Providing instruction on Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander history in public schools.

 S-3619.2

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5574

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Nobles, Trudeau, Cortes, Frame, Kauffman, Liias, Lovelett, Lovick, Orwall, Riccelli, Stanford, Torres, Valdez, and C. Wilson)

READ FIRST TIME 01/22/26.

AN ACT Relating to instruction on Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Latino American, and Black American history in public schools; adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.230 RCW; and creating new sections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that:

(a) The contributions of generations of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander communities have enriched and strengthened this state and nation. Washington is the proud home of the seventh largest Asian American population and third largest Pacific Islander population in the nation, which make up nearly 12 percent of our state's population. Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents have made valuable contributions to all areas of Washington, including in government, business, arts and sciences, medicine, law enforcement, and the military;