republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5241.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning the educational success of youth in foster care.	Concerning the educational success of youth in foster care.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5241	Washington SB 5241 (2017-2018)	bill	SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOSTER CARE	enacted	Carlyle	2	25	2	2017-01-18	2017-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/961a266e-58f5-4f18-8d43-f2b6a1ae9dad	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5241&year=2017	74d0aedb1233413377936c42c7b10e92507b1f1a7fe0dd22fa44162a9f578d98	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5241 (2017-2018) — Concerning the educational success of youth in foster care.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#19) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carlyle — primary (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-18 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2017-02-07 EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-08 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-14 On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
• 2017-02-24 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-27 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-07 EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-08 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-14 On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
• 2017-02-24 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-27 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-01 First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-23 ED - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-28 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-31 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-04-06 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-10 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-11 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-17 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-17 Chapter 40, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-17 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/961a266e-58f5-4f18-8d43-f2b6a1ae9dad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).