republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-5444.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning firearm sensitive places.	Concerning firearm sensitive places.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 5444	Washington SB 5444 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Valdez	4	35	3	2023-01-18	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/0e7b3281-875c-4431-8aa0-0b28cb4af64e	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5444&year=2023	14386d93d541f380ab21a2c3da6b810c57f0e4bd745c6f2d2edd0435ab086a65	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5444 (2023-2024) — Concerning firearm sensitive places.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#43) — 58–36 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — 29–20 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — 27–21 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Valdez — primary (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-18 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2024-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2024-01-15 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-18 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-18 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-18 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-03 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-02-05 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-05 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-09 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 24). substitution
• 2024-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-13 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-20 CRJ - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2024-03-04 Passed final passage; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2024-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Chapter 285, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-26 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e7b3281-875c-4431-8aa0-0b28cb4af64e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).