---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation."
description: "Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5030"
citation: "Washington SB 5030 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-10"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be7c23a-a658-4b70-8e7b-acded6efd923"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5030&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d12b76dac7a1c5fbb42894b06e82b94b66906e5e7573830f6b1d3936f3c07894"
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 5030 (2025-2026) — Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation.

## 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/5030.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5030-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5030-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **62–33** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **43–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Krishnadasan — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — 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.

- **2024-12-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-29** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-29** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Early Learning & K-12 Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-26** ELHS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Chapter 109, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-22** 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/8be7c23a-a658-4b70-8e7b-acded6efd923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).