---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring that unhoused children and youths in Washington have equal access to free, appropriate public education."
description: "Ensuring that unhoused children and youths in Washington have equal access to free, appropriate public education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2594"
citation: "Washington HB 2594 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccecfdec-d2f1-46e0-897c-233a6de1e4a1"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2594&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d6769fb8ba71ff0ba5af015addda50907ff26bce7c4524f1c376a51ac9a22bd7"
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 2594 (2025-2026) — Ensuring that unhoused children and youths in Washington have equal access to free, appropriate public education.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2594.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2594-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2594-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#39) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- McEntire — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-03** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 201, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccecfdec-d2f1-46e0-897c-233a6de1e4a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).