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WA SB 5263

enacted

Concerning special education funding.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5263 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5263 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Effective date 7/27/2025*.

What is WA SB 5263 about?

WA SB 5263 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning special education funding.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5263?

Pedersen is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5263, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-19 — Effective date 7/27/2025*.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pedersenprimary
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • Shewmakecosponsor
  • Salomoncosponsor
  • Orwallcosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Conwaycosponsor
  • Chapmancosponsor
  • Batemancosponsor
  • Brauncosponsor
  • Krishnadasancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-19

    Effective date 7/27/2025*.

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-19

    Chapter 368, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-19

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-27

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-26

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-25

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-25

    Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    passage

  8. 2025-04-25

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  9. 2025-04-24

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-04-24

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  12. 2025-04-24

    Returned to second reading for amendment.

  13. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended.

  14. 2025-04-24

    House receded from amendments.

  15. 2025-04-22

    Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.

  16. 2025-04-16

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  17. 2025-04-16

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  18. 2025-04-16

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  19. 2025-04-16

    Committee amendment not adopted.

    amendment-failure

  20. 2025-04-10

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

    reading-2

  21. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-04-05

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-04-05

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  24. 2025-03-19

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

  25. 2025-03-14

    First reading, referred to Appropriations.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  26. 2025-03-12

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  27. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  28. 2025-03-12

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  29. 2025-03-12

    2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

    substitution

  30. 2025-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  31. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  32. 2025-02-27

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  33. 2025-02-27

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

    substitution

  34. 2025-02-27

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

  35. 2025-02-11

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

  36. 2025-01-31

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  37. 2025-01-30

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  38. 2025-01-30

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

    substitution

  39. 2025-01-30

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

  40. 2025-01-22

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

  41. 2025-01-14

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34)

    2025-03-12 · pass · 48-0

    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: other
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2)

    2025-04-16 · pass · 97-0

    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: yes
    • 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 (#8)

    2025-04-24 · pass · 95-0

    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: other
    • 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: yes
    • Morgan: other
    • 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 (#2)

    2025-04-25 · pass · 48-0

    Member-level votes (48)
    • 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
    • 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=5263&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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