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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5896: Water quality pollution

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 5896 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on December 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Modifying the standards for determining water quality pollution. Primary sponsor: Shelly Short (R). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 12, 2026): First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.

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 modifying the standards for determining water quality pollution;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shelly ShortPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Perry DozierCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
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. First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.
  2. Prefiled for introduction.

Sources

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