---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the preK promise account."
description: "Establishing the preK promise account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5872"
citation: "Washington SB 5872 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-11"
last_action: "2026-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/631da29e-b002-4324-816c-3a6ceff5331b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5872&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "30beb664b761edacb9af44933104a8caf14e581c4f0f7260bf546945a6bb8ba0"
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 5872 (2025-2026) — Establishing the preK promise account.

## 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/5872.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5872.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5872.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-03** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-27** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Chapter 51, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-14** Effective date 3/14/2026*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/631da29e-b002-4324-816c-3a6ceff5331b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).