republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5038.md

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Bill	Prohibiting the open carry of certain weapons at public demonstrations and the state capitol.	Prohibiting the open carry of certain weapons at public demonstrations and the state capitol.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	SB 5038	Washington SB 5038 (2021-2022)	bill	CAPITOL CAMPUS STATE CRIMES FIREARMS LEGISLATURE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS SENTENCES AND SENTENCING WEAPONS	enacted	Kuderer	3	34	3	2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2021-12-24T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/24a165d8-770e-42ac-9ab3-36d9e457cbfb	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5038&year=2021	b2a0a5a432ce28d9b4d8ee4cef5cb48a58e84c19db855a0653010f2d19a7d0a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5038 (2021-2022) — Prohibiting the open carry of certain weapons at public demonstrations and the state capitol.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — 28–21 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — 57–40 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — 28–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kuderer — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Das — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Liias — cosponsor (person)
• Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Salomon — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-24T05:00:00+00:00 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 21). substitution
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2021-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. reading-1
• 2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
• 2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
• 2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2021-03-28T04:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed final passage; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 261, 2021 Laws. became-law
• 2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 5/12/2021. became-law
• 2021-01-26T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
• 2021-01-28T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
• 2021-03-16T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
• 2021-03-19T12:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24a165d8-770e-42ac-9ab3-36d9e457cbfb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).