WA SB 5272

enacted

Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5272 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5272 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-23. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA SB 5272 about?

WA SB 5272 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5272?

Lovick is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5272, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-23 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-15
First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-30
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-13
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-13
EDU - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-13
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-14
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-03-10
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-17
Senate Rules "X" file.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-12
Moved to Rules White Sheet.
2026-01-21
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-01-28
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-01-28
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-01-28
Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-01-30
First reading, referred to Community Safety.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-19
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-19
CS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-23
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-25
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-03
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-03-03
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-03
Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3
2026-03-09
Senate concurred in House amendments.
2026-03-09
Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
passage
2026-03-10
President signed.
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2026-03-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-12
Delivered to Governor.
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2026-03-23
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-23
Chapter 155, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-23
Effective date 6/11/2026.
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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14)
2026-01-28 · pass · 46-3
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: no
- Chapman: no
- 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
- Hunt: 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
- 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 (#13)
2026-03-03 · pass · 92-2
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- 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: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: other
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: other
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: yes
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- 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: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: other
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7)
2026-03-09 · pass · 47-0
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
- Hunt: 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
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: other
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: yes
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: other
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5272&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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