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• Introduced by Rep. Brendan Williams, (D-Olympia) (D) on January 29, 2009, establishes and funds a safe routes to school program within the department of transportation. (See also Companion SB 5743).
  • Referred to the House Transportation Committee on January 29, 2009.
    • Substitute offered in the House on February 27, 2009, to remove the following provisions from the orginal bill; raising the minimum amount the WSDOT must spend for trail and path purposes from 0.3 percent of all of its funds to 1 percent; requiring that at least 50 percent of the grants be awarded to disadvantaged schools; requiring that at least 25 percent of the amount of the grant be awarded for noninfrastructure grants that emphasize education and enforcement efforts; and creation of a statewide advisory committee to refine grant criteria and review applications. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on February 27, 2009.
  • Referred to the House Rules Committee on March 2, 2009.
• Passed in the House (83 to 13) on March 11, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on March 13, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on March 13, 2009.
    • Amendment offered in the Senate on April 3, 2009, to strike everything except Section 1, which codifies the Safe Routes to Schools Program without any of the mandatory grant criteria and support requirements . The amendment passed in the Senate by voice vote on April 3, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on April 3, 2009.
• Passed in the Senate (46 to 1) on April 10, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on April 20, 2009. Passed in the House (96 to 0) on April 20, 2009. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Christine Gregoire on May 7, 2009, Places the Washington State Department of Transportation Safe Routes to Schools Program in statute.