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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 820

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Relating to: the state superintendent’s power to issue a subpoena in a license revocation investigation.

State superintendent of public instruction Subpoena Teacher — Certificate

  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 current law, the state superintendent of public instruction may revoke a license to teach issued by the state superintendent on the basis of the license holder’s incompetency or immoral conduct. This bill authorizes the state superintendent of public instruction to subpoena witnesses and the production of relevant documents and items to aid in an investigation relating to the revocation of a license for incompetency or immoral conduct.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wall (D)

14 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Bare (D) , Emerson (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Larson (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Sheehan (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 14, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wall and Hesselbein; cosponsored by Representatives Bare, Joers, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Sheehan, Vining, Udell and Stubbs

  2. Jan 14, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  3. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 20, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  6. Jan 26, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  7. Feb 26, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  8. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1