---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing nonresident children from military families to enroll in Washington's public schools prior to arrival in the state."
description: "Allowing nonresident children from military families to enroll in Washington's public schools prior to arrival in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1210"
citation: "Washington HB 1210 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44ba02b1-ee1a-4c6a-98d2-a53c8ca9274a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1210&year=2019"
source_hash: "bbc3de3eb71895465455544b5481dcbf293c46c2093be5253ff5e2787cd3e78b"
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 1210 (2019-2020) — Allowing nonresident children from military families to enroll in Washington's public schools prior to arrival in the state.

## 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/1210.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1210-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#10) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-19** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 72, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-27T17:30:00+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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44ba02b1-ee1a-4c6a-98d2-a53c8ca9274a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).