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WA SB 5004

enacted

Updating emergency response systems in public schools including panic or alert buttons.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5004 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5004 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-19. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5004 about?

WA SB 5004 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Updating emergency response systems in public schools including panic or alert buttons.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5004?

Torres is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5004, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-19 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Torresprimary
  • Schoeslercosponsor
  • Salomoncosponsor
  • McCunecosponsor
  • J. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Doziercosponsor
  • Christiancosponsor
  • Krishnadasancosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-02

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-15

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2025-01-30

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.

  5. 2025-01-30

    EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  6. 2025-01-31

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  7. 2025-02-05

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  8. 2025-02-12

    1st substitute bill substituted (EDU 25).

    substitution

  9. 2025-02-12

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  10. 2025-02-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-02-12

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  12. 2025-02-17

    First reading, referred to Education.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  13. 2025-03-05

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.

  14. 2025-03-20

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.

  15. 2025-03-20

    ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-03-21

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  17. 2025-03-25

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  18. 2025-03-26

    Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  19. 2025-03-26

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  20. 2025-03-26

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  21. 2025-04-17

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  22. 2025-04-17

    Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    passage

  23. 2025-04-19

    President signed.

    passage

  24. 2025-04-22

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  25. 2025-04-23

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  26. 2025-05-19

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  27. 2025-05-19

    Chapter 347, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  28. 2025-05-19

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19)

    2025-02-12 · pass · 49-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7)

    2025-03-26 · pass · 98-0

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: yes
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: yes
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: yes
    • Connors: yes
    • Corry: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: yes
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: yes
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 49-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5004&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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