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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5130: Child care licensing fees

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 5130 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Eliminating child care licensing fees. Primary sponsor: Claire Wilson (D). It lists 8 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 eliminating child care licensing fees;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Claire WilsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Jessica BatemanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Mike ChapmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Leonard ChristianCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Deborah KrishnadasanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Marko LiiasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Rebecca SaldañaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37
Lisa WellmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate41

“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. First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
  6. Prefiled for introduction.

Sources

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