SB 5473: Concerning law enforcement personnel grievance arbitration procedures.
Signed into law: Chapter 188, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Conway
- Introduced
- January 24, 2025
- Status
- C 188 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
Requires law enforcement officers to request grievance arbitration consistent with the procedures in their collective bargaining agreement. Removes the prohibition on expiring more than three arbitrators' terms in the same year.
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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 3, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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