WA SB 5972
died on adjournmentExpanding the definition of law enforcement personnel regarding correctional officers for purposes of interest arbitration.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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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
Newest first
2026-03-12
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
2026-03-02
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-27
APP - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-27
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-26
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-23
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2026-02-20
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-20
LAWS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-20
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-06
First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-02-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-04
1st substitute bill substituted (LC 26).
substitution
2026-01-28
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-01-26
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-01-23
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-23
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-23
LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-01-23
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
2026-01-16
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-05
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
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
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