---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the educational success of youth in foster care."
description: "Concerning the educational success of youth in foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5241"
citation: "Washington SB 5241 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "FOSTER CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carlyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/961a266e-58f5-4f18-8d43-f2b6a1ae9dad"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5241&year=2017"
source_hash: "74d0aedb1233413377936c42c7b10e92507b1f1a7fe0dd22fa44162a9f578d98"
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 5241 (2017-2018) — Concerning the educational success of youth in foster care.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5241.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5241-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#19) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carlyle — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-14** On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-07** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-14** On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Chapter 40, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-17** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/961a266e-58f5-4f18-8d43-f2b6a1ae9dad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).