WA SB 5655
enactedConcerning child care centers operated in existing buildings.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did WA SB 5655 pass?
Yes. WA SB 5655 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-22): Effective date 7/27/2025.
What is WA SB 5655 about?
WA SB 5655 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning child care centers operated in existing buildings.”.
Who sponsors WA SB 5655?
Krishnadasan is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5655, joined by 3 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-04-22 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Krishnadasanprimary
- Wellmancosponsor
- Slattercosponsor
- Noblescosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-04-22
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law
2025-04-22
Chapter 150, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-22
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-17
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-15
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-14
President signed.
passage
2025-04-09
Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-04-09
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-08
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-28
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-26
ELHS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-26
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-27
First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-25
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-02-25
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-25
1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 25).
substitution
2025-02-19
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-19
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-18
EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-18
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-12
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-04
First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12)
2025-02-25 · 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
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)
2025-04-09 · pass · 98-0
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: yes
- 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
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