---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing religious accommodations for postsecondary students."
description: "Providing religious accommodations for postsecondary students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5166"
citation: "Washington SB 5166 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "APPRENTICES AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hasegawa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1147e787-0453-4931-b393-7b4fe99efa1b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5166&year=2019"
source_hash: "1a6e63c08f79160db8281aa8d3e19868a0ef026fbb69ee44f08a138cd4e66fec"
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 5166 (2019-2020) — Providing religious accommodations for postsecondary students.

## 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/5166.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5166-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#29) — **64–28** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **32–14** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **33–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hasegawa — primary (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-04** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-29** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-04** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** CWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** 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, 64; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 32; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 182, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-28T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development 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/1147e787-0453-4931-b393-7b4fe99efa1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).