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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office."
+description: "Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5925"
+citation: "Washington SB 5925 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-12-22"
+last_action: "2026-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b74ef575-846a-4f42-98de-f622b77fa5dc"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5925&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "e667fd8421290a39c7f52b44485bc62d2ea7a10d6acd30b035ee53bef830d732"
+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 5925 (2025-2026) — Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office.
+
+## 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/5925.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5925-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5925-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5925-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 584 Christian Pg 1 Ln 7 (#39) — **19–30** (fail) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#40) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hansen — primary (person)
+- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
+- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-12-22** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-03** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2026-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 26). `substitution`
+- **2026-02-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-30** Chapter 243, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-30** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b74ef575-846a-4f42-98de-f622b77fa5dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+