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BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5969

SB 5969: School construction debt

Adjusting school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction.

Summary

  • Authorizes school districts to contract indebtedness and issue bonds without a vote of the people, subject to the current indebtedness limit of 0.375 percent, for the purpose of erecting buildings and providing the necessary furniture, apparatus, or equipment.
  • Provides that this new authority is limited to school districts that have passed a capital levy and have not been on binding conditions in the three years preceding the date of the contract.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5969), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 8, 2024
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Manka Dhingra (D-45)
Introduced
January 8, 2024 in the Senate
Last action
January 31, 2024
Companion bill
HB 2411
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 5969, SSB 5969

AN ACT Relating to school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Manka Dhingra (D-45)

3 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Lisa Wellman D-41T'wina Nobles D-28Jamie Pedersen D-43

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 5969)
  2. EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5969)
  3. And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 5969)
  4. Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 5969)
  5. Minority; without recommendation.
  6. And refer to Ways & Means.
  7. EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  8. Referred to Ways & Means.
  9. First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
  10. Prefiled for introduction.

SB 5969 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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