---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting mastery-based learning."
description: "Supporting mastery-based learning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5249"
citation: "Washington SB 5249 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wellman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4322a49c-29ce-47a3-a932-8d0f53486810"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5249&year=2021"
source_hash: "630638c6475ab8e6fec6dfc53ec2a9ba8d341fdf84ca02055b0d4f8753d80637"
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 5249 (2021-2022) — Supporting mastery-based learning.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5249.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5249-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wellman — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:30 AM.
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Early Learning & K-12 Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 144, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021*. `became-law`
- **2021-01-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-19T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2021-02-22T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:30 AM
- **2021-03-12T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-23T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2021-04-01T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2021-04-01T13:00:00+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/4322a49c-29ce-47a3-a932-8d0f53486810`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).