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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5038: Hate crime offense

In committee 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 5038 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on December 13, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Clarifying a hate crime offense. Primary sponsor: Manka Dhingra (D). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 12, 2026): By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

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 clarifying a hate crime offense;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Manka DhingraPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate45
Jessica BatemanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Marko LiiasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
Jamie PedersenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate43
Rebecca SaldañaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37
Jesse SalomonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Vandana SlatterCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate48
Derek StanfordCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1
Yasmin TrudeauCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Javier ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Lisa WellmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate41
Claire WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“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, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
  3. Prefiled for introduction.

Sources

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