---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications."
description: "Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5841"
citation: "Washington SB 5841 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boehnke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-05"
last_action: "2026-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5457ceb-e83e-4fb7-88bd-5a217a4cb20c"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5841&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "2668fe9bd904f377a546d43bc2104374ea1b35e3edc986b0121437591ec1d2b8"
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 5841 (2025-2026) — Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications.

## 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/5841.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5841-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5841-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boehnke — primary (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-15** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-29** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-04** 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, 49; nays, 0; 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`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; 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`
- **2026-03-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20** Chapter 122, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-20** 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/b5457ceb-e83e-4fb7-88bd-5a217a4cb20c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).