republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/sb-5025.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning educational interpreters.	Concerning educational interpreters.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	SB 5025	Washington SB 5025 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Lovick	3	27	3	2024-12-10	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/b6233773-3f02-44db-8c54-c4af41644af7	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5025&Year=2025&Initiative=false	c5ee64e99b2171f44921e50fae79f6a70d8ab87e3c468819ece4f3b488e888aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5025 (2025-2026) — Concerning educational interpreters.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lovick — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Salomon — cosponsor (person)
• Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
• Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-10 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2025-01-13 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2025-01-28 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-02-05 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-05 EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-06 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-02-12 Placed on second reading consent calendar. reading-2
• 2025-02-19 1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 25). substitution
• 2025-02-19 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-02-21 First reading, referred to Education. reading-1
• 2025-03-05 Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-03-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-03-20 ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-26 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2025-03-26 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-26 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-04-21 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2025-04-21 Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2025-04-22 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-23 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-24 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Chapter 255, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-13 Effective date 7/27/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6233773-3f02-44db-8c54-c4af41644af7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).