republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/sb-5974.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned officers, and police matrons."
description: "Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned officers, and police matrons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5974"
citation: "Washington SB 5974 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 39
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e157838-0ad5-4500-a1bf-a941e492e15d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5974&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "2bbfc59449f759a186de5de787645dec64ce4c7a4b5eef548adc5636d51d2f51"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington SB 5974 (2025-2026) — Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned officers, and police matrons.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5974.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5974-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5974-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5974-S.htm)

## Votes

- 2123 Goodman Striker (#46) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- 2359 Griffey Pg 13 Ln 28 (#24) — **39–56** (fail) · lower
- 2358 Waters Pg 16 Ln 7 (#26) — **41–54** (fail) · lower
- 2378 Burnett Pg 23 Ln 9 (#38) — **41–55** (fail) · lower
- 2369 Corry Pg 7 Ln 19 (#16) — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- 2356 Burnett Pg 13 Ln 3 (#23) — **39–56** (fail) · lower
- 2371 Burnett Pg 7 Ln 22 (#17) — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- 2361 Stuebe Pg 18 Ln 2 (#32) — **42–54** (fail) · lower
- 2354 Marshall Pg 13 Ln 3 (#21) — **40–57** (fail) · lower
- 2385 Abell Pg 18 Ln 13 (#34) — **40–56** (fail) · lower
- 2357 Mendoza Pg 16 Ln 7 (#25) — **40–55** (fail) · lower
- 2373 Klicker Pg 4 Ln 27 (#14) — **44–53** (fail) · lower
- 2351 Penner Pg 13 Ln 26 (#43) — **41–55** (fail) · lower
- 2345 Penner Pg 26 Ln 31 (#45) — **41–55** (fail) · lower
- 2368 Burnett Pg 17 Ln 33 (#31) — **41–55** (fail) · lower
- 2372 Marshall Pg 7 Ln 23 (#18) — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- 2367 Rude Pg 17 Ln 30 (#28) — **39–57** (fail) · lower
- 2349 Dufault Pg 17 Ln 33 (#29) — **39–57** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 2352 Keaton Pg 13 Ln 2 (#20) — **40–57** (fail) · lower
- 2382 Barnard Pg 16 Ln 7 (#27) — **40–55** (fail) · lower
- 2364 Dye Pg 18 Ln 3 (#33) — **44–52** (fail) · lower
- 2353 Abell Pg 17 Ln 33 (#30) — **40–56** (fail) · lower
- 2384 Marshall Pg 10 Ln 23 (#42) — **39–57** (fail) · lower
- 2374 Walsh Pg 7 Ln 16 (#15) — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- 2348 Schmidt Pg 25 Ln 6 (#39) — **42–54** (fail) · lower
- 2365 Stuebe Pg 19 Ln 27 (#37) — **39–57** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#47) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- 2355 Abell Pg 13 Ln 3 (#22) — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- 2375 Burnett Pg 26 Ln 15 (#40) — **40–56** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 2343 Walsh Pg 1 Ln 3 (#13) — **41–56** (fail) · lower
- 2370 Waters Pg 8 Ln 34 (#19) — **42–55** (fail) · lower
- 634 Wilson, J. Pg 15 Ln 22 (#5) — **21–28** (fail) · upper
- 2389 Goodman Pg 19 Ln 21 (#36) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- 2376 Dufault Pg 26 Ln 15 (#41) — **39–57** (fail) · lower
- 2383 Waters Pg 19 Ln 13 (#35) — **40–56** (fail) · lower
- 627 Wagoner Pg 25 Ln 39 (#6) — **19–30** (fail) · upper
- 2335 Fosse Pg 25 Ln 21 (#44) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-22** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-24** CS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2026-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Chapter 258, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-04-01** Effective date 4/30/2026*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e157838-0ad5-4500-a1bf-a941e492e15d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).