WA SB 5969

enacted

Fulfilling high school and beyond plan requirements with individualized education program transition plans.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5969 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5969 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-23. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA SB 5969 about?

WA SB 5969 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Fulfilling high school and beyond plan requirements with individualized education program transition plans.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5969?

Cortes is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5969, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-23 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-05
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-15
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2026-01-21
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2026-01-21
EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-01-21
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2026-01-21
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-21
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-22
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2026-02-02
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2026-02-09
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-09
WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-02-09
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-09
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-12
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-02-13
2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 26).
substitution
2026-02-13
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-13
Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-02-17
First reading, referred to Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-19
Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-24
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
2026-02-24
ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-25
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-03-02
APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Education.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-03-04
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-05
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
2026-03-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2026-03-09
Senate concurred in House amendments.
2026-03-09
Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
passage
2026-03-10
President signed.
passage
2026-03-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-12
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-23
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-23
Chapter 147, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-23
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32)
2026-02-13 · pass · 38-10
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: other
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7)
2026-03-05 · pass · 96-0
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
- Hall: yes
- Hill: 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: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: other
- Volz: yes
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26)
2026-03-09 · pass · 48-1
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- 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
- Hunt: 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

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5969&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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