WA SB 5436

died on adjournment

Interfering with access to a place of religious worship.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5436 pass?

No. WA SB 5436 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 (2026-03-12): By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

What is WA SB 5436 about?

WA SB 5436 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Interfering with access to a place of religious worship.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5436?

Salomon is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5436, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-12 — By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-22
First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-04
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-06
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-13
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2025-02-13
LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-14
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-26
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-03-03
1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 25).
substitution
2025-03-03
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-03
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-05
First reading, referred to Community Safety.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-26
Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
2025-03-31
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-27
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-13
Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
reading-3
2026-01-21
Rules suspended.
2026-01-21
Returned to second reading for amendment.
2026-01-21
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-01-21
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-01-21
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-01-26
First reading, referred to Community Safety.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-19
Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-24
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
2026-02-24
CS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-24
Minority; do not pass.
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2026-02-25
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-03-02
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-12
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30)
2025-03-03 · 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 (#9)
2026-01-21 · 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
- 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: 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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5436&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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