WA-SB5038-2026
Washington · SB 5038 · 2025–2026
Clarifying a hate crime offense.
Pro-LGBTQ+Failed
- Bill key
- WA-SB5038-2026
- State
- Washington
- Session
- 2025–2026
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- introduced
- Citation (Bluebook)
- S.B. 5038, 69th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Wash. 2025), https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5038&Year=2025&Initiative=false.
- Short citation
- Wash. S.B. 5038.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Clarifying a hate crime offense.
Curator notes
Failed House of origin cutoff 2/17/26; Broadens existing hate crime statute to apply to situations where the crime is motivated "in whole or in part" by class membership
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manka Dhingra | Democratic | Senator | SD-045 | Primary sponsor |
| Javier Valdez | Democratic | Senator | SD-046 | Co-sponsor |
| Jesse Salomon | Democratic | Senator | SD-032 | Co-sponsor |
| Jamie Pedersen | Democratic | Senator | SD-043 | Co-sponsor |
| Yasmin Trudeau | Democratic | Senator | SD-027 | Co-sponsor |
| Jessica Bateman | Democratic | Senator | SD-022 | Co-sponsor |
| Robert Hasegawa | Democratic | Senator | SD-011 | Co-sponsor |
| Marko Liias | Democratic | Senator | SD-021 | Co-sponsor |
| Rebecca Saldana | Democratic | Senator | SD-037 | Co-sponsor |
| Vandana Slatter | Democratic | Senator | SD-048A | Co-sponsor |
| Derek Stanford | Democratic | Senator | SD-001 | Co-sponsor |
| Lisa Wellman | Democratic | Senator | SD-041 | Co-sponsor |
| Claire Wilson | Democratic | Senator | SD-030 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
- As introduced (6,044 characters) · Open the printed bill (PDF)
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