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WA SB 5972

died on adjournment

Expanding the definition of law enforcement personnel regarding correctional officers for purposes of interest arbitration.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5972 pass?

No. WA SB 5972 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 (2026-03-12): By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

What is WA SB 5972 about?

WA SB 5972 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Expanding the definition of law enforcement personnel regarding correctional officers for purposes of interest arbitration.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5972?

Stanford is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5972, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
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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

  • Stanfordprimary
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Conwaycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-05

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

  2. 2026-01-12

    First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-16

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.

  4. 2026-01-23

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.

  5. 2026-01-23

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

    substitution

  6. 2026-01-23

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  7. 2026-01-23

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  8. 2026-01-26

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  9. 2026-01-28

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  10. 2026-02-04

    1st substitute bill substituted (LC 26).

    substitution

  11. 2026-02-04

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  12. 2026-02-04

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0.

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  13. 2026-02-06

    First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  14. 2026-02-18

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.

  15. 2026-02-20

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.

  16. 2026-02-20

    LAWS - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2026-02-20

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  18. 2026-02-23

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-02-26

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  20. 2026-02-27

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.

  21. 2026-02-27

    APP - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2026-02-27

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  23. 2026-03-02

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  24. 2026-03-12

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

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10)

    2026-02-04 · pass · 34-15

    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: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Warnick: no
    • 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=5972&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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