BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5285: Law enf. officers/increase

Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers.

Summary

Grants authority to cities and counties to impose a 0.10 percent sales and use tax, credited against the state sales and use tax, for employing additional commissioned law enforcement officers.
Requires the Criminal Justice Training Commission to provide at least 27 Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) classes beginning in fiscal year 2026, and at least 28 BLET classes each fiscal year beginning in 2027.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5285), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers;

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 5285 (2023–24) Caseload forecast/tax credit · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5285 (2021–22) Earned time · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5285 (2019–20) Voluntary cleanups/haz waste · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5285 (2017–18) Workforce study/ag., etc. · Enacted · Chapter 182, Laws of 2017
SB 5285 (2015–16) Minimum hourly wage increase · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5285 (2013–14) Liquor license renewals · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5285 (2011–12) Liquor licenses/near schools · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5285 (2009–10) Guardians ad litem · Enacted · Chapter 480, Laws of 2009