---
type: "Bill"
title: "Facilitating course equivalency agreements between skill centers and school districts."
description: "Facilitating course equivalency agreements between skill centers and school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5617"
citation: "Washington SB 5617 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wellman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff37ed28-4114-4675-adec-e8653193057a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5617&year=2023"
source_hash: "8fc1859e7f8432ce5ecdf2bf0f3e9033d780ba15f3555cb06247c2f15a197116"
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 5617 (2023-2024) — Facilitating course equivalency agreements between skill centers and 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5617.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5617-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5617-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wellman — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-13** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-20** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2023-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-16** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-03-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 407, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** 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/ff37ed28-4114-4675-adec-e8653193057a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).