---
type: "Bill"
title: "Closing the Yakima Valley school and Rainier school."
description: "Closing the Yakima Valley school and Rainier school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5393"
citation: "Washington SB 5393 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84289c72-f497-497d-832e-6c436bbf4b66"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5393&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7c7efd36b697c8ff2ed5aee0e87ba21ca2fc536b1989f30fff0902ab25dfe0d9"
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 5393 (2025-2026) — Closing the Yakima Valley school and Rainier school.

## 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/5393.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5393-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5393-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **76–22** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **33–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-10** HS - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2025-02-10** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-18** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-04-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-19** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-23** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-26** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-27** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-27** Passed final passage; yeas, 33; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 410, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** 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/84289c72-f497-497d-832e-6c436bbf4b66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).