republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/sb-5263.md

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Bill	Concerning special education funding.	Concerning special education funding.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	SB 5263	Washington SB 5263 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Pedersen	5	41	4	2025-01-14	2025-05-19	openstates	ocd-bill/af099ec2-e38d-488f-8c08-effb2c9da14e	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5263&Year=2025&Initiative=false	6238a7c74c2ab5ec4cdb4a75baae7ede37327169698898d7dac88ee0c7006709	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5263 (2025-2026) — Concerning special education funding.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pedersen — primary (person)
• Bateman — cosponsor (person)
• Braun — cosponsor (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Chapman — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Krishnadasan — cosponsor (person)
• Liias — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Orwall — cosponsor (person)
• Salomon — cosponsor (person)
• Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Valdez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2025-01-22 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-01-30 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-01-30 EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-01-30 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-01-31 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-02-27 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-27 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-27 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-28 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-03-03 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-03-12 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). substitution
• 2025-03-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-03-14 First reading, referred to Appropriations. reading-1
• 2025-03-19 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
• 2025-04-05 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-04-05 APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-08 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-16 Committee amendment not adopted. amendment-failure
• 2025-04-16 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-04-16 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-16 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-04-22 Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
• 2025-04-24 House receded from amendments.
• 2025-04-24 Rules suspended.
• 2025-04-24 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2025-04-24 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-04-24 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-24 Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2025-04-25 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2025-04-25 Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2025-04-25 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-26 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-27 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-19 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-19 Chapter 368, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-19 Effective date 7/27/2025*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af099ec2-e38d-488f-8c08-effb2c9da14e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).