---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to K-12 education funding."
description: "Relating to K-12 education funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2140"
citation: "Washington HB 2140 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TITLE ONLY BILLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d1d9eff-42fc-4820-ba2c-3390c06d0863"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2140&year=2019"
source_hash: "d0a6e4a6cf28a8ba2ad4ba680b254a2898ab90a597813ab8b0bc31e43d6b2b80"
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 2140 (2019-2020) — Relating to K-12 education funding.

## 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/2140.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2140-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2140-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- 815 Caldier Pg 9 Ln 2 (#21) — **40–56** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#22) — **54–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-06** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-04-06** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-04-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-04-26** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-27** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-28** Senate refuses to recede and insists on its position.
- **2019-04-28** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-28** Passed final passage; yeas, 66; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 411, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019**. `became-law`
- **2019-04-01T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-27T14:00:00+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/6d1d9eff-42fc-4820-ba2c-3390c06d0863`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).