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WA SB 5436

introduced

Interfering with access to a place of religious worship.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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

  • Salomonprimary
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • Orwallcosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Schoeslercosponsor
  • Chapmancosponsor
  • Brauncosponsor
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-22

    First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-04

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.

  3. 2025-02-06

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  4. 2025-02-13

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  5. 2025-02-13

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

    substitution

  6. 2025-02-14

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  7. 2025-02-26

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  8. 2025-03-03

    1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 25).

    substitution

  9. 2025-03-03

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-03-03

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  11. 2025-03-05

    First reading, referred to Community Safety.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  12. 2025-03-26

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.

  13. 2025-03-31

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.

  14. 2025-04-27

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

  15. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  16. 2026-01-13

    Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-3

  17. 2026-01-21

    Rules suspended.

  18. 2026-01-21

    Returned to second reading for amendment.

  19. 2026-01-21

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  20. 2026-01-21

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  21. 2026-01-21

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  22. 2026-01-26

    First reading, referred to Community Safety.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  23. 2026-02-19

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.

  24. 2026-02-24

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.

  25. 2026-02-24

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

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  26. 2026-02-24

    Minority; do not pass.

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  27. 2026-02-25

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  28. 2026-03-02

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

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  29. 2026-03-12

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

Versions

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

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Official source

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

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