---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a building point of contact in all K-12 public schools for students in foster care."
description: "Establishing a building point of contact in all K-12 public schools for students in foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5184"
citation: "Washington SB 5184 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOSTER CARE", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nobles"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ab278cc-4368-4a85-9fc4-f8a7262ac6e7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5184&year=2021"
source_hash: "4be38a70ac9f36f75abe63becf64e8cd1186b582d80bb0180cfef450c8b0f2dd"
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 5184 (2021-2022) — Establishing a building point of contact in all K-12 public schools for students in foster care.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5184.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nobles — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 95, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2021-01-27T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-11T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-23T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ab278cc-4368-4a85-9fc4-f8a7262ac6e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).