S-4157.2
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5956
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Nobles, Wellman, Chapman, Frame, Hasegawa, Orwall, Salomon, Shewmake, Slatter, Valdez, and C. Wilson)
READ FIRST TIME 01/23/26.
AN ACT Relating to artificial intelligence, student discipline, and surveillance in public schools; amending RCW 43.386.080 ; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.345 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.710 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.715 RCW; and adding a new chapter to Title 28A RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that an increasing number of public schools throughout the United States are beginning to use artificial intelligence, automated decision systems, and surveillance technologies in ways that can affect student discipline and school safety.
(2) The legislature further finds that such tools can amplify existing disparities in student discipline and may result in disproportionate monitoring and punishment of Black students, indigenous students, students of color, students with disabilities, LGBTQ students, and other students protected under chapters 49.60 , 28A.640, and 28A.642 RCW.