---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination in public schools."
description: "Concerning harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5689"
citation: "Washington SB 5689 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "DISCRIMINATION", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "GENDER IDENTITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/853a00b0-81ac-423d-b128-552364c757a3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5689&year=2019"
source_hash: "3c52bf70f3898f9900a740bf7382fca2752cc4a34d24e6e74588bb5530d13738"
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 5689 (2019-2020) — Concerning harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination in public schools.

## 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/5689.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5689-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **60–36** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-22** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `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 194, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **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
- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education 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/853a00b0-81ac-423d-b128-552364c757a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).