Bill Commons

WA SB 5790

enacted

Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for community and technical college employees.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2025-05-17 — Effective date 7/1/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Robinsonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-18

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

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  2. 2025-03-24

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  3. 2025-04-18

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.

  4. 2025-04-18

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

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  5. 2025-04-18

    Minority; do not pass.

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  6. 2025-04-18

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  7. 2025-04-19

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  8. 2025-04-19

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  9. 2025-04-19

    1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

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  10. 2025-04-19

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  11. 2025-04-19

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 10; absent, 1; excused, 1.

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  12. 2025-04-21

    First reading, referred to Appropriations.

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  13. 2025-04-22

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

  14. 2025-04-23

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  15. 2025-04-23

    APP - Majority; do pass.

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  16. 2025-04-23

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  17. 2025-04-24

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

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  18. 2025-04-24

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  19. 2025-04-24

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2.

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  20. 2025-04-25

    President signed.

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  21. 2025-04-26

    Speaker signed.

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  22. 2025-04-27

    Delivered to Governor.

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  23. 2025-05-17

    Governor signed.

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  24. 2025-05-17

    Chapter 344, 2025 Laws.

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  25. 2025-05-17

    Effective date 7/1/2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14)

    2025-04-19 · pass · 37-10

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: other
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: no
    • Holy: no
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: no
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: no
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: other
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes
  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10)

    2025-04-24 · pass · 95-1

    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: yes
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: other
    • 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: other
    • 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: no
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

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