---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning special education safety net awards."
description: "Concerning special education safety net awards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5852"
citation: "Washington SB 5852 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braun"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40dc0fa7-ba73-43a1-b186-ff0b2c53b0c0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5852&year=2023"
source_hash: "b30187e5cd723061eab4140656ef8eabd3e5fdcae526d336a3b14c1d5c8ec2da"
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 5852 (2023-2024) — Concerning special education safety net awards.

## 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/5852.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5852.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braun — primary (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-15** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-18** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-19** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-10** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-20** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Chapter 127, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-15** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40dc0fa7-ba73-43a1-b186-ff0b2c53b0c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).