BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5232: Legal newspapers

Concerning the qualifications of a legal newspaper.

Summary

Modifies legal publications provisions by requiring a newspaper to have the ability to verify circulation by an independent certified circulation audit, in order to be considered a legal newspaper.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the qualifications of a legal newspaper;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

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

SB 5232 (2025–26) Essential needs program uses · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 408, Laws of 2025
SB 5232 (2023–24) Firearms/purchase & transfer · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5232 (2021–22) Toll revenue bonding · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5232 (2017–18) Hydroelectric generation/BPA · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5232 (2015–16) Indigent defense · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5232 (2013–14) Defibrillators/high schools · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5232 (2011–12) Prize-linked savings deposit · Enacted · Chapter 303, Laws of 2011
SB 5232 (2009–10) Sexual misconduct/schools · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House