---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning state funding for educational service districts."
description: "Concerning state funding for educational service districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5539"
citation: "Washington SB 5539 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee2aee04-6095-4cb4-a3e8-0028a4ea1480"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5539&year=2021"
source_hash: "ca27c3de2b623fe7ab8cc8a48a26a1efb9e8bcb743a58b6a79a65121e262b211"
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 5539 (2021-2022) — Concerning state funding for educational service 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5539.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **80–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **28–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+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 87, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-27T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2022-02-04T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-22T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations 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/ee2aee04-6095-4cb4-a3e8-0028a4ea1480`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).