---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing modernization grants for small school districts."
description: "Authorizing modernization grants for small school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5572"
citation: "Washington SB 5572 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honeyford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d38f169c-b9d5-40b4-9c8e-93d5b073896a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5572&year=2019"
source_hash: "0cd6ad079f721fd9cb4281c7e729fd761cc989c30bb04826b51614b76aa2149a"
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 5572 (2019-2020) — Authorizing modernization grants for small school districts.

## 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/5572.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5572-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5572-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Honeyford — primary (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-18** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-19** First reading, referred to Capital Budget. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Capital Budget. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** CB - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 299, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-08T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:30 AM
- **2019-02-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 12:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-04T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget 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/d38f169c-b9d5-40b4-9c8e-93d5b073896a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).