---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning support for students experiencing homelessness."
description: "Concerning support for students experiencing homelessness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5324"
citation: "Washington SB 5324 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMELESS PERSONS", "HOMES AND HOUSING", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frockt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cab90442-a3dd-47e4-98df-89038087f4a3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5324&year=2019"
source_hash: "806476eec8d524a36d903abdbdef197c978d0537aede8c4233fc920b533e477b"
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 5324 (2019-2020) — Concerning support for students experiencing homelessness.

## 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/5324.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5324-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frockt — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-04** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Education.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 412, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-20T20:30:00+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
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **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/cab90442-a3dd-47e4-98df-89038087f4a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).