---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating emergency response systems in public schools including panic or alert buttons."
description: "Updating emergency response systems in public schools including panic or alert buttons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5004"
citation: "Washington SB 5004 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2a1730e-ba3d-4833-8e07-5332b77947bf"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5004&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "79197798a96f53858811e8a79106602e04a821ba4c5dc35fd72b5ace68065879"
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 5004 (2025-2026) — Updating emergency response systems in public schools including panic or alert buttons.

## 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/5004.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5004-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5004-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5004-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Torres — primary (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Krishnadasan — cosponsor (person)
- McCune — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-30** EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** 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 (EDU 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-20** ED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 347, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** 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/c2a1730e-ba3d-4833-8e07-5332b77947bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).