---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning law enforcement personnel grievance arbitration procedures."
description: "Concerning law enforcement personnel grievance arbitration procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5473"
citation: "Washington SB 5473 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43dca64a-1ef2-44a4-9a90-a51a53993da2"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5473&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c16b3fec07212cc52d219fabd61db46e7dc7b73a47a55a9e33b2cf52cf5f79a1"
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 5473 (2025-2026) — Concerning law enforcement personnel grievance arbitration procedures.

## 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/5473.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5473.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-14** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Chapter 188, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-30** 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/43dca64a-1ef2-44a4-9a90-a51a53993da2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).