---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying child care and early childhood development programs."
description: "Modifying child care and early childhood development programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5752"
citation: "Washington SB 5752 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d7798f8-bb1d-43e3-bddc-617e377367d2"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5752&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "cc031e4c46e2a95558a3e3ebe4fc72eaed02e5270a37c339df8cf76df337842d"
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 5752 (2025-2026) — Modifying child care and early childhood development programs.

## 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/5752.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5752-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5752-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5752-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House on Reconsideration (#10) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **87–10** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **34–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** 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`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Early Learning & Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-23** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2025-04-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 34; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 412, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 7/1/2025*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d7798f8-bb1d-43e3-bddc-617e377367d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).