Senate2025-26 session
SB 5209 — Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority.
Signed into law — Chapter 28, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Lovick
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025
- Status
- C 28 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 8, 2025)
What this bill does
Expands the statutory list of limited authority law enforcement agencies to explicitly include the Department of Labor & Industries.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 31, 202558 yea · 39 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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