WA SB 5143

enacted

Concerning the ethics in public service act.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did WA SB 5143 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5143 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-20): Effective date 7/27/2025*.

What is WA SB 5143 about?

WA SB 5143 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning the ethics in public service act.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5143?

Gildon is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5143, joined by 2 cosponsors.

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

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-05-20
Effective date 7/27/2025*.
became-law
2025-05-20
Chapter 377, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-20
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-27
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-26
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-25
President signed.
passage
2025-04-24
Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2.
passage
2025-04-24
Senate concurred in House amendments.
2025-04-23
Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-23
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-23
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-04-23
Returned to second reading for amendment.
2025-04-17
Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
2025-04-15
Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2025-04-15
Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
2025-04-15
Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2025-04-15
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-15
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-04-10
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-31
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-28
SGOV - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-28
Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:30 AM.
2025-03-19
Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-12
First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-10
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-10
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-10
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2025-03-10
1st substitute bill substituted (SGTE 25).
substitution
2025-03-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-11
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-07
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-07
SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-07
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-24
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-21
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-07
Prefiled for introduction.
filing

Versions

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14)
2025-03-10 · 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: yes
- McCune: yes
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: no
- 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 on Reconsideration (#12)
2025-04-15 · pass · 70-26
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: no
- 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: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: no
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: no
- Paul: no
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: no
- Rude: yes
- Rule: no
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: no
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: no
- Valdez: no
- Volz: yes
- Walen: other
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9)
2025-04-15 · pass · 78-18
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: no
- 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: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: no
- 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: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: no
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: no
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: no
- 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: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: no
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: other
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: no
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8)
2025-04-23 · pass · 58-39
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: other
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: no
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: yes
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: yes
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: no
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: no
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: no
- Paul: no
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: no
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: no
- Rude: yes
- Rule: no
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: no
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: no
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: no
- Valdez: no
- Volz: yes
- Walen: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: no
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11)
2025-04-24 · pass · 45-1
Member-level votes (48)
- Alvarado: other
- Bateman: other
- 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: no
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: 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

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