---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the number of school districts that may be authorized to reduce the minimum number of required school days in a school year."
description: "Increasing the number of school districts that may be authorized to reduce the minimum number of required school days in a school year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1803"
citation: "Washington HB 1803 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orcutt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98529487-f199-4616-8248-74d75a9cf0e3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1803&year=2019"
source_hash: "98b5005ccc307d6731fbea37e6233a34938fa391aa69772be446f4fd4162faa4"
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 1803 (2019-2020) — Increasing the number of school districts that may be authorized to reduce the minimum number of required school days in a school year.

## 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/1803.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#42) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#37) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#16) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orcutt — primary (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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`
- **2019-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 274, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 5/7/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-15T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98529487-f199-4616-8248-74d75a9cf0e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).