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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5180: Schools/gender inclusive

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 5180 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Securing the rights of students to have a safe, civil, and respectful learning community. Primary sponsor: Claire Wilson (D). It lists 11 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 securing the rights of students to have a safe, civil, and respectful learning community that is free of discrimination by ensuring all schools adopt and enforce gender inclusive protections, policies, and procedures;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Claire WilsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Manka DhingraCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate45
Marko LiiasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
John LovickCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate44
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Tina OrwallCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Jamie PedersenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate43
Rebecca SaldañaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37
Derek StanfordCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1
Yasmin TrudeauCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Javier ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
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. First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
  3. Prefiled for introduction.

Sources

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