Bill Commons

WA SB 5855

enacted

Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-19 — Effective date 3/19/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Valdezprimary
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Conwaycosponsor
  • Huntcosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Alvaradocosponsor
  • Shewmakecosponsor
  • Riccellicosponsor
  • Pedersencosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Orwallcosponsor
  • Lovelettcosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Salomoncosponsor
  • Kauffmancosponsor
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • Robinsoncosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Batemancosponsor
  • Slattercosponsor
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Lovickcosponsor
  • Chapmancosponsor
  • Clevelandcosponsor

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

  3. 2026-01-13

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

  4. 2026-01-15

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

  5. 2026-01-15

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

    substitution

  6. 2026-01-15

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  7. 2026-01-16

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  8. 2026-01-21

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  9. 2026-01-28

    1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 26).

    substitution

  10. 2026-01-28

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  11. 2026-01-28

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  12. 2026-01-30

    First reading, referred to Community Safety.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  13. 2026-02-18

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 10:30 AM.

  14. 2026-02-23

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.

  15. 2026-02-23

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2026-02-23

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  17. 2026-02-25

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  18. 2026-02-27

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

    reading-2

  19. 2026-03-03

    Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.

  20. 2026-03-03

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  21. 2026-03-03

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 5.

    reading-3

  22. 2026-03-09

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  23. 2026-03-09

    Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    passage

  24. 2026-03-10

    President signed.

    passage

  25. 2026-03-11

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  26. 2026-03-12

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  27. 2026-03-19

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  28. 2026-03-19

    Chapter 115, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  29. 2026-03-19

    Effective date 3/19/2026.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6)

    2026-01-28 · 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

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18)

    2026-03-03 · pass · 56-37

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: no
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: other
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: other
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: other
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: other
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19)

    2026-03-09 · 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

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5855&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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