---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning."
description: "Concerning officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5224"
citation: "Washington SB 5224 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebebd5be-f51e-4ee6-adee-bf16e8ede9db"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5224&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "9f3304a232b8bebb5b9a4223e27bf16f5b2a71946c871acb4ab478a0d7af5624"
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 5224 (2025-2026) — Concerning officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning.

## 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/5224.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5224.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** 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`
- **2025-01-23** 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** 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 session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-27** CS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Chapter 349, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** 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/ebebd5be-f51e-4ee6-adee-bf16e8ede9db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).