WA SB 5957

enacted

Concerning the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs advisory committee.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5957 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5957 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-16. Latest recorded action (2026-03-16): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA SB 5957 about?

WA SB 5957 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs advisory committee.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5957?

Orwall is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5957, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-16 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-12-31
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Human Services.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-14
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
2026-01-20
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-21
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
2026-01-21
HS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-22
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-01-28
Placed on second reading consent calendar.
reading-2
2026-02-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-02-06
First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-24
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-24
ELHS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-25
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-03-03
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2026-03-05
President signed.
passage
2026-03-05
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-09
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-16
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-16
Chapter 72, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-16
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18)
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
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17)
2026-03-04 · pass · 72-25
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: yes
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- 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: yes
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5957&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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