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WA SB 5138

enacted

Concerning public facilities districts.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5138 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5138 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-20. Latest recorded action (2025-05-20): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5138 about?

WA SB 5138 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning public facilities districts.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5138?

Saldaña is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5138, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-20 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Saldañaprimary
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-06

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Local Government.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-20

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2025-01-30

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.

  5. 2025-01-30

    LGV - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2025-01-31

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  7. 2025-02-05

    Placed on second reading consent calendar.

    reading-2

  8. 2025-02-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-02-12

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-02-17

    First reading, referred to Finance.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  11. 2025-03-13

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.

  12. 2025-03-27

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

  13. 2025-03-27

    FIN - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-03-27

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  15. 2025-03-31

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  16. 2025-04-08

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

    reading-2

  17. 2025-04-12

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  18. 2025-04-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  19. 2025-04-12

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 4.

    reading-3

  20. 2025-04-17

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  21. 2025-04-17

    Passed final passage; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    passage

  22. 2025-04-19

    President signed.

    passage

  23. 2025-04-22

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  24. 2025-04-23

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  25. 2025-05-20

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  26. 2025-05-20

    Chapter 376, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  27. 2025-05-20

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6)

    2025-02-12 · pass · 48-1

    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: no
    • 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 (#2)

    2025-04-12 · pass · 62-32

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: other
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • 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: other
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: other
    • 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: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16)

    2025-04-17 · pass · 31-18

    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
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: 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.: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5138&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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