---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning digital citizenship, media literacy, and internet safety in schools."
description: "Concerning digital citizenship, media literacy, and internet safety in schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5449"
citation: "Washington SB 5449 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOL DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION", "WASHINGTON STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c013e56-7b85-4494-944d-e5d7c744e2f1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5449&year=2017"
source_hash: "1a10f53eaf29c5e1baaeeb3bdc96b7c3974075ea1c7f6e275227a669596ecee7"
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 5449 (2017-2018) — Concerning digital citizenship, media literacy, and internet safety in 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5449.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5449-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5449-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **76–21** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **40–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 90, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c013e56-7b85-4494-944d-e5d7c744e2f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).