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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 1143

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Relating to: grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE)

Persons with disabilities 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 construct playgrounds that are accessible to pupils with disabilities or upgrade playgrounds to make them accessible to pupils with disabilities. Each grant to a school district may not exceed the amount the school district expended in constructing or upgrading a playground. 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)

11 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Cruz (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, Brown, Cruz, Clancy, Joers, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stubbs, Udell, Anderson 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