SB 5224: Concerning officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning.
Signed into law: Chapter 349, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Lovick
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025
- Status
- C 349 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 19, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires specified peace officers and corrections officers, moving from one Washington law enforcement or corrections agency to another, or moving from a certified peace officer position to a certified corrections officer position, or vice versa, to comply with
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 15, 202597 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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