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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning firearms background check program."
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description: "Concerning firearms background check program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "SB 5985"
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citation: "Washington SB 5985 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hansen"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-04"
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last_action: "2024-03-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3af2dffc-1bf3-4ad7-acc5-8cf87f9fde71"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5985&year=2023"
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source_hash: "f59b5228124d9efce1b68aef7ff2815ebde6e02513b01ae826ecbbac93ce95a0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5985 (2023-2024) — Concerning firearms background check program.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5985.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5985-S.E.htm)
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3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5985-S.htm)
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4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5985-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **63–33** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#38) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hansen — primary (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
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- Frame — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
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- Liias — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
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- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
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- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
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- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-01-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-01-18** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2024-01-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-01-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-01-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 24). `substitution`
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- **2024-02-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2024-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-05** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-21** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments and floor amendment(s) also adopted.
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- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-26** Chapter 289, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-26** Effective date 3/26/2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3af2dffc-1bf3-4ad7-acc5-8cf87f9fde71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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