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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 1142

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Relating to: grants for emergency notification systems that are accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils and making an appropriation. (FE)

Deaf and hearing impaired Public instruction department of School — Administration

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, the Department of Public Instruction must establish a grant program to award grants to school districts that install emergency notification systems that are accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils or upgrade emergency notification systems to make them accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils. Each grant to a school district may not exceed the amount the school district expended in installing or upgrading an emergency notification system. The bill provides $1,000,000 to DPI in each of fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 for the grants.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Keyeski (D) , Larson (D) , Spreitzer (D)

12 cosponsors

Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Cruz (D) , Goodwin (D) , Hong (D) , Joers (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Keyeski, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Bare, Cruz, Brown, Clancy, Goodwin, Hong, Joers, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stubbs, Udell and Subeck

  2. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  4. Apr 7, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received