Bill Commons

WA SB 5719

died on adjournment

Concerning local government hearing examiners.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5719 pass?

No. WA SB 5719 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 (2026-01-12): Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Local Government.

What is WA SB 5719 about?

WA SB 5719 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning local government hearing examiners.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5719?

Salomon is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5719, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-01-12 — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Local Government.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Salomonprimary
  • Cortescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-12

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. On motion, referred to Local Government.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-12

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  3. 2025-04-27

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

  4. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  6. 2025-03-26

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  7. 2025-03-26

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-03-26

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.

  9. 2025-03-19

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.

  10. 2025-03-13

    First reading, referred to Local Government.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  11. 2025-03-11

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1.

    reading-3

  12. 2025-03-11

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  13. 2025-03-11

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  14. 2025-03-11

    1st substitute bill substituted (LGV 25).

    substitution

  15. 2025-03-07

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  16. 2025-02-21

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  17. 2025-02-20

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  18. 2025-02-20

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

    substitution

  19. 2025-02-20

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.

  20. 2025-02-17

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.

  21. 2025-02-10

    First reading, referred to Local Government.

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17)

    2025-03-11 · pass · 29-19

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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5719&Year=2025&Initiative=false

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:37:10.718715Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=WA&identifier=SB 5719. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.