---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning educational interpreters."
description: "Concerning educational interpreters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5025"
citation: "Washington SB 5025 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-10"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6233773-3f02-44db-8c54-c4af41644af7"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5025&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c5ee64e99b2171f44921e50fae79f6a70d8ab87e3c468819ece4f3b488e888aa"
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 5025 (2025-2026) — Concerning educational interpreters.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5025.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5025-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5025-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-05** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-12** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-20** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 255, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6233773-3f02-44db-8c54-c4af41644af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).