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SF167Introduced in the Senate

A bill for an act relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, modifying provisions relating to the property tax replacement payments, modifying provisions relating to the regular program state cost per pupil and funding for shared operational functions, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1053.) Effective date: 05/19/2025.

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Official description

A bill for an act relating to school funding by establishing the state percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, modifying provisions relating to the property tax replacement payments, modifying provisions relating to the regular program state cost per pupil and funding for shared operational functions, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1053.) Effective date: 05/19/2025.

Where it stands

Signed by Governor. S.J. 1051.

May 19, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: Shall the bill pass? · April 8, 2025

60

Yes

36

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

99 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
J.D. Scholten1No
Robert Henderson2Yes
Thomas Jeneary3Yes
Skyler Wheeler4Yes
Zachary Dieken5No
Megan Hess Jones6Yes
Michael Sexton7Yes
Ann Meyer8Yes
Henry Stone9Yes
John Wills10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 167.

  2. Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 170.

  3. Fiscal note.

  4. Amendment S-3002 filed, lost. S.J. 234.

  5. Passed Senate, yeas 29, nays 18. S.J. 235.

  6. Immediate message. S.J. 236.

  7. Message from Senate. H.J. 300.

  8. Read first time, passed on file. H.J. 307.

  9. Amendments H-1008 and H-1010 filed. H.J. 314.

  10. Substituted for HF 319. H.J. 324.

  11. Amendment H-1008, yeas 30, nays 63, lost. H.J. 325.

  12. Amendment H-1010 adopted. H.J. 325.

  13. Passed House, yeas 58, nays 35. H.J. 326.

  14. Explanation of vote. H.J. 350.

  15. Explanation of vote. H.J. 351.

  16. Immediate message. H.J. 327.

  17. Message from House, with amendment S-3004. S.J. 275.

  18. Fiscal note.

  19. Amendment S-3067 to S-3004 filed, adopted. S.J. 699.

  20. Senate concurred with S-3004, as amended. S.J. 699.

  21. Passed Senate, yeas 32, nays 15. S.J. 699.

  22. Immediate message. S.J. 702.

  23. Message from Senate. H.J. 905.

  24. Senate amendment H-1220 filed. H.J. 915.

  25. House concurred with Senate amendment H-1220. H.J. 915.

  26. Passed House, yeas 60, nays 36. H.J. 916.

  27. Explanation of vote. H.J. 1069.

  28. Immediate message. H.J. 917.

  29. Message from House. S.J. 732.

  30. Fiscal note.

  31. Reported correctly enrolled, signed by President and Speaker, and sent to Governor. S.J. 1050.

  32. Signed by Governor. S.J. 1051.

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