---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing prototypical school staffing to better meet student needs."
description: "Increasing prototypical school staffing to better meet student needs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5882"
citation: "Washington SB 5882 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b2f4900-9bf8-45eb-951a-7b01841d3110"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5882&year=2023"
source_hash: "498947cad17df4e5907f2d375e2ed66a4be1ba80157a1cbda716ddcbf61b1b8a"
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 5882 (2023-2024) — Increasing prototypical school staffing to better meet student needs.

## 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/5882.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5882-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5882-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5882-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#58) — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#31) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **37–11** (pass) · upper
- 1192 Corry Pg 5 Ln 9 (#57) — **38–54** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **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; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-10** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 191, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** 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/1b2f4900-9bf8-45eb-951a-7b01841d3110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).