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WA SB 5068

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Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5068 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5068 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-18): Effective date 3/18/2026.

What is WA SB 5068 about?

WA SB 5068 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5068?

Lovick is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5068, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-18 — Effective date 3/18/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Lovickprimary
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Salomoncosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Hansencosponsor
  • Lovickcosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-18

    Effective date 3/18/2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-03-18

    Chapter 103, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2026-03-18

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-03-12

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-03-11

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2026-03-10

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2026-03-09

    Passed final passage; yeas, 28; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    passage

  8. 2026-03-09

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  9. 2026-03-06

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 3.

    reading-3

  10. 2026-03-06

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2026-03-06

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  12. 2026-03-06

    Committee amendment not adopted.

    amendment-failure

  13. 2026-02-27

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

    reading-2

  14. 2026-02-25

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  15. 2026-02-23

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  16. 2026-02-23

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2026-02-23

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.

  18. 2026-02-18

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 10:30 AM.

  19. 2026-01-26

    First reading, referred to Community Safety.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  20. 2026-01-21

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  21. 2026-01-21

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  22. 2026-01-21

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  23. 2026-01-21

    Returned to second reading for amendment.

  24. 2026-01-21

    Rules suspended.

  25. 2026-01-13

    Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-3

  26. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  27. 2025-04-27

    By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

  28. 2025-03-25

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

    reading-2

  29. 2025-03-21

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-03-20

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  31. 2025-03-20

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-03-20

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

  33. 2025-03-13

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 10:30 AM.

  34. 2025-02-07

    First reading, referred to Community Safety.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  35. 2025-02-05

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

    reading-3

  36. 2025-02-05

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  37. 2025-01-29

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  38. 2025-01-24

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  39. 2025-01-23

    LAW - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  40. 2025-01-23

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  41. 2025-01-21

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.

  42. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  43. 2024-12-16

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9)

    2025-02-05 · 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

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)

    2026-01-21 · pass · 30-19

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: no
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2)

    2026-03-06 · pass · 62-33

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: yes
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: other
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: other
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

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

    2026-03-09 · pass · 28-19

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: no
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: other
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: other
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5068&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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