BILL · 1995–96 SESSION

SB 5900: State auditor's office

Administering the office of the state auditor.

Summary

The authorizing law for the State Auditor's office is comprehensively updated as follows: ! Mandated organizational structure and titles are eliminated; ! A public officials' (state or local) responsibility to immediately report to the State Auditor known or suspected loss of public funds or assets and other illegal activity is put into statute; ! The municipal revolving account appropriation requirement is…

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5900), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedFeb 13, 1995
Out of committee
Passed SenateMar 15, 1995
Passed Housestopped here
Governor
Law

Prime sponsor: Mary Margaret Haugen (D-10)
Introduced: February 13, 1995 in the Senate
Last action: January 8, 1996
Requested by: State agency
Companion bill: EHB 1889
Budget: Has a fiscal note

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 15, 1995

Version voted on: SB 5900

48 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	24	0	0	1
Republican	24	0	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (48)

Excused (1)

Calvin Anderson D-43

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History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

SB 5900 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5900 (2025–26) Cannabis/health facilities · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5900 (2023–24) Construction crane safety · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5900 (2021–22) Provisional paramedics, EMTs · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5900 (2019–20) LGBTQ coordinator/veterans · Enacted · Chapter 56, Laws of 2020
SB 5900 (2017–18) Unfunded actuarial liability · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5900 (2015–16) The homeless/religious orgs · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5900 (2013–14) Voter-approved tax · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5900 (2011–12) Public employment T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee

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