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type: "Bill"
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title: "Increasing the number of school districts that may be authorized to reduce the minimum number of required school days in a school year."
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description: "Increasing the number of school districts that may be authorized to reduce the minimum number of required school days in a school year."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "HB 1803"
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citation: "Washington HB 1803 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Orcutt"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-01-31"
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last_action: "2019-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98529487-f199-4616-8248-74d75a9cf0e3"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1803&year=2019"
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source_hash: "98b5005ccc307d6731fbea37e6233a34938fa391aa69772be446f4fd4162faa4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 1803 (2019-2020) — Increasing the number of school districts that may be authorized to reduce the minimum number of required school days in a school year.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1803.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#42) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#37) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage (#16) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Orcutt — primary (person)
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- Santos — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-31** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-19** ED - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2019-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
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- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
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- **2019-04-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
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- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
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- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Chapter 274, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2019-05-07** Effective date 5/7/2019. `became-law`
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- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
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- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-03-15T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
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- **2019-03-27T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98529487-f199-4616-8248-74d75a9cf0e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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