Senate2025-26 session
SSB 5490: Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Dhingra
- Introduced
- January 24, 2025
- Status
- S Rules X
- Last action
- Senate Rules "X" file. (February 26, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires jails to adopt and implement policies and procedures for conducting searches of confined transgender or intersex individuals.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 11, 202529 yea · 19 nay · 1 not voting
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