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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5007: Chronically absent students

In committee 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

SB 5007 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on December 3, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Supporting students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school. Primary sponsor: John Braun (R). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 12, 2026): By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

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 supporting students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John BraunPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Adrian CortesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Manka DhingraCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate45
Perry DozierCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Paul HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Curtis KingCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate14
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Marcus RiccelliCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Yasmin TrudeauCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Keith WagonerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Judy WarnickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Lisa WellmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate41
Claire WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Jeff WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19

“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. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. Referred to Ways & Means.
  3. EDU - Majority; do pass.
  4. And refer to Ways & Means.
  5. Minority; without recommendation.
  6. First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
  7. Prefiled for introduction.

Sources

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