---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the current and future educator workforce supply."
description: "Expanding the current and future educator workforce supply."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1139"
citation: "Washington HB 1139 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS", "STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE", "OFFICE", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santos"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/defde376-4046-4e54-b7e4-81fcf9f6d950"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1139&year=2019"
source_hash: "1cc6e504a4569b9349d2a3f13ef1ad4034b0fb430225072d58637915cbe08ec9"
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 HB 1139 (2019-2020) — Expanding the current and future educator workforce supply.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1139.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1139-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1139-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1139-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#38) — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#37) — **93–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santos — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-07** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-01** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 295, 2019 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 5/8/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-24T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/defde376-4046-4e54-b7e4-81fcf9f6d950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).