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type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting students to wear traditional tribal regalia and objects of cultural significance at graduation ceremonies and related events."
description: "Permitting students to wear traditional tribal regalia and objects of cultural significance at graduation ceremonies and related events."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2551"
citation: "Washington HB 2551 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "NAMED ACTS", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "INDIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lekanoff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef649791-09d7-4863-9574-5fefe139c317"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2551&year=2019"
source_hash: "c8df48ea32daa0462900eca8fbe9e77d9a72b6819b1ba387d1f9ed4a73821355"
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 HB 2551 (2019-2020) — Permitting students to wear traditional tribal regalia and objects of cultural significance at graduation ceremonies and related events.
## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2551.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2551-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2551-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#45) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lekanoff — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-07** SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 35, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 3/18/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef649791-09d7-4863-9574-5fefe139c317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).