---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses."
description: "Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5420"
citation: "Washington SB 5420 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4823d43-ce39-4952-8811-e7614da91f14"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5420&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "009a6d523e0d59905300f7bc90d770998da389b2ae498b2d062986a92fe0737f"
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 5420 (2025-2026) — Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses.

## 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/5420.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5420.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#17) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-08** First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** TEDV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-27** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-13** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. `reading-3`
- **2026-01-21** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-01-26** First reading, referred to Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** TEDV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 207, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** 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/a4823d43-ce39-4952-8811-e7614da91f14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).