---
type: "Bill"
title: "Including highway workers employed on a transportation project by a contractor in the tuition and fee exemption for children and surviving spouses of highway workers."
description: "Including highway workers employed on a transportation project by a contractor in the tuition and fee exemption for children and surviving spouses of highway workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5119"
citation: "Washington SB 5119 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palumbo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a21221bb-5a40-4513-a016-b15c48468ef3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5119&year=2019"
source_hash: "64ed95cd2fd3a789a708f0211c774a568fa9f7124a4f828f9eeb53081c38de55"
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 5119 (2019-2020) — Including highway workers employed on a transportation project by a contractor in the tuition and fee exemption for children and surviving spouses of highway workers.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5119.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **36–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#2) — **78–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palumbo — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-05** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-12** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-12** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** CWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Chapter 144, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-31T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-27T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a21221bb-5a40-4513-a016-b15c48468ef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).