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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5570: Tribes/K-12 instruction

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 5570 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Supporting public school instruction in tribal sovereignty and federally recognized Indian tribes. Primary sponsor: Claudia Kauffman (D). It lists 7 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 public school instruction in tribal sovereignty and federally recognized Indian tribes;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Claudia KauffmanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate47
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Marcus RiccelliCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Derek StanfordCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1
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, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
  3. By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
  4. Referred to Appropriations.
  5. ED - Majority; do pass.
  6. ED - Executive action taken by committee.
  7. First reading, referred to Education.
  8. 1st substitute bill substituted.
  9. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  10. Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  11. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  12. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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