---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advancing equity in programs for highly capable students."
description: "Advancing equity in programs for highly capable students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5072"
citation: "Washington SB 5072 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nobles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2438280-4718-4712-8224-b3eef62c77c7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5072&year=2023"
source_hash: "bb47dd0ead1651326fd47d4ada3263ce56c5fb2935fa022f0c068673d6bcc83f"
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 5072 (2023-2024) — Advancing equity in programs for highly capable students.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5072.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5072-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5072-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nobles — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-25** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-09** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-03-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 265, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2438280-4718-4712-8224-b3eef62c77c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).