republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5498.md

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Bill	Awarding diplomas posthumously.	Awarding diplomas posthumously.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	SB 5498	Washington SB 5498 (2021-2022)	bill	NAMED ACTS SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS	enacted	C. Wilson	1	32	3	2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00	2022-12-07T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/72317999-1f17-4904-8622-dfd9ab703e9d	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5498&year=2021	b1b93ac8e5781bfdd15a0da79bc989c4b291e966f290701010e59d172f283f85	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5498 (2021-2022) — Awarding diplomas posthumously.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — 97–1 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#40) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. Wilson — primary (person)
• Billig — cosponsor (person)
• Das — cosponsor (person)
• Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
• Lovick — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-07T05:00:00+00:00 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2022-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
• 2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 EDU - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Education. reading-1
• 2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
• 2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM.
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 224, 2022 Laws. became-law
• 2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 6/9/2022. became-law
• 2022-01-14T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
• 2022-01-21T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
• 2022-02-17T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
• 2022-02-24T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72317999-1f17-4904-8622-dfd9ab703e9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).