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SB 5186 — Concerning school district elections.

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This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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The recent amendment to Bill SB 5186 changes the percentage required for voters' approval to validate school district indebtedness from three-fifths (60%) to a simple majority (over 50%). This change is significant because it lowers the threshold for school districts to secure the necessary funding and support from voters, potentially making it easier for them to undertake important projects and improvements. By requiring a majority instead of a higher percentage, it aims to enhance accessibility to funding for education facilities, which could lead to better resources for students and communities.

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S-0599.3 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5186 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Krishnadasan, Wellman, Orwall, Riccelli, Chapman, Hasegawa, Frame, Hansen, Liias, Saldaña, Cortes, Dhingra, Lovelett, Nobles, Shewmake, Slatter, Stanford, Valdez, and C.
S-0276.1 SENATE BILL 5186 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Krishnadasan, Wellman, Orwall, Riccelli, Chapman, Hasegawa, Frame, Hansen, Liias, Saldaña, Cortes, Dhingra, Lovelett, Nobles, Shewmake, Slatter, Stanford, Valdez, and C.
Wilson) READ FIRST TIME 02/14/25.
Wilson Prefiled 01/08/25.
AN ACT Relating to local funding for school district facilities;
Read first time 01/13/25.
amending RCW 28A.535.020, 28A.535.050, 84.52.056, 39.36.020, 28A.530.020, 28A.315.285, 82.02.050, 82.02.060, 82.02.070, 82.02.090, and 36.70A.211;
Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.
repealing RCW 82.02.110;
AN ACT Relating to school district elections;
amending RCW 28A.535.020, 28A.535.050, 84.52.056, 39.36.020, 28A.530.020, and 28A.315.285;
Whenever the board of directors of any school district shall deem it advisable to validate and ratify the indebtedness mentioned in RCW 28A.535.010, they shall provide therefor by resolution, which shall be entered on the records of such school district, which resolution shall provide for the holding of an election for the purpose of submitting the question of validating and ratifying the indebtedness so incurred to the voters of such school district for approval or disapproval, and if at such election ((three-fifths)) a majority of the voters in such school district voting at such election shall vote in favor of the validation and ratification of such indebtedness, then such indebtedness so validated and ratified and every part thereof existing at the time of the adoption of said resolution shall p.
Whenever the board of directors of any school district shall deem it advisable to validate and ratify the indebtedness mentioned in RCW 28A.535.010, they shall provide therefor by resolution, which shall be entered on the records of such school district, which resolution shall provide for the holding of an election for the purpose of submitting the question of validating and ratifying the indebtedness so incurred to the voters of such school district for approval or disapproval, and if at such election ((three-fifths)) 55 percent of the voters in such school district voting at such election shall vote in favor of the validation and ratification of such indebtedness, then such indebtedness so validated and ratified and every part thereof existing at the time of the adoption of said resolution shall thereby become and is hereby declared to be validated and ratified and a binding obligation upon such school district.
1 SSB 5186 thereby become and is hereby declared to be validated and ratified and a binding obligation upon such school district.
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If the indebtedness of such school district is validated and ratified, as provided in this chapter, by ((three-fifths)) a majority of the voters voting at such election, the board of directors of such school district, without any further vote, may borrow money and issue and sell negotiable bonds therefor in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
If the indebtedness of such school district is validated and ratified, as provided in this chapter, by ((three-fifths)) 55 percent of the voters voting at such election, the board of directors of such school district, without any further vote, may borrow money and issue and sell negotiable bonds therefor in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
Such an election may not be held more often than twice a calendar year, and the proposition to issue any such bonds and to exceed the tax limitation must receive the affirmative vote of a three-fifths majority of those voting on the proposition and the total number of ((persons)) voters voting at the election must constitute not less than forty percent of the voters in the municipal corporation who voted at the last preceding general state election , except that a proposition by a school district to issue such bonds and to pay the principal and interest on the bonds by annual tax levies shall be authorized by receiving the affirmative vote of a majority of the voters voting on the proposition.
Such an election may not be held more often than twice a calendar year, and the proposition to issue any such bonds and to exceed the tax limitation must receive the affirmative vote of a three-fifths majority of those voting on the proposition and the total number of ((persons)) voters voting at the election must constitute not less than forty percent of the voters in the municipal corporation who voted at the last preceding general state election, except that a proposition by a school district to issue such bonds and to pay the principal and interest on the bonds by annual tax levies must be authorized by receiving the affirmative vote of 55 percent of the voters voting on the proposition.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "bond" includes a municipal corporation's obligation to make payments to the state in connection with a financing contract entered into by the state by or on behalf of a municipal corporation under chapter 39.94 RCW.
2 SSB 5186 (3) For the purposes of this section, "bond" includes a municipal corporation's obligation to make payments to the state in connection with a financing contract entered into by the state by or on behalf of a municipal corporation under chapter 39.94 RCW.
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(3) School districts are limited to an indebtedness amount not exceeding three-eighths of one percent of the value of the taxable property in such district without the assent of ((three-fifths)) 55 percent of the voters therein voting at an election held for that purpose.
3 SSB 5186 (3) School districts are limited to an indebtedness amount not exceeding three-eighths of one percent of the value of the taxable property in such district without the assent of ((three-fifths)) a majority of the voters therein voting at an election held for that purpose.
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In cases requiring such assent school districts are limited to a total indebtedness of two and one-half percent of the value of the taxable property therein.
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PROVIDED, That if the amount of bonds to be issued, together with any outstanding indebtedness of the district that only needs a simple majority voter approval, exceeds three- eighths of one percent of the value of the taxable property in said district, as the term "value of the taxable property" is defined in RCW 39.36.015, then three-fifths of the votes cast at such election p.
4 SSB 5186 that only needs a simple majority voter approval, exceeds three- eighths of one percent of the value of the taxable property in said district, as the term "value of the taxable property" is defined in RCW 39.36.015, then three-fifths of the votes cast at such election must be in favor of the issuance of such bonds, before the board of directors is authorized to issue said bonds.
4 SB 5186 must be in favor of the issuance of such bonds, before the board of directors is authorized to issue said bonds.
Any such proposition shall be considered approved if ((three-fifths or more)) a majority of all votes cast thereon are in the affirmative ((and forty percent of)) without regard to the total number of voters ((who voted at the p.
Any such proposition shall be considered approved if ((three-fifths or more)) 55 percent of all votes cast thereon are in the affirmative ((and forty percent of)) without regard to the total number of voters ((who voted at the last preceding general election cast a ballot)) voting on the proposition.
5 SSB 5186 last preceding general election cast a ballot)) voting on the proposition.
(a) Make an order establishing such new school district or such terms of adjustment of bonded indebtedness or both, as were approved by the registered voters and shall also order such other terms of adjustment, if there are any, of property and other assets and of liabilities other than bonded indebtedness as have been approved by the state council;
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5 SB 5186 (a) Make an order establishing such new school district or such terms of adjustment of bonded indebtedness or both, as were approved by the registered voters and shall also order such other terms of adjustment, if there are any, of property and other assets and of liabilities other than bonded indebtedness as have been approved by the state council;
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RCW 82.02.050 and 2015 c 241 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
(1) It is the intent of the legislature:
(a) To ensure that adequate facilities are available to serve new growth and development;
(b) To promote orderly growth and development by establishing standards by which counties, cities, and towns may require, by ordinance, that new growth and development pay a proportionate share p.
6 SSB 5186 of the cost of new facilities needed to serve new growth and development;
and (c) To ensure that impact fees are imposed through established procedures and criteria so that specific developments do not pay arbitrary fees or duplicative fees for the same impact.
(2) Counties, cities, and towns that are required or choose to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 are authorized to impose impact fees on development activity as part of the financing for public facilities, provided that the financing for system improvements to serve new development must provide for a balance between impact fees and other sources of public funds and cannot rely solely on impact fees.
(3)(a)(i) Counties, cities, and towns collecting impact fees must, by September 1, 2016, adopt and maintain a system for the deferred collection of impact fees for single-family detached and attached residential construction.
The deferral system must include a process by which an applicant for a building permit for a single- family detached or attached residence may request a deferral of the full impact fee payment.
The deferral system offered by a county, city, or town under this subsection (3) must include one or more of the following options:
(A) Deferring collection of the impact fee payment until final inspection;
(B) Deferring collection of the impact fee payment until certificate of occupancy or equivalent certification;
or (C) Deferring collection of the impact fee payment until the time of closing of the first sale of the property occurring after the issuance of the applicable building permit.
(ii) Counties, cities, and towns utilizing the deferral process required by this subsection (3)(a) may withhold certification of final inspection, certificate of occupancy, or equivalent certification until the impact fees have been paid in full.
(iii) The amount of impact fees that may be deferred under this subsection (3) must be determined by the fees in effect at the time the applicant applies for a deferral.
(iv) Unless an agreement to the contrary is reached between the buyer and seller, the payment of impact fees due at closing of a sale must be made from the seller's proceeds.
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In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the seller bears strict liability for the payment of the impact fees.
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7 SSB 5186 (b) The term of an impact fee deferral under this subsection (3) may not exceed eighteen months from the date of building permit issuance.
(c) Except as may otherwise be authorized in accordance with (f) of this subsection (3), an applicant seeking a deferral under this subsection (3) must grant and record a deferred impact fee lien against the property in favor of the county, city, or town in the amount of the deferred impact fee.
The deferred impact fee lien, which must include the legal description, tax account number, and address of the property, must also be:
(i) In a form approved by the county, city, or town;
(ii) Signed by all owners of the property, with all signatures acknowledged as required for a deed, and recorded in the county where the property is located;
(iii) Binding on all successors in title after the recordation;
and (iv) Junior and subordinate to one mortgage for the purpose of construction upon the same real property granted by the person who applied for the deferral of impact fees.
(d)(((i))) If impact fees are not paid in accordance with a deferral authorized by this subsection (3), and in accordance with the term provisions established in (b) of this subsection (3), the county, city, or town may institute foreclosure proceedings in accordance with chapter 61.12 RCW.
(((ii) If the county, city, or town does not institute foreclosure proceedings for unpaid school impact fees within forty- five days after receiving notice from a school district requesting that it do so, the district may institute foreclosure proceedings with respect to the unpaid impact fees.)) (e)(i) Upon receipt of final payment of all deferred impact fees for a property, the county, city, or town must execute a release of deferred impact fee lien for the property.
The property owner at the time of the release, at his or her expense, is responsible for recording the lien release.
(ii) The extinguishment of a deferred impact fee lien by the foreclosure of a lien having priority does not affect the obligation to pay the impact fees as a condition of final inspection, certificate of occupancy, or equivalent certification, or at the time of closing of the first sale.
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8 SSB 5186 (f) A county, city, or town with an impact fee deferral process on or before April 1, 2015, is exempt from the requirements of this subsection (3) if the deferral process delays all impact fees and remains in effect after September 1, 2016.
(g)(i) Each applicant for a single-family residential construction permit, in accordance with his or her contractor registration number or other unique identification number, is entitled to annually receive deferrals under this subsection (3) for the first twenty single-family residential construction building permits per county, city, or town.
A county, city, or town, however, may elect, by ordinance, to defer more than twenty single-family residential construction building permits for an applicant.
((If the county, city, or town collects impact fees on behalf of one or more school districts for which the collection of impact fees could be delayed, the county, city, or town must consult with the district or districts about the additional deferrals.
A county, city, or town considering additional deferrals must give substantial weight to recommendations of each applicable school district regarding the number of additional deferrals.
If the county, city, or town disagrees with the recommendations of one or more school districts, the county, city, or town must provide the district or districts with a written rationale for its decision.)) (ii) For purposes of this subsection (3)(g), an "applicant" includes an entity that controls the applicant, is controlled by the applicant, or is under common control with the applicant.
(h) Counties, cities, and towns may collect reasonable administrative fees to implement this subsection (3) from permit applicants who are seeking to delay the payment of impact fees under this subsection (3).
(i) In accordance with RCW 44.28.812 and 43.31.980, counties, cities, and towns must cooperate with and provide requested data, materials, and assistance to the department of commerce and the joint legislative audit and review committee.
(4) The impact fees:
(a) Shall only be imposed for system improvements that are reasonably related to the new development;
(b) Shall not exceed a proportionate share of the costs of system improvements that are reasonably related to the new development;
and (c) Shall be used for system improvements that will reasonably benefit the new development.
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After the date a county, city, or town is required to adopt its development regulations under chapter 36.70A RCW, continued authorization to collect and expend impact fees is contingent on the county, city, or town adopting or revising a comprehensive plan in compliance with RCW 36.70A.070, and on the capital facilities plan identifying:
(i) Deficiencies in public facilities serving existing development and the means by which existing deficiencies will be eliminated within a reasonable period of time;
(ii) Additional demands placed on existing public facilities by new development;
and (iii) Additional public facility improvements required to serve new development.
(b) If the capital facilities plan of the county, city, or town is complete other than for the inclusion of those elements which are the responsibility of a special district, the county, city, or town may impose impact fees to address those public facility needs for which the county, city, or town is responsible.
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RCW 82.02.060 and 2023 c 337 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:
The local ordinance by which impact fees are imposed:
(1) Shall include a schedule of impact fees which shall be adopted for each type of development activity that is subject to impact fees, specifying the amount of the impact fee to be imposed for each type of system improvement.
The schedule shall be based upon a formula or other method of calculating such impact fees.
The schedule shall reflect the proportionate impact of new housing units, including multifamily and condominium units, based on the square footage, number of bedrooms, or trips generated, in the housing unit in order to produce a proportionally lower impact fee for smaller housing units.
In determining proportionate share, the formula or other method of calculating impact fees shall incorporate, among other things, the following:
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10 SSB 5186 (a) The cost of public facilities necessitated by new development;
(b) An adjustment to the cost of the public facilities for past or future payments made or reasonably anticipated to be made by new development to pay for particular system improvements in the form of user fees, debt service payments, taxes, or other payments earmarked for or proratable to the particular system improvement;
(c) The availability of other means of funding public facility improvements;
(d) The cost of existing public facilities improvements;
and (e) The methods by which public facilities improvements were financed;
(2) May provide an exemption for low-income housing, and other development activities with broad public purposes, including development of an early learning facility, from these impact fees, provided that the impact fees for such development activity shall be paid from public funds other than impact fee accounts;
(3)(a) May not impose an impact fee on development activities of an early learning facility greater than that imposed on commercial retail or commercial office development activities that generate a similar number, volume, type, and duration of vehicle trips;
(b) When a facility or development has more than one use, the limitations in this subsection (3) or the exemption applicable to an early learning facility in subsections (2) and (4) of this section only apply to that portion that is developed as an early learning facility.
The impact fee assessed on an early learning facility in such a development or facility may not exceed the least of the impact fees assessed on comparable businesses in the facility or development;
(4) May provide an exemption from impact fees for low-income housing or for early learning facilities.
Local governments that grant exemptions for low-income housing or for early learning facilities under this subsection (4) may either:
Grant a partial exemption of not more than eighty percent of impact fees, in which case there is no explicit requirement to pay the exempted portion of the fee from public funds other than impact fee accounts;
or provide a full waiver, in which case the remaining percentage of the exempted fee must be paid from public funds other than impact fee accounts, except as provided in (b) of this subsection.
These exemptions are subject to the following requirements:
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11 SSB 5186 (a) An exemption for low-income housing granted under subsection (2) of this section or this subsection (4) must be conditioned upon requiring the developer to record a covenant that, except as provided otherwise by this subsection, prohibits using the property for any purpose other than for low-income housing.
At a minimum, the covenant must address price restrictions and household income limits for the low-income housing, and that if the property is converted to a use other than for low-income housing, the property owner must pay the applicable impact fees in effect at the time of conversion;
(b) An exemption for early learning facilities granted under subsection (2) of this section or this subsection (4) may be a full waiver without an explicit requirement to pay the exempted portion of the fee from public funds other than impact fee accounts if the local government requires the developer to record a covenant that requires that at least 25 percent of the children and families using the early learning facility qualify for state subsidized child care, including early childhood education and assistance under chapter 43.216 RCW, and that provides that if the property is converted to a use other than for an early learning facility, the property owner must pay the applicable impact fees in effect at the time of conversion, and that also provides that if at no point during a calendar year does the early learning facility achieve the required percentage of children and families qualified for state subsidized child care using the early learning facility, the property owner must pay 20 percent of the impact fee that would have been imposed on the development had there not been an exemption within 90 days of the local government notifying the property owner of the breach, and any balance remaining thereafter shall be a lien on the property;
and (c) Covenants required by (a) and (b) of this subsection must be recorded with the applicable county auditor or recording officer.
A local government granting an exemption under subsection (2) of this section or this subsection (4) for low-income housing or an early learning facility may not collect revenue lost through granting an exemption by increasing impact fees unrelated to the exemption((.
A school district who receives school impact fees must approve any exemption under subsection (2) of this section or this subsection (4)));
(5) Shall provide a credit for the value of any dedication of land for, improvement to, or new construction of any system improvements provided by the developer, to facilities that are p.
12 SSB 5186 identified in the capital facilities plan and that are required by the county, city, or town as a condition of approving the development activity;
(6) Shall allow the county, city, or town imposing the impact fees to adjust the standard impact fee at the time the fee is imposed to consider unusual circumstances in specific cases to ensure that impact fees are imposed fairly;
(7) Shall include a provision for calculating the amount of the fee to be imposed on a particular development that permits consideration of studies and data submitted by the developer to adjust the amount of the fee;
(8) Shall establish one or more reasonable service areas within which it shall calculate and impose impact fees for various land use categories per unit of development;
(9) May provide for the imposition of an impact fee for system improvement costs previously incurred by a county, city, or town to the extent that new growth and development will be served by the previously constructed improvements provided such fee shall not be imposed to make up for any system improvement deficiencies;
and (10) Must adopt or amend by ordinance, and incorporate into their development regulations, zoning regulations, and other official controls the requirements of this section to take effect six months after the jurisdiction's next periodic comprehensive plan update required under RCW 36.70A.130.
For purposes of this section, "low-income housing" means housing with a monthly housing expense, that is no greater than thirty percent of eighty percent of the median family income adjusted for family size, for the county where the project is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development.
For the purposes of this section, "early learning facility" has the same meaning as in RCW 43.31.565.
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RCW 82.02.070 and 2011 c 353 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Impact fee receipts shall be earmarked specifically and retained in special interest-bearing accounts.
Separate accounts shall be established for each type of public facility for which impact fees are collected.
All interest shall be retained in the account and expended for the purpose or purposes for which the impact fees were imposed.
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(2) Impact fees for system improvements shall be expended only in conformance with the capital facilities plan element of the comprehensive plan.
(3)(((a) Except as provided otherwise by (b) of this subsection, impact)) Impact fees shall be expended or encumbered for a permissible use within ten years of receipt, unless there exists an extraordinary and compelling reason for fees to be held longer than ten years.
Such extraordinary or compelling reasons shall be identified in written findings by the governing body of the county, city, or town.
(((b) School impact fees must be expended or encumbered for a permissible use within ten years of receipt, unless there exists an extraordinary and compelling reason for fees to be held longer than ten years.
Such extraordinary or compelling reasons shall be identified in written findings by the governing body of the county, city, or town.)) (4) Impact fees may be paid under protest in order to obtain a permit or other approval of development activity.
(5) Each county, city, or town that imposes impact fees shall provide for an administrative appeals process for the appeal of an impact fee;
the process may follow the appeal process for the underlying development approval or the county, city, or town may establish a separate appeals process.
The impact fee may be modified upon a determination that it is proper to do so based on principles of fairness.
The county, city, or town may provide for the resolution of disputes regarding impact fees by arbitration.
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RCW 82.02.090 and 2023 c 121 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 82.02.050 through 82.02.080 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Development activity" means any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any changes in the use of land, that creates additional p.
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"Development activity" does not include:
(a) Buildings or structures constructed by a regional transit authority;
or (b) Buildings or structures constructed as shelters that provide emergency housing for people experiencing homelessness, or emergency shelters for victims of domestic violence, as defined in RCW 70.123.020.
(2) "Development approval" means any written authorization from a county, city, or town which authorizes the commencement of development activity.
(3) "Impact fee" means a payment of money imposed upon development as a condition of development approval to pay for public facilities needed to serve new growth and development, and that is reasonably related to the new development that creates additional demand and need for public facilities, that is a proportionate share of the cost of the public facilities, and that is used for facilities that reasonably benefit the new development.
"Impact fee" does not include a reasonable permit or application fee.
(4) "Owner" means the owner of record of real property, although when real property is being purchased under a real estate contract, the purchaser is considered the owner of the real property if the contract is recorded.
(5) "Project improvements" mean site improvements and facilities that are planned and designed to provide service for a particular development project and that are necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of the project, and are not system improvements.
An improvement or facility included in a capital facilities plan approved by the governing body of the county, city, or town is not considered a project improvement.
(6) "Proportionate share" means that portion of the cost of public facility improvements that are reasonably related to the service demands and needs of new development.
(7) "Public facilities" means the following capital facilities owned or operated by government entities:
(a) Public streets, roads, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities that were designed with multimodal commuting as an intended use;
(b) publicly owned parks, open space, and recreation facilities;
and (c) ((school facilities;
and (d))) fire protection facilities.
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15 SSB 5186 (8) "Service area" means a geographic area defined by a county, city, town, or intergovernmental agreement in which a defined set of public facilities provide service to development within the area.
Service areas must be designated on the basis of sound planning or engineering principles.
(9) "System improvements" mean public facilities that are included in the capital facilities plan and are designed to provide service to service areas within the community at large, in contrast to project improvements.
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RCW 36.70A.211 and 2017 c 129 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A county may authorize the siting in a rural area of a school that serves students from an urban area, even where otherwise prohibited by a multicounty planning policy, under the following circumstances:
(a) The county has a population of more than eight hundred forty thousand but fewer than one million five hundred thousand and abuts at least six other counties;
(b) The county must have adopted in its comprehensive plan a policy concerning the siting of schools in rural areas;
(c) Any impacts associated with the siting of such a school are mitigated as required by the state environmental policy act, chapter 43.21C RCW;
and (d) The county must be a participant in a multicounty planning policy as described in RCW 36.70A.210.
(2) A multicounty planning policy in which any county referenced in subsection (1) of this section is a participant must be amended, at its next regularly scheduled update, to include a policy that addresses the siting of schools in rural areas of all counties subject to the multicounty planning policy.
(3) ((A school sited under this section may not collect or impose the impact fees described in RCW 82.02.050.
(4))) This section expires June 30, 2031.
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RCW 82.02.110 (Impact fees —Extending use of school impact fees) and 2009 c 263 s 2 are each repealed.
This act takes effect if the proposed amendment to Article VII, section 2 and Article VIII, section 6 of the state Constitution (S-0277/25) providing for 55 percent of voters voting to authorize school district bonds is validly submitted to and is approved and ratified by the voters at the next general election.
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This act takes effect if the proposed amendment to Article VII, section 2, Article VIII, section 6, and Article IX of the state Constitution (S-0600/25) modifying local funding authority for school district facilities is validly submitted to and is approved and ratified by the voters at the next general election.
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  1. Senate Rules "X" file.

  2. Moved to Rules White Sheet.

  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  4. Senate Rules "X" file.

  5. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  6. Minority; do not pass.

  7. WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

  8. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  9. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  10. Referred to Ways & Means.

  11. And refer to Ways & Means.

  12. Minority; do not pass.

  13. EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

  14. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.

  15. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.

  16. First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

  17. Prefiled for introduction.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 5186?
SB 5186 is sponsored by Claire Wilson (Democrat), Derek Stanford (Democrat), Vandana Slatter (Democrat), Sharon Shewmake (Democrat), T'wina Nobles (Democrat), Liz Lovelett (Democrat), Manka Dhingra (Democrat), Rebecca Saldaña (Democrat), Marko Liias (Democrat), Drew Hansen (Democrat), Noel Frame (Democrat), Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Mike Chapman (Democrat), Marcus Riccelli (Democrat), Tina Orwall (Democrat), Lisa Wellman (Democrat), Deborah Krishnadasan (Democrat), Adrian Cortes (Democrat), and Javier Valdez (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 5186?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
Where can I track SB 5186?
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