Bill Commons

WA SB 5296

introduced

Improving outcomes for individuals adjudicated of juvenile offenses by increasing opportunities for community placement options and refining procedural requirements.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-12 — Senate Rules "X" file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • C. Wilsonprimary
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Slattercosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Framecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-16

    First reading, referred to Human Services.

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  2. 2025-02-03

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.

  3. 2025-02-05

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.

  4. 2025-02-17

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.

  5. 2025-02-17

    HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

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  6. 2025-02-17

    And refer to Ways & Means.

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  7. 2025-02-17

    Minority; do not pass.

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  8. 2025-02-19

    Referred to Ways & Means.

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  9. 2025-02-24

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  10. 2025-02-27

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  11. 2025-02-27

    WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

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  12. 2025-02-27

    Minority; do not pass.

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  13. 2025-02-27

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  14. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  15. 2025-03-05

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  16. 2025-03-10

    2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

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  17. 2025-03-10

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  18. 2025-03-10

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  19. 2025-03-10

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0.

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  20. 2025-03-12

    First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.

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  21. 2025-03-18

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.

  22. 2025-04-01

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.

  23. 2025-04-01

    ELHS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

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  24. 2025-04-01

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  25. 2025-04-02

    Referred to Appropriations.

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  26. 2025-04-05

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  27. 2025-04-07

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

  28. 2025-04-07

    APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Early Learning & Human Services.

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  29. 2025-04-07

    Minority; do not pass.

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  30. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  31. 2025-04-10

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

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  32. 2025-04-27

    By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

  33. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  34. 2026-01-12

    Senate Rules "X" file.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22)

    2025-03-10 · pass · 26-23

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: no
    • 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: no
    • Liias: no
    • 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: no
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5296&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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