---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the ongoing review of approved teacher and principal preparation programs."
description: "Concerning the ongoing review of approved teacher and principal preparation programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6278"
citation: "Washington SB 6278 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wellman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e6dfa96-9dc8-4f39-a3d1-238a9d8427ee"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6278&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "169c906f9bb7ab245f9bfa15c526e0aad7a709108c4d67702af535aacad65c0e"
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 6278 (2025-2026) — Concerning the ongoing review of approved teacher and principal preparation 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/6278.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6278.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **86–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wellman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 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; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; 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. `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`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Chapter 49, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-14** 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/4e6dfa96-9dc8-4f39-a3d1-238a9d8427ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).