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| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1012 | Authorizing the women's commission to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1013 | Concerning exemption of certain personnel of the department of social and health services from civil service. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1017 | Designating kimchi day. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1030 | Concerning the conduct of limited audits of counted ballots during the election certification period. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1055 | Enhancing access to public records. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1116 | Recognizing election day. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1146 | Improving access and removing barriers to voting in jails and state hospitals. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1147 | Supporting civic engagement for incarcerated and institutionalized individuals in state custody to promote inclusion and rehabilitation. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1196 | Revoking a person's voting rights only when convicted of a state crime punishable by death. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1219 | Concerning the interbranch advisory committee. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1221 | Increasing legislative involvement in gubernatorial proclamations relating to a state of emergency. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1222 | Concerning public inspection and copying of proprietary financial and security information submitted to or obtained by the gambling commission. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1223 | Limiting frivolous claims by modifying forms, processes, and methods of adjudication for voter registration challenges. | In Committee | 01/13/2025 |
| HB1266 | Establishing the Washington state commission on boys and men. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| HB1321 | Concerning the governor's authority to limit outside militia activities within the state. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/15/2025 |
| HB1327 | Concerning horse racing. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/16/2025 |
| HB1339 | Shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB1364 | Increasing the gross revenue threshold for unlicensed bingo, raffles, and amusement games conducted by charitable or nonprofit organizations. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1372 | Modifying provisions on joint legislative audit and review committee studies. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1381 | Improving meaningful access to elections by increasing language assistance. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| HB1412 | Establishing the Washington state commission on Middle Eastern and North African Americans. | In Committee | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1419 | Requiring interpreters providing services under certain state contracts and purchase agreements to complete national fingerprint background checks. | In Committee | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1434 | Revised for 1st substitute: Celebrating Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. | In Committee | 01/20/2025 |
| HB1446 | Changing the state holiday called Presidents' Day to George Washington's Birthday (observed). | In Committee | 01/21/2025 |
| HB1448 | Increasing representation and voter participation in local elections. | In Committee | 01/21/2025 |
| HB1573 | Revising the period in which the oath of office must be taken for elective offices of counties, cities, towns, and special purpose districts. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/24/2025 |
| HB1584 | Ending vote by mail for nonabsentee voters and restoring in-person voting at polling places and voting centers. | In Committee | 01/24/2025 |
| HB1585 | Requiring verification of citizenship for voter registration. | In Committee | 01/24/2025 |
| HB1586 | Modifying joint administrative rules review committee provisions. | In Committee | 01/24/2025 |
| HB1610 | Concerning the disclosure of critical energy infrastructure information. | Crossed Over | 01/27/2025 |
| HB1611 | Prohibiting the purchase of small unmanned aircrafts manufactured or assembled by a covered foreign entity. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| HB1628 | Creating the fire service policy board. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/27/2025 |
| HB1631 | Establishing the state marine forest. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/27/2025 |
| HB1692 | Exempting certain data related to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Indian tribes from public inspection and copying. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| HB1710 | Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018. | Passed | 01/29/2025 |
| HB1713 | Concerning automatic voter registration for tribal members. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| HB1745 | Ensuring election integrity at the county level. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| HB1750 | Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act. | Passed | 01/30/2025 |
| HB1759 | Designating the twelfth day of December as the day of the 12s. | Crossed Over | 01/31/2025 |
| HB1761 | Concerning timing of the oath of office for local elected officials. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| HB1765 | Exempting email addresses of individuals who subscribe to regular communications and updates from local agencies. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| HB1781 | Concerning enforcement actions by the public disclosure commission. | In Committee | 02/03/2025 |
| HB1782 | Amending the timeline for reporting campaign contributions and expenditures. | In Committee | 02/03/2025 |
| HB1877 | Eliminating the offices, agencies, programs, and services of the public education system that do not have direct daily interaction with students. | In Committee | 02/07/2025 |
| HB1880 | Protecting the sole authority of the legislature to determine and make appropriations. | In Committee | 02/07/2025 |
| HB1885 | Eliminating any legislative privilege exemption from the public records act. | In Committee | 02/07/2025 |
| HB1916 | Amending voter registration challenges and managing voter registration lists. | Passed | 02/10/2025 |
| HB1934 | Concerning the disclosure of information pertaining to complainants, accusers, and witnesses in an employment investigation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/11/2025 |
| HB1938 | Creating the Washington state flag redesign committee. | In Committee | 02/11/2025 |
| HB1949 | Exempting certain scholarly communications from disclosure under the public records act. | In Committee | 02/11/2025 |
| HB1959 | Eliminating the office of equity. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| HB1964 | Concerning persons requesting disclosure of lists of individuals under the public records act. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| HB1978 | Concerning transparency in election tabulation devices. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| HB1991 | Exempting from public inspection and copying requirements email addresses of individuals who subscribe to regular communications of certain agencies as defined under the public records act. | In Committee | 02/17/2025 |
| HB2001 | Sunsetting all nonconstitutionally mandated state agencies, commissions, boards, task forces, work groups, and councils every 10 years absent affirmative reestablishment by the legislature. | In Committee | 02/19/2025 |
| HB2004 | Providing secure online access to the voter registration database. | In Committee | 02/20/2025 |
| HB2032 | Concerning language access providers. | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| HB2042 | Providing hiring preferences for state employment to certain federal employees. | In Committee | 03/21/2025 |
| HB2057 | Concerning the identification and review of new programs. | In Committee | 03/25/2025 |
| HB2058 | Concerning third-party audits of private entities receiving public moneys. | In Committee | 03/25/2025 |
| HB2060 | Prohibiting elected officials and their spouses from holding employment or any beneficial interest in private entities. | In Committee | 03/25/2025 |
| HB2064 | Authorizing the secretary of state to develop and test electronic methods of ballot return for service and overseas voters, disabled voters, and certain incarcerated voters. | In Committee | 03/28/2025 |
| HB2076 | Creating the Washington department of government efficiency. | In Committee | 04/12/2025 |
| HB2085 | Concerning autonomous regions in Washington state. | In Committee | 04/24/2025 |
| HB2119 | Moving Washington state to permanent standard time. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2120 | Modifying joint legislative audit and review committee work plans to ensure efficient use of staff resources. | Crossed Over | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2123 | Concerning foreign national participation in Washington state elections. | Crossed Over | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2166 | Recognizing major religious holidays. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2176 | Exempting information in collaborative drug therapy agreements from disclosure under the public records act. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2197 | Designating English as the official language of the state. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2198 | Improving regulatory efficiency by integrating executive order 25-03, concerning permitting and licensing processes, into chapter 43.42A RCW. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2205 | Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2206 | Adopting national standards for uniformed and overseas civilian voting, including conforming amendments to existing statute. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2210 | Protecting local representation by strengthening and securing fair elections in local governments. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2235 | Concerning public records act exemptions regarding concealed pistol licenses, permits to purchase firearms, and firearms purchases or transfers. | Crossed Over | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2237 | Concerning deputy state fire marshals. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2244 | Adopting the recommendations of the public records exemptions accountability committee in its 2025 annual report. | Crossed Over | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2249 | Amending the state civil service statutes to include Washington technology solutions network and security systems employees. | Passed | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2252 | Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2259 | Protecting the integrity of the state initiative and referendum process by requiring a demonstration of support before issuance of a ballot measure title and authorizing citizen actions for certain signature gatherer compensation violations. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2260 | Concerning requirements pertaining to signatures and addresses of ballot measure petitioners and petition signature gatherers. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2280 | Providing access for legislators to facilities owned and operated by the state and facilities that contract with or are licensed by state agencies. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2281 | Concerning the state and tribal government-to-government relationship. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2309 | Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary. | Passed | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2312 | Authorizing shared leave for absences resulting from immigration enforcement actions. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2333 | Protecting elected officials and candidates, executive state officers, election officials, and criminal justice participants against threats and incidents of political violence. | Crossed Over | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2352 | Holding state officers and state employees to the same conflict of interest standard that is required of municipal officers. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2356 | Concerning public records concerning homicide cases. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2391 | Concerning disclosure of lists of individuals under the public records act. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HB2401 | Establishing the boys and men commission. | In Committee | 01/13/2026 |
| HB2408 | Improving government efficiency through amending and repealing obsolete statutory language. | In Committee | 01/13/2026 |
| HB2411 | Modifying shared leave provisions to authorize shared leave for victims of a hate crime and those whose absence is due to immigration enforcement actions against the employee or the employee's relative. | Passed | 01/13/2026 |
| HB2419 | Concerning participation in the address confidentiality program by administrative law judges and staff employed by the office of administrative hearings. | In Committee | 01/13/2026 |
| HB2435 | Creating the legislative office on Indian affairs. | In Committee | 01/13/2026 |
| HB2447 | Designating the state shark. | In Committee | 01/13/2026 |
| HB2460 | Concerning vacancies in partisan elective offices. | In Committee | 01/14/2026 |
| HB2461 | Establishing the Washington state commission on boys and men. | In Committee | 01/14/2026 |
| HB2462 | Countering unpiloted aircraft systems. | In Committee | 01/14/2026 |
| HB2473 | Authorizing the Washington state leadership board to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources. | In Committee | 01/14/2026 |
| HB2475 | Concerning language accessible public programs, activities, and services conducted, operated, or administered by state agencies. | Passed | 01/14/2026 |
| HB2491 | Concerning individual privacy by Washington technology solutions through an exemption from public inspection and copying. | In Committee | 01/15/2026 |
| HB2499 | Modernizing conservation district election procedures and requiring financial disclosures from district supervisors and candidates for district supervisor. | In Committee | 01/15/2026 |
| HB2514 | Establishing a global war on terror memorial on the capitol campus. | In Committee | 01/15/2026 |
| HB2520 | Concerning emergency meetings of public agencies. | In Committee | 01/16/2026 |
| HB2572 | Increasing access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters. | In Committee | 01/19/2026 |
| HB2574 | Concerning the removal of deceased candidates for nonpartisan office from ballots. | Crossed Over | 01/19/2026 |
| HB2576 | Concerning the address confidentiality program. | In Committee | 01/19/2026 |
| HB2591 | Requiring a demonstration of support before a legislative bill is filed. | In Committee | 01/20/2026 |
| HB2625 | Concerning requirements for fund-raising events of bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations. | In Committee | 01/22/2026 |
| HB2631 | Concerning agency delivery of quality customer service. | In Committee | 01/22/2026 |
| HB2632 | Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2026 |
| HB2637 | Safeguarding personal information entrusted to agencies that is of no legitimate concern to the public. | Crossed Over | 01/22/2026 |
| HB2661 | Establishing the legislative task force on public records act modernization consisting of eight voting members and four nonvoting legislators. | In Committee | 01/26/2026 |
| HB2705 | Concerning the use of campaign and surplus funds in responding to ethics complaints. | In Committee | 01/29/2026 |
| HB2709 | Recognizing Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas. | In Committee | 01/30/2026 |
| HCR4403 | Renaming the Joel Pritchard State Library. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| HJM4005 | Rescinding prior applications for a constitutional convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States. | In Committee | 02/07/2025 |
| HJM4007 | Requesting that the attorney general of the United States audit and review the state department of licensing's implementation of the "motor voter law." | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| HJM4010 | Requesting an investigation into the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. | In Committee | 01/15/2026 |
| HJM4011 | Asking Congress to call a limited convention, authorized under Article V of the United States Constitution, for the purpose of proposing a free and fair elections amendment to that Constitution. | In Committee | 01/14/2026 |
| HJM4014 | Requesting a federal investigation of allegations of fraud in certain taxpayer funded programs. | In Committee | 01/29/2026 |
| HJM4015 | Applying for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution relating to fiscal restraints on the federal government, the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit terms of office for federal officials and for members of congress. | In Committee | 02/02/2026 |
| HJM4017 | Supporting the Iranian people’s pursuit of democracy and accountable governance. | In Committee | 02/23/2026 |
| HJR4208 | Concerning autonomous regions in Washington state. | In Committee | 04/24/2025 |
| HJR4209 | Concerning congressional redistricting between decennial censuses. | In Committee | 01/12/2026 |
| HJR4210 | Amending the state Constitution to allow the legislature to determine the duration of regular sessions. | In Committee | 01/13/2026 |
| HJR4212 | Amending Article II, section 15 of the state Constitution concerning vacancies in partisan elective offices. | In Committee | 01/14/2026 |
| SB5000 | Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname. | Crossed Over | 02/07/2025 |
| SB5014 | Concerning election security. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| SB5017 | Adopting national standards for uniformed and overseas civilian voting, including conforming amendments to existing statute. | Crossed Over | 02/17/2025 |
| SB5049 | Concerning the public records exemptions accountability committee. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| SB5077 | Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/17/2025 |
| SB5102 | Establishing a public records exemption for the proprietary information of public risk pools. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |
| SB5106 | Revised for 1st substitute: Celebrating Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| SB5143 | Concerning the ethics in public service act. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/12/2025 |
| SB5325 | Designating the state cactus. | Crossed Over | 03/05/2025 |
| SB5414 | Requiring social equity impact analysis in performance audits and legislative public hearings thereon. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/06/2025 |
| SB5489 | Establishing a state sandstone. | Crossed Over | 02/17/2026 |
| SB5825 | Authorizing the Washington state leadership board to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/06/2026 |
| SB5827 | Concerning the definition of a "qualifying discharge" for the Washington state veterans' preference program for civil service. | Passed | 02/17/2026 |
| SB5840 | Making adjustments to the schedule for reporting campaign finance expenditure activity. | Crossed Over | 02/12/2026 |
| SB5863 | Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records. | Passed | 02/06/2026 |
| SB5879 | Modifying joint legislative audit and review committee work plans to ensure efficient use of staff resources. | Crossed Over | 02/17/2026 |
| SB5892 | Concerning protection of the voter registration database. | Passed | 02/09/2026 |
| SB5968 | Improving regulatory efficiency by integrating executive order 25-03, concerning permitting and licensing processes, into chapter 43.42A RCW. | Crossed Over | 02/17/2026 |
| SB6034 | Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs. | Passed | 02/14/2026 |
| SB6035 | Ensuring access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters. | Passed | 02/14/2026 |
| SB6044 | Recognizing Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas. | Crossed Over | 02/19/2026 |
| SB6049 | Protecting student and employee information from public disclosure. | Crossed Over | 02/17/2026 |
| SB6081 | Protecting Washingtonians from invasion of privacy, including the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and historic sex designation changes in official government records. | Passed | 02/14/2026 |
| SB6084 | Clarifying the prohibition on voting more than once in an election. | Passed | 02/12/2026 |
| SB6123 | Concerning the protection of voluntary supplied personal information of local government employees. | In Committee | 02/14/2026 |
| SB6137 | Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry. | Passed | 02/14/2026 |
| SB6160 | Improving government efficiency related to reports by state agencies. | Crossed Over | 02/17/2026 |
| SB6313 | Creating the capitol centennial stewardship account and authorizing members of the legislature and statewide elected officials to solicit gifts, grants, and donations to the account. | Crossed Over | 02/17/2026 |
| SCR8406 | Reestablishing the joint select committee on civic health. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2026 |
| SJM8008 | Rescinding prior applications for a constitutional convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/24/2025 |
| SJM8014 | Revised for engrossed: Requesting an investigation into the violent death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. | Crossed Over | 02/19/2026 |