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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5853: Public official notification

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 5853 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on December 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Protecting elected officials from political violence by creating the statewide emergency public official notification system. Primary sponsor: Jeff Wilson (R). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): Referred to Ways & Means.

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 protecting elected officials from political violence by creating the statewide emergency public official notification system;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff WilsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Jessica BatemanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
John BraunCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Perry DozierCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Phil FortunatoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Noel FrameCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Jeff HolyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Liz LovelettCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate40
Jim McCuneCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Shelly ShortCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Nikki TorresCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate15
Yasmin TrudeauCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
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. Referred to Ways & Means.
  2. SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  3. And refer to Ways & Means.
  4. First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
  5. Prefiled for introduction.

Sources

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