---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning special education funding."
description: "Concerning special education funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5263"
citation: "Washington SB 5263 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af099ec2-e38d-488f-8c08-effb2c9da14e"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5263&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6238a7c74c2ab5ec4cdb4a75baae7ede37327169698898d7dac88ee0c7006709"
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 5263 (2025-2026) — Concerning special education funding.

## 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/5263.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5263-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5263-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5263-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5263-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Krishnadasan — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-30** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** 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; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2025-04-24** House receded from amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-24** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2025-04-24** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 368, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** 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/af099ec2-e38d-488f-8c08-effb2c9da14e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).