---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restricting mobile device usage by public school students."
description: "Restricting mobile device usage by public school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5346"
citation: "Washington SB 5346 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dc8307b-d0c3-4805-84d8-fc32c28cc124"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5346&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d398bd0db5a0138eb206c460976cb4396859f4ab92f7619aa83fd622bdc868bb"
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 5346 (2025-2026) — Restricting mobile device usage by public school students.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5346.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5346-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5346-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **63–34** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **43–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Krishnadasan — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-29** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-04** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-23** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter 225, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dc8307b-d0c3-4805-84d8-fc32c28cc124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).