WA SB 5209

enacted

Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5209 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5209 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-08. Latest recorded action (2025-04-08): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5209 about?

WA SB 5209 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5209?

Lovick is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5209, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-04-08 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-09
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-21
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-23
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-23
LAW - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-24
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-12
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-12
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-02-17
First reading, referred to Community Safety.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-13
Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 10:30 AM.
2025-03-20
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
2025-03-20
CS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-20
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-21
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-25
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-31
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-31
Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-01
President signed.
passage
2025-04-02
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-03
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-08
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-08
Chapter 28, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-08
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24)
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
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2)
2025-03-31 · pass · 58-39
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: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: 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: no
- 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: no
- 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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5209&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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