SB 5000 Washington Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname.

SB 5000 officially designates "the evergreen state" as the state nickname for Washington. This act formalizes a nickname long associated with the state, but does not require any entity to update existing materials or documents.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Jan 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026

Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2026

How they voted

51–0

Passed

Total votes 51

Jan 28, 2026

D Democratic31

31 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

20 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 25, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules 2 Review.

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Minority; without recommendation.

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

SGOV - Majority; do pass.

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (51-0)

senate

Jan 12, 2026

Introduced

By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

upper

Mar 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:15 AM.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

SGTE - Majority; do pass.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.

upper

Jan 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.

upper

1 primary · 14 co-sponsors