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Bill Expanding background check requirements for certain educational institutions. Expanding background check requirements for certain educational institutions. us/states/wa Washington Legislature 2019-2020 HB 2259 Washington HB 2259 (2019-2020)
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BACKGROUND CHECKS
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
INDIVIDUALS WITH
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Rude
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Washington HB 2259 (2019-2020) — Expanding background check requirements for certain educational institutions.

Version chain

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

  1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — 480 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — 980 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Rude — primary (person)
  • Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
  • Thai — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-12-20 Prefiled for introduction. filing
  • 2020-01-13 First reading, referred to Education. reading-1
  • 2020-02-04 ED - Majority; do pass.
  • 2020-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  • 2020-02-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  • 2020-02-17 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  • 2020-02-17 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
  • 2020-02-19 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
  • 2020-02-24 EDU - Majority; do pass.
  • 2020-02-25 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  • 2020-03-02 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
  • 2020-03-03 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  • 2020-03-03 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
  • 2020-03-05 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2020-03-06 President signed. passage
  • 2020-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
  • 2020-03-18 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2020-03-18 Chapter 22, 2020 Laws. became-law
  • 2020-03-18 Effective date 6/11/2020. became-law
  • 2020-01-20T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
  • 2020-02-04T20:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
  • 2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
  • 2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d75f54c-4d82-4743-8b7b-5aa45694d3b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).