Proposed Washington Firearm Legislation SB5962
Legislation Overview
Title: Concerning spring blade knives.
Description: Concerning spring blade knives.
Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Last Action Date: February 4, 2026
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
4 sponsors: T'wina Nobles (D); Phil Fortunato (R); Mike Chapman (D); Lisa Wellman (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (4 of 49)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2026 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2026 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:30 AM. |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2026 | LAW - Majority; do pass. |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2026 | Minority; do not pass. |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2026 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM. |
| Senate | Jan 12, 2026 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. |
| Senate | Jan 5, 2026 | Prefiled for introduction. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate Committee on Law & Justice: do pass | 02/3/2026 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
Link: link to state bill page
