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type: "Bill"
title: "Fulfilling high school and beyond plan requirements with individualized education program transition plans."
description: "Fulfilling high school and beyond plan requirements with individualized education program transition plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5969"
citation: "Washington SB 5969 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7edc660-7e78-4c39-9229-6909422364c4"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5969&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "a3efca979ed0597a5ca67a19e8d408ec50b519351f77a4ec48fd889e936e22e1"
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 5969 (2025-2026) — Fulfilling high school and beyond plan requirements with individualized education program transition plans.
## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5969.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5969-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5969-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5969-S.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **38–10** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cortes — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-21** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-24** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 147, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7edc660-7e78-4c39-9229-6909422364c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).