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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5000: State nickname

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 5000 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on December 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname. Primary sponsor: Jeff Wilson (R). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2026): By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to the state nickname;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff WilsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Mike ChapmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Leonard ChristianCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Annette ClevelandCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate49
Perry DozierCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Phil FortunatoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Noel FrameCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Chris GildonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Deborah KrishnadasanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Jim McCuneCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Rebecca SaldañaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37
Javier ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Keith WagonerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Judy WarnickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
  2. SGOV - Executive action taken by committee.
  3. SGOV - Majority; do pass.
  4. Minority; without recommendation.
  5. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  6. First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.
  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  8. Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
  9. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  10. By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
  11. First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.
  12. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page