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WA SB 5863

enacted

Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5863 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5863 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-24. Latest recorded action (2026-03-24): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA SB 5863 about?

WA SB 5863 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5863?

Kauffman is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5863, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-24 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Kauffmanprimary
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Shewmakecosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Wagonercosponsor
  • Riccellicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-10

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2026-01-12

    First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-13

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.

  4. 2026-01-16

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.

  5. 2026-01-16

    SGTE - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-01-16

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  7. 2026-01-19

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  8. 2026-01-28

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  9. 2026-02-04

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  10. 2026-02-04

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  11. 2026-02-06

    First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  12. 2026-02-18

    Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.

  13. 2026-02-20

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.

  14. 2026-02-20

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2026-02-23

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-02-25

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

    reading-2

  17. 2026-02-28

    Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  18. 2026-02-28

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  19. 2026-02-28

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.

    reading-3

  20. 2026-03-09

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  21. 2026-03-09

    Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    passage

  22. 2026-03-11

    President signed.

    passage

  23. 2026-03-11

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  24. 2026-03-12

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  25. 2026-03-24

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  26. 2026-03-24

    Chapter 208, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  27. 2026-03-24

    Effective date 6/11/2026.

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6)

    2026-02-04 · pass · 49-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5)

    2026-02-28 · pass · 94-0

    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: other
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: other
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: other
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • 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: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: other
    • 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

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20)

    2026-03-09 · pass · 49-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5863&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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