republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5044.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning professional learning, equity, cultural competency, and dismantling institutional racism in the public school system."
description: "Concerning professional learning, equity, cultural competency, and dismantling institutional racism in the public school system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5044"
citation: "Washington SB 5044 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "MINORITIES", "SCHOOL DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION", "WASHINGTON STATE", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Das"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-30T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/482d870a-ed4e-4c60-867d-29ae1c45896b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5044&year=2021"
source_hash: "311f69477ab2bddb879a303ecae9af75524c31eae0acb7c6901027c4edc9f932"
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 SB 5044 (2021-2022) — Concerning professional learning, equity, cultural competency, and dismantling institutional racism in the public school system.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5044.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5044-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5044-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- 568 Walsh Pg 4 Ln 18 (#14) — **39–58** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **57–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Das — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-30T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 21). `substitution`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 197, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-13T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
- **2021-01-20T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-11T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-31T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-04-01T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/482d870a-ed4e-4c60-867d-29ae1c45896b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).