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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the penalties for theft and possession of stolen property from first responders."
+description: "Concerning the penalties for theft and possession of stolen property from first responders."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5323"
+citation: "Washington SB 5323 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-17"
+last_action: "2025-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53290399-faf2-47e7-80f3-c2ff34036ddf"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5323&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "22389c93b8fd301aa4c98df310cf448ece7be06a56251558f51ca2034411fe98"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 5323 (2025-2026) — Concerning the penalties for theft and possession of stolen property from first responders.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5323.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5323-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5323-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Warnick — primary (person)
+- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
+- Braun — cosponsor (person)
+- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
+- Christian — cosponsor (person)
+- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
+- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
+- Goehner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Holy — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- King — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
+- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
+- Torres — cosponsor (person)
+- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-17** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-01-30** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-03-26** CS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Community Safety. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-21** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-15** Chapter 286, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-15** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53290399-faf2-47e7-80f3-c2ff34036ddf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+