---
type: "Bill"
title: "Declaring September the month of the kindergartner."
description: "Declaring September the month of the kindergartner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5028"
citation: "Washington SB 5028 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1272aa7c-6503-4826-b18a-d30f3a1ebd8f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5028&year=2019"
source_hash: "6d65c1bce725b575bd0a63e2c3a6e66fe8d53cc764c78c9ed0c2b646691b4a33"
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 SB 5028 (2019-2020) — Declaring September the month of the kindergartner.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5028.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5028-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#17) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-25** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-25** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 179, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-11T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations 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/1272aa7c-6503-4826-b18a-d30f3a1ebd8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).