Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 3 D cosponsors

SB 5367 — Concerning grant programs fostering community engagement through law enforcement-community partnerships and immersion.

Last action — By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 20, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Stalled 20% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 D).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

13 added · 12 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill SB 5367 adds a focus on prioritizing funding for existing community immersion law enforcement programs. It also maintains a limit on administrative costs for the department running this program. These changes are important because they emphasize ongoing support for community-focused policing efforts while ensuring that most funds go directly to those programs rather than administrative expenses. This approach aims to strengthen community safety and trust between law enforcement and the public.

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S-1285.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5367 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senate Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Orwall, Conway, and Hasegawa) READ FIRST TIME 02/07/25.
S-0625.3 SENATE BILL 5367 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Orwall, Conway, and Hasegawa Read first time 01/20/25.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
1 SSB 5367 (b) Have demonstrated experience with community engagement initiatives that impact public safety;
1 SB 5367 (b) Have demonstrated experience with community engagement initiatives that impact public safety;
2 SSB 5367 (v) Clarifying expectations of law enforcement and of the role of the community in crime prevention;
2 SB 5367 (v) Clarifying expectations of law enforcement and of the role of the community in crime prevention;
3 SSB 5367 Subject to the amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department of commerce shall develop and administer a community immersion law enforcement grant program.
3 SB 5367 Subject to the amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department of commerce shall develop and administer a community immersion law enforcement grant program.
and (6) Limit the department's costs of administering the program to no more than five percent of the amounts appropriated.
(6) Prioritize funding for the continuation of existing community immersion law enforcement programs;
and (7) Limit the department's costs of administering the program to no more than five percent of the amounts appropriated.
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Action History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  2. Referred to Ways & Means.

  3. And refer to Ways & Means.

  4. LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

  5. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  6. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  7. First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 148 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (148)

148 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 5367?
SB 5367 is sponsored by Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Steve Conway (Democrat), and Tina Orwall (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 5367?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 20, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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