---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the effective date of licensing living accommodations for residential private schools."
description: "Extending the effective date of licensing living accommodations for residential private schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5506"
citation: "Washington SB 5506 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christian"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cdef2f6-6189-4342-874d-853bc25b4614"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5506&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "96bc5c946b3e054642ec2d2c2cdd40d7d975772d8ac5da8704a4fc1cbf5ba4da"
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 5506 (2025-2026) — Extending the effective date of licensing living accommodations for residential private schools.

## 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/5506.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5506.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christian — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-12** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-12** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** ELHS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 257, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date 5/13/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cdef2f6-6189-4342-874d-853bc25b4614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).