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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning special education funding."
+description: "Concerning special education funding."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5263"
+citation: "Washington SB 5263 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-01-14"
+last_action: "2025-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af099ec2-e38d-488f-8c08-effb2c9da14e"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5263&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "6238a7c74c2ab5ec4cdb4a75baae7ede37327169698898d7dac88ee0c7006709"
+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 5263 (2025-2026) — Concerning special education funding.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5263.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5263-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5263-S2.htm)
+4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5263-S2.PL.htm)
+5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5263-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pedersen — primary (person)
+- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
+- Braun — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Krishnadasan — cosponsor (person)
+- Liias — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
+- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
+- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-01-30** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-04-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
+- **2025-04-24** House receded from amendments.
+- **2025-04-24** Rules suspended.
+- **2025-04-24** Returned to second reading for amendment.
+- **2025-04-24** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-04-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-25** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2025-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-19** Chapter 368, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-19** Effective date 7/27/2025*. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af099ec2-e38d-488f-8c08-effb2c9da14e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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