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type: "Bill"
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title: "Improving safety at institutions of higher education while supporting student survivors of sexual assault."
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description: "Improving safety at institutions of higher education while supporting student survivors of sexual assault."
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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 5355"
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citation: "Washington SB 5355 (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: ["Orwall"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-20"
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last_action: "2025-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/269e367b-6ff9-44c2-b925-cfa8d12d4de5"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5355&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "6b059d3d96b35ebe218c171ab5427d33348f8c007e93870254f94aee425ffc21"
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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 5355 (2025-2026) — Improving safety at institutions of higher education while supporting student survivors of sexual assault.
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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/5355.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5355-S2.E.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5355-S2.htm)
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4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5355-S2.PL.htm)
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5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5355-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Orwall — primary (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Slatter — 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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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-17** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-17** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-17** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-28** 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** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-26** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** 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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- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-22** Chapter 124, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-04-22** 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/269e367b-6ff9-44c2-b925-cfa8d12d4de5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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