---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing the annual reporting date for the transitional bilingual instruction program."
description: "Changing the annual reporting date for the transitional bilingual instruction program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5488"
citation: "Washington SB 5488 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "MINORITIES", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zeiger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d395718e-2b29-497d-b89c-ba4ff62aebc3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5488&year=2017"
source_hash: "04a9e1178f8aff834381b2a11509fbe0a95042d0ccfdf1d4ac1b00d636cde111"
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 5488 (2017-2018) — Changing the annual reporting date for the transitional bilingual instruction program.

## 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/5488.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#12) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zeiger — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 123, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** 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/d395718e-2b29-497d-b89c-ba4ff62aebc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).