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WA SB 5843

died on adjournment

Establishing penalties and protections against harassment of initiative and referendum signature gatherers.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5843 pass?

No. WA SB 5843 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): First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

What is WA SB 5843 about?

WA SB 5843 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Establishing penalties and protections against harassment of initiative and referendum signature gatherers.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5843?

Wagoner is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5843, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-01-12 — First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Wagonerprimary
  • Shortcosponsor
  • Gildoncosponsor
  • Doziercosponsor
  • Christiancosponsor
  • J. Wilsoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2026-01-12

    First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

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

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