---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning written contracts between school boards and principals."
description: "Concerning written contracts between school boards and principals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5175"
citation: "Washington SB 5175 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wellman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00c5f5fa-6775-4af4-ae05-c209890e0513"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5175&year=2023"
source_hash: "ccf1ed08e70775c6048f501d5536f79f49a4d3d1eb680dfa1fbd7d40d5b721ec"
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 5175 (2023-2024) — Concerning written contracts between school boards and principals.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5175.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5175.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5175.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **84–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-19** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-27** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-28** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2023-04-18** House insists on its position and asks Senate to concur.
- **2023-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 362, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00c5f5fa-6775-4af4-ae05-c209890e0513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).