---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law."
description: "Ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5202"
citation: "Washington SB 5202 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02817a76-8480-445c-a2a5-d674804f6664"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5202&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "fd17614455c20b5bc85f44d6c5bddf7414264421d24fbdf7595c8adfa1f8cc68"
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 5202 (2025-2026) — Ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law.

## 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/5202.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5202-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5202-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5202-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **59–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **36–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salomon — primary (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-23** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-24** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Chapter 122, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-22** 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/02817a76-8480-445c-a2a5-d674804f6664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).