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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers."
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description: "Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers."
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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 5855"
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citation: "Washington SB 5855 (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: ["Valdez"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-12-08"
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last_action: "2026-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3147c1b7-6113-4b6c-a859-d7164c7dcb48"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5855&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "36c45355acca5661b83275c0eb9886d311a01c97c04067dd8bfcb900394c0650"
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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 5855 (2025-2026) — Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers.
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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/5855.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5855-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/5855-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **56–37** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Valdez — primary (person)
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- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
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- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
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- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
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- Conway — cosponsor (person)
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- Cortes — 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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- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
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- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
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- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
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- Shewmake — 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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- 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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- **2025-12-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
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- **2026-01-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2026-01-15** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2026-01-15** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2026-01-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2026-01-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 26). `substitution`
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- **2026-01-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-01-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2026-01-30** 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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- **2026-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
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- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 5. `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, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `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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- **2026-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-19** Chapter 115, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2026-03-19** Effective date 3/19/2026. `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/3147c1b7-6113-4b6c-a859-d7164c7dcb48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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