04

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2025-04-04

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  28. 2025-04-04

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  29. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-04-11

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

    reading-2

  31. 2025-04-15

    Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  32. 2025-04-15

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  33. 2025-04-15

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    reading-3

  34. 2025-04-17

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  35. 2025-04-17

    Passed final passage; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    passage

  36. 2025-04-19

    President signed.

    passage

  37. 2025-04-22

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  38. 2025-04-23

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  39. 2025-05-13

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  40. 2025-05-13

    Chapter 278, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  41. 2025-05-13

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8)

    2025-03-05 · pass · 47-2

    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: no
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: no
    • 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 (#13)

    2025-04-15 · pass · 63-33

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: yes
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: other
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes
  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 44-5

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: no
    • 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: no
    • 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.: no

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