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WA SB 5860

died on adjournment

Concerning school board compensation.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5860 pass?

No. WA SB 5860 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 (2026-02-26): Senate Rules "X" file.

What is WA SB 5860 about?

WA SB 5860 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning school board compensation.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5860?

Cortes is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5860, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-26 — Senate Rules "X" file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cortesprimary
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Pedersencosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Conwaycosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-09

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2026-01-12

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-14

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

  4. 2026-01-20

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

  5. 2026-01-20

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

    substitution

  6. 2026-01-20

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-01-20

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  8. 2026-01-22

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-01-27

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  10. 2026-01-27

    WM - Majority; without recommendation.

  11. 2026-01-29

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  12. 2026-02-26

    Senate Rules "X" file.

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5860&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

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