---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a committee to promote and expand social emotional learning."
description: "Creating a committee to promote and expand social emotional learning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5082"
citation: "Washington SB 5082 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCoy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bb57de3-ae29-4de5-9ae0-a8eace6b940e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5082&year=2019"
source_hash: "68d794ad022ceefd11e2a35f8074cf8d618e8517de8717591f687f99a2a42392"
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 5082 (2019-2020) — Creating a committee to promote and expand social emotional learning.

## 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/5082.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5082-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5082-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **71–23** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **71–24** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCoy — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-04** 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`
- **2019-01-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-25** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Education.
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-24** House receded from amendments.
- **2019-04-24** Rules suspended.
- **2019-04-24** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2019-04-24** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 386, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** 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
- **2019-02-07T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-14T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bb57de3-ae29-4de5-9ae0-a8eace6b940e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).