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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 2534: Military families/education

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2534 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on January 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Promoting educational stability for children of military families. Primary sponsor: Clyde Shavers (D). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2026): Governor signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to promoting educational stability for children of military families;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Clyde ShaversPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Stephanie BarnardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Mari LeavittCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Joel McEntireCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Greg NanceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 32, 2026 Laws.
  3. Effective date 6/11/2026.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. President signed.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  9. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. EDU - Majority; do pass.
  12. First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page