---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making modifications necessary to comply with federal regulations regarding dissemination of federal bureau of investigation criminal history record information."
description: "Making modifications necessary to comply with federal regulations regarding dissemination of federal bureau of investigation criminal history record information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5252"
citation: "Washington SB 5252 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valdez"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b804bce9-3dac-40a5-8144-6e181b140915"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5252&year=2023"
source_hash: "be01811f8b90a8940b3306dbc87e305524bb435e3d12697d60c23af6db55625a"
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 5252 (2023-2024) — Making modifications necessary to comply with federal regulations regarding dissemination of federal bureau of investigation criminal history record information.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5252.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5252.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valdez — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-07** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-24** HSEL - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 223, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b804bce9-3dac-40a5-8144-6e181b140915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).