republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-5985.md

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Bill	Concerning firearms background check program.	Concerning firearms background check program.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 5985	Washington SB 5985 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Hansen	4	31	3	2024-01-04	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/3af2dffc-1bf3-4ad7-acc5-8cf87f9fde71	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5985&year=2023	f59b5228124d9efce1b68aef7ff2815ebde6e02513b01ae826ecbbac93ce95a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5985 (2023-2024) — Concerning firearms background check program.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — 29–20 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — 63–33 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#38) — 30–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hansen — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Liias — cosponsor (person)
• Lovick — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
• Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2024-01-08 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-18 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-18 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-18 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-18 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-19 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-01-24 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-01 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 24). substitution
• 2024-02-01 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-05 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-21 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-21 CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments and floor amendment(s) also adopted.
• 2024-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2024-03-04 Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2024-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Chapter 289, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-26 Effective date 3/26/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3af2dffc-1bf3-4ad7-acc5-8cf87f9fde71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).