WA-SB5490-2026
Washington · SB 5490 · 2025–2026
Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law.
Pro-LGBTQ+Failed
- Bill key
- WA-SB5490-2026
- State
- Washington
- Session
- 2025–2026
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- engrossed
- Citation (Bluebook)
- S.B. 5490, 69th Leg., Reg. Sess. (Wash. 2025), https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5490&Year=2025&Initiative=false.
- Short citation
- Wash. S.B. 5490.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law.
Curator notes
Guidelines for searches and physical examinations of trans and intersex prisoners based on gender rather than "sex" and with additional considerations.
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manka Dhingra | Democratic | Senator | SD-045 | Primary sponsor |
| Mike Chapman | Democratic | Senator | SD-024 | Co-sponsor |
| Robert Hasegawa | Democratic | Senator | SD-011 | Co-sponsor |
| John Lovick | Democratic | Senator | SD-044 | Co-sponsor |
| T'wina Nobles | Democratic | Senator | SD-028 | Co-sponsor |
| Tina Orwall | Democratic | Senator | SD-033 | Co-sponsor |
| Vandana Slatter | Democratic | Senator | SD-048A | Co-sponsor |
| Derek Stanford | Democratic | Senator | SD-001 | Co-sponsor |
| Yasmin Trudeau | Democratic | Senator | SD-027 | Co-sponsor |
| Javier Valdez | Democratic | Senator | SD-046 | Co-sponsor |
| Claire Wilson | Democratic | Senator | SD-030 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
- As introduced (7,416 characters) · Open the printed bill (PDF)
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