WA SB 5838
died on adjournmentAdding a tribal member to the board of natural resources.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did WA SB 5838 pass?
No. WA SB 5838 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 5838 about?
WA SB 5838 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Adding a tribal member to the board of natural resources.”.
Who sponsors WA SB 5838?
Kauffman is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5838, joined by 15 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- 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
- Kauffmanprimary
- Valdezcosponsor
- Trudeaucosponsor
- Stanfordcosponsor
- Shewmakecosponsor
- Riccellicosponsor
- Pedersencosponsor
- Noblescosponsor
- C. Wilsoncosponsor
- Liiascosponsor
- Hasegawacosponsor
- Framecosponsor
- Conwaycosponsor
- Alvaradocosponsor
- Saldañacosponsor
- Lovelettcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-05
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-19
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-02
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-02
ANR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-02-02
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-02
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-03
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-10
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-02-11
1st substitute bill substituted (ANR 26).
substitution
2026-02-11
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-02-11
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-11
Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-02-14
First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-24
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
2026-03-12
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34)
2026-02-11 · pass · 30-19
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
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: 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: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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Attribution
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