SSB 5040: Expanding the definition of uniformed personnel to all law enforcement officers employed by a city, town, county, or governing body of a municipal airport operating under the provisions of chapter 14.08 RCW.
Signed into law: Chapter 113, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Stanford
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025
- Status
- C 113 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 22, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Expands interest arbitration rights to the exclusive bargaining representatives of city, town, and county law enforcement officers regardless of the employing local government's population size, as well as to municipal airport law enforcement officers.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 12, 202559 yea · 35 nay · 4 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 25, 202531 yea · 18 nay
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