Washington Senate · 2026 Regular Session
SB 5984: Regulating artificial intelligence companion chatbots
Third Reading and Final Passage · Feb. 12, 2026 · Yeas 38, nays 11 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- ESSB 5984
- Motion
- Third Reading and Final Passage
- Date
- Feb. 12, 2026
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 38, nays 11
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The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (38)
- Emily Alvarado D-34
- Jess Bateman D-22
- Matt Boehnke R-8
- Mike Chapman D-24
- Annette Cleveland D-49
- Steve Conway D-29
- Adrian Cortes D-18
- Manka Dhingra D-45
- Perry Dozier R-16
- Phil Fortunato R-31
- Noel Frame D-36
- Drew Hansen D-23
- Bob Hasegawa D-11
- Jeff Holy R-6
- Victoria Hunt D-5
- Claudia Kauffman D-47
- Curtis King R-14
- Deb Krishnadasan D-26
- Marko Liias D-21
- Liz Lovelett D-40
- John Lovick D-44
- Jim McCune R-2
- T'wina Nobles D-28
- Tina Orwall D-33
- Jamie Pedersen D-43
- Marcus Riccelli D-3
- June Robinson D-38
- Rebecca Saldaña D-37
- Jesse Salomon D-32
- Sharon Shewmake D-42
- Vandana Slatter D-48
- Derek Stanford D-1
- Yasmin Trudeau D-27
- Javier Valdez D-46
- Judy Warnick R-13
- Lisa Wellman D-41
- Claire Wilson D-30
- Jeff Wilson R-19
Nay (11)
- John Braun R-20
- Leonard Christian R-4
- Chris Gildon R-25
- Keith Goehner R-12
- Paul Harris R-17
- Drew MacEwen R-35
- Ron Muzzall R-10
- Mark Schoesler R-9
- Shelly Short R-7
- Nikki Torres R-15
- Keith Wagoner R-39