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WA SB 5879

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Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
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Status date
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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

  • Wagonerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-12

    Prefiled for introduction.

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  2. 2026-01-12

    First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

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  3. 2026-01-19

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

  4. 2026-02-03

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.

  5. 2026-02-03

    WM - Majority; do pass.

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  6. 2026-02-03

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  7. 2026-02-04

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  8. 2026-02-06

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  9. 2026-02-13

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  10. 2026-02-13

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  11. 2026-02-17

    First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.

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  12. 2026-03-12

    By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30)

    2026-02-13 · pass · 47-1

    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: no
    • Holy: other
    • 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=5879&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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