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Proposed Washington Firearm Legislation SB5962

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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

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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
02/3/2026 8 1 0 0 Yes
  • Dhingra, Manka (D) Yea
  • Fortunato, Phil (R) Yea
  • Holy, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Lovick, John (D) Yea
  • Salomon, Jesse (D) Yea
  • Torres, Nikki (R) Yea
  • Trudeau, Yasmin (D) Yea
  • Valdez, Javier (D) Nay
  • Wagoner, Keith (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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