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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning the oath of office for members of the state legislature."
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description: "Concerning the oath of office for members of the state legislature."
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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 5245"
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citation: "Washington SB 5245 (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: ["Krishnadasan"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-14"
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last_action: "2025-04-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e9c9942-cdbf-4b03-babb-951d6bcd5bd3"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5245&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "ccc4fdceef982ed459c05514693181e389618923c4f0fa652cedde96de1bba78"
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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 5245 (2025-2026) — Concerning the oath of office for members of the state legislature.
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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/5245.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5245-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5245-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **43–4** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Krishnadasan — primary (person)
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- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-07** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-03-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGTE 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 11:00 AM.
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- **2025-04-01** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-30** Chapter 186, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-04-30** Effective date 7/27/2025. `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/8e9c9942-cdbf-4b03-babb-951d6bcd5bd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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