---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting the confidentiality of records and information that may be relevant to another state's enforcement of its laws."
description: "Protecting the confidentiality of records and information that may be relevant to another state's enforcement of its laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5632"
citation: "Washington SB 5632 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/315a15bd-ac66-4419-b4c8-22ec25ee4adb"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5632&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "b97289145228255bd8dee2775f534f4458bc4c84b57e76f510f228ce620e8735"
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 5632 (2025-2026) — Protecting the confidentiality of records and information that may be relevant to another state's enforcement of its laws.

## 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/5632.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5632.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **58–36** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hansen — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-13** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 248, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** 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/315a15bd-ac66-4419-b4c8-22ec25ee4adb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).