2025SB 5752

Growing State Control Over Child Care and Early Learning

2025 - Washington Senate

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill modifies child care and early childhood development programs, further entrenching state-managed systems and complex regulations. It centralizes decisions best left to parents, private providers, and local communities. CPAC opposes expanding government-run child care bureaucracies at the expense of family choice and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-03-12 by a vote of 32-16. The bill later became law.

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Legislators · 50

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Emily Alvarado WA	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Jessica Bateman WA	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Matt Boehnke WA	Republican	75%	Conservative
John Braun WA	Republican	70%	Conservative
Mike Chapman WA	Democrat	10%	Leftist
Leonard Christian WA	Republican	85%	Conservative
Annette Cleveland WA	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Steve Conway WA	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Adrian Cortes WA	Democrat	15%	Leftist
Manka Dhingra WA	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Perry Dozier WA	Republican	82%	Conservative
Phil Fortunato WA	Republican	78%	Conservative
Noel Frame WA	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Chris Gildon WA	Republican	70%	Leftist
Keith Goehner WA	Republican	50%	Leftist
Drew Hansen WA	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Paul Harris WA	Republican	45%	Leftist
Bob Hasegawa WA	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Jeff Holy WA	Republican	63%	Conservative
Claudia Kauffman WA	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Curtis King WA	Republican	66%	Conservative
Deborah Krishnadasan WA	Democrat	15%	Leftist
Marko Liias WA	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Liz Lovelett WA	Democrat	1%	Leftist
John Lovick WA	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Drew MacEwen WA	Republican	80%	Conservative
Jim McCune WA	Republican	87%	Conservative
Ron Muzzall WA	Republican	57%	Conservative
T'wina Nobles WA	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Tina Orwall WA	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Jamie Pedersen WA	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Bill Ramos WA	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Marcus Riccelli WA	Democrat	5%	Leftist
June Robinson WA	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Rebecca Saldana WA	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Jesse Salomon WA	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Mark Schoesler WA	Republican	87%	Conservative
Sharon Shewmake WA	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Shelly Short WA	Republican	87%	Conservative
Vandana Slatter WA	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Derek Stanford WA	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Nikki Torres WA	Republican	60%	Conservative
Yasmin Trudeau WA	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Javier Valdez WA	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Keith Wagoner WA	Republican	84%	Conservative
Judy Warnick WA	Republican	72%	Conservative
Lisa Wellman WA	Democrat	1%	Did Not Vote
Claire Wilson WA	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Jeff Wilson WA	Republican	66%	Conservative
Bob Ferguson	—	—	Leftist