Senate2025-26 session
SSB 5245: Authorizing county commissioners to administer oaths of office to state legislators.
Signed into law: Chapter 186, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Krishnadasan
- Introduced
- January 14, 2025
- Status
- C 186 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 30, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Authorizes county commissioners to administer the oath of office to state legislators.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 14, 202596 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 12, 202543 yea · 4 nay · 2 not voting
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