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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law."
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description: "Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "SB 5068"
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citation: "Washington SB 5068 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-12-16"
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last_action: "2026-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4ff900c-ba29-4be5-89fd-8a9102392947"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5068&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "25644cb98830e175aff77b1993c66d1219e0f1f5bd290f84d8db74dd5491e1e4"
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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 5068 (2025-2026) — Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.
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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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5068.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5068.E.htm)
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3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5068.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **62–33** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **28–19** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lovick — primary (person)
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- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
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- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
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- Frame — cosponsor (person)
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- Frame — cosponsor (person)
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- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Liias — cosponsor (person)
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- Liias — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
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- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
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- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
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- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- Wellman — 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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- **2024-12-16** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-01-23** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-01-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-03-20** CS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-27** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
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- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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- **2026-01-13** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. `reading-3`
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- **2026-01-21** Rules suspended.
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- **2026-01-21** Returned to second reading for amendment.
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- **2026-01-21** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2026-01-21** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-01-21** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2026-01-26** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
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- **2026-02-23** CS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 28; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** President signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-18** Chapter 103, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-18** Effective date 3/18/2026. `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/b4ff900c-ba29-4be5-89fd-8a9102392947`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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