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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5861: Education/community rep.

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 5861 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on December 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Encouraging community representation in education. Primary sponsor: Adrian Cortes (D). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 26, 2026): Senate Rules "X" file.

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 encouraging community representation in education;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Adrian CortesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Steve ConwayCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Marko LiiasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Javier ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
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. Senate Rules "X" file.
  2. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  3. Minority; without recommendation.
  4. EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  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