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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5500: Child care rate model

Passed one chamber 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 5500 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Modernizing reimbursement rates for the working connections child care program. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Defining the cost of quality child care for the biennial survey.). Primary sponsor: Emily Alvarado (D). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2026): By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

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 defining the cost of quality child care for the biennial survey;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Emily AlvaradoPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Jessica BatemanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Noel FrameCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Deborah KrishnadasanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Liz LovelettCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate40
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Rebecca SaldañaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37
Jesse SalomonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Yasmin TrudeauCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Javier ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Lisa WellmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate41
Claire WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“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, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
  2. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  3. APP - Majority; do pass.
  4. Minority; do not pass.
  5. APP - Executive action taken by committee.
  6. First reading, referred to Appropriations.
  7. 1st substitute bill substituted.
  8. Floor amendment(s) adopted.
  9. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  10. Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  11. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  12. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

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