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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning high school and beyond planning."
+description: "Concerning high school and beyond planning."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5243"
+citation: "Washington SB 5243 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wellman"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aba8804-160f-4b61-bd4b-e582d45a1628"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5243&year=2023"
+source_hash: "c2dc3c2c7cdb15b9b6a6504d9344415206f993dd8c9a5715fa16bf7d556ce500"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 5243 (2023-2024) — Concerning high school and beyond planning.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5243.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5243-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5243-S2.htm)
+4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5243-S2.PL.htm)
+5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5243-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wellman — primary (person)
+- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-01-30** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-20** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-03** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-03-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-03-27** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-29** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-04** Chapter 271, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aba8804-160f-4b61-bd4b-e582d45a1628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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