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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5288: County board vacancies

Enacted 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 5288 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Concerning vacancies on boards of county commissioners. Primary sponsor: Mark Schoesler (R). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Governor signed.

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 vacancies on boards of county commissioners;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark SchoeslerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9
Matt BoehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Perry DozierCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Jeff HolyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Jesse SalomonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Keith WagonerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate39
Judy WarnickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Jeff WilsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19

“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. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 133, 2025 Laws.
  3. Effective date 7/27/2025.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. Speaker signed.
  6. President signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  9. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  10. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  11. LG - Majority; do pass.
  12. LG - Executive action taken by committee.

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

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