---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning optional benefits offered by school districts."
description: "Concerning optional benefits offered by school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2458"
citation: "Washington HB 2458 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STUDIES", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stonier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62891876-8a47-4504-b8c2-c714409a67b3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2458&year=2019"
source_hash: "fab856a4b6bbc7a86c15c06ffbf15d47003e5dc86c9eac163450c03124222de6"
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 HB 2458 (2019-2020) — Concerning optional benefits offered by school districts.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2458.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#49) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stonier — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 231, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62891876-8a47-4504-b8c2-c714409a67b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).