---
type: "Bill"
title: "Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority."
description: "Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5209"
citation: "Washington SB 5209 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d3165be-cbef-4fd0-ab48-cd8073129ad7"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5209&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "33053a83a8b645170ab95eba8c85811fe1379a0ed85612f2668added57998b95"
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 5209 (2025-2026) — Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority.

## 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/5209.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5209.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **58–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — 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`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-23** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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** 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 Community Safety. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-20** CS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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`
- **2025-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Chapter 28, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-08** 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/4d3165be-cbef-4fd0-ab48-cd8073129ad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).