---
type: "Bill"
title: "Moving state board of education and educational service district elections to the Washington state school directors' association."
description: "Moving state board of education and educational service district elections to the Washington state school directors' association."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1974"
citation: "Washington HB 1974 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "SCHOOL DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION", "WASHINGTON STATE", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ybarra"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cba05d0-05f4-4858-b236-a2ec4039bf60"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1974&year=2021"
source_hash: "c258951f9acfad986d48fd27661712fddf3f5ed46b25c57a8f945fbf3d7f1b88"
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 HB 1974 (2021-2022) — Moving state board of education and educational service district elections to the Washington state school directors' association.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1974.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ybarra — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 79, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-01T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-23T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cba05d0-05f4-4858-b236-a2ec4039bf60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).