---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promoting the effective and efficient administration of the Washington state charter school commission."
description: "Promoting the effective and efficient administration of the Washington state charter school commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2853"
citation: "Washington HB 2853 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c37e43e9-ffd9-4bfd-890a-81f5d8e89e5a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2853&year=2019"
source_hash: "d05067ac5ab1fb4da5ff48e233af5981d0cce72d976b204159272b522fa0aac2"
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 2853 (2019-2020) — Promoting the effective and efficient administration of the Washington state charter school commission.

## 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/2853.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 49, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+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/c37e43e9-ffd9-4bfd-890a-81f5d8e89e5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).