BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5849: Financial education

Making financial education a graduation requirement in Washington state.

Summary

Requires students to meet the high school learning standards related to financial education in order to graduate from high school, beginning no later than 2033.
Directs the State Board of Education to work with stakeholders to recommend adjustments to graduation requirements and educational offerings, and report to the Legislature.
Directs the State Board of Education to monitor financial education offerings to ensure district compliance, and report to the Legislature.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5849), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to making financial education a graduation requirement in Washington state;

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

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

SB 5849 (2023–24) Computer science/graduation · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5849 (2021–22) Tax incentives · Enacted · Chapter 172, Laws of 2022
SB 5849 (2019–20) Occup. disease presumption · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5849 (2017–18) Veterans' services · Enacted · Chapter 192, Laws of 2017
SB 5849 (2015–16) Ethics defense trust funds · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5849 (2013–14) Electric vehicle charging · Enacted · Chapter 60, Laws of 2013
SB 5849 (2011–12) Estates and trusts · Enacted · Chapter 113, Laws of 2011
SB 5849 (2009–10) Registering w/ sec of state · Did not pass · died in committee