republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/sb-5028.md

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Bill	Declaring September the month of the kindergartner.	Declaring September the month of the kindergartner.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	SB 5028	Washington SB 5028 (2019-2020)	bill	SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES	enacted	Hunt	2	28	2	2018-12-18	2019-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/1272aa7c-6503-4826-b18a-d30f3a1ebd8f	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5028&year=2019	6d65c1bce725b575bd0a63e2c3a6e66fe8d53cc764c78c9ed0c2b646691b4a33	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5028 (2019-2020) — Declaring September the month of the kindergartner.

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

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#17) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hunt — primary (person)
• O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-18 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2019-01-14 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2019-01-25 EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-01-28 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-02-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-02-26 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-01-25 EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-01-28 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2019-02-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2019-02-26 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-02-26 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-02-26 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2019-02-27 First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. reading-1
• 2019-03-19 SGOV - Majority; do pass.
• 2019-03-21 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2019-04-17 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2019-04-17 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-17 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2019-04-18 President signed. passage
• 2019-04-23 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-04-25 Delivered to Governor.
• 2019-04-29 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-04-29 Chapter 179, 2019 Laws. became-law
• 2019-04-29 Effective date 7/28/2019. became-law
• 2019-01-18T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
• 2019-01-25T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
• 2019-03-11T12:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
• 2019-03-19T17:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1272aa7c-6503-4826-b18a-d30f3a1ebd8f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).