---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Washington academic, innovation, and mentoring (AIM) program."
description: "Creating the Washington academic, innovation, and mentoring (AIM) program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5258"
citation: "Washington SB 5258 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "CHILDREN", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zeiger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83da5120-15a4-4d4c-bb9f-fc0388fc97c1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5258&year=2017"
source_hash: "112c70faa85f0ad68bcde289b2d876ec9f56ad70d61ea050f392d98d84120732"
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 5258 (2017-2018) — Creating the Washington academic, innovation, and mentoring (AIM) program.

## 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/5258.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5258-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5258-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **77–21** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zeiger — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — 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`
- **2017-02-16** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Education.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 180, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** 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/83da5120-15a4-4d4c-bb9f-fc0388fc97c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).