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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5920: School district PRA requests

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 5920 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on December 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Providing protections for school districts against burdensome public records requests. Primary sponsor: Lisa Wellman (D). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 12, 2026): First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.

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 providing protections for school districts against burdensome public records requests;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lisa WellmanPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate41
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
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. First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
  2. Prefiled for introduction.

Sources

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