WA SB 5238
died on adjournmentAddressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did WA SB 5238 pass?
No. WA SB 5238 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-26): Senate Rules "X" file.
What is WA SB 5238 about?
WA SB 5238 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed.”.
Who sponsors WA SB 5238?
Muzzall is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5238, joined by 6 cosponsors.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-02-26 — Senate Rules "X" file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Muzzallprimary
- Wagonercosponsor
- Trudeaucosponsor
- C. Wilsoncosponsor
- Saldañacosponsor
- Lovickcosponsor
- Shewmakecosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-26
Senate Rules "X" file.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2025-04-27
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
2025-04-08
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-26
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-24
CS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-24
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-17
First reading, referred to Community Safety.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-12
Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-02-12
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-12
1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 25).
substitution
2025-02-05
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-03
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-01-30
LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-01-30
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-27
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2025-01-14
First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15)
2025-02-12 · pass · 47-2
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: no
- 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
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