BILL · 2025–26 SESSION
SB 5858: Pupil transp. safety net
Providing pupil transportation safety net funding for special passengers.
Summary
- Provides pupil transportation safety net awards to school districts that can show excess costs due to serving special education students, homeless students, and foster care students, subject to appropriation.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 12, 2026
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Lisa Wellman (D-41)
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 15, 2026
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to pupil transportation safety net funding for special passengers;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Lisa Wellman (D-41)
5 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- Referred to Ways & Means.
- And refer to Ways & Means.
- EDU - Majority; do pass.
- First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
- Prefiled for introduction.
SB 5858 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5858 (2023–24) Property distrib./divorce
- SB 5858 (2021–22) Education/parent rights
- SB 5858 (2019–20) Military dept. state service
- SB 5858 (2017–18) Prof. certification/teachers
- SB 5858 (2015–16) Cannabis & econ devel comm.
- SB 5858 (2013–14) Ferry vessel construction
- SB 5858 (2011–12) Fish & wildlife-owned land
- SB 5858 (2009–10) Yield spread premiums