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State Senator
Javier Valdez
(D) - Washington
Washington Senate District 46
In Office - Started: 01/09/2023

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Olympia, WA 98504
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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
SB5101 Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents. AN ACT Relating to expanding access to leave and safety 2 accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes; 3 amending RCW 49.76.010, 49.76.020, 49.76.030, 49.76.040, 49.76.060, 4 49.76.115, and 7.69.030; and providing an effective date. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5083 Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services. AN ACT Relating to ensuring access to primary care, behavioral 2 health, and affordable hospital services; and adding a new section to 3 chapter 41.05 RCW. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5093 Concerning dignity in pregnancy loss. AN ACT Relating to dignity in pregnancy loss; amending RCW 2 68.50.010; adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW; creating a new 3 section; repealing RCW 9.02.050; and providing an effective date. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5291 Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. AN ACT Relating to strengthening the WACares program by 2 implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and 3 supports trust commission; amending RCW 50B.04.180, 50B.04.010, 4 50B.04.020, 50B.04.030, 50B.04.050, 50B.04.055, 50B.04.060, 5 50B.04.070, 50B.04.085, 50B.04.100, 50B.04.140, 74.39.007, 6 70.127.040, 48.85.010, and 48.85.030; reenacting and amending RCW 7 50B.04.080; adding new sections to chapter 50B.04 RCW; adding a new 8 section to chapter 48.83 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 48 RCW; 9 creating a new section; repealing RCW 50B.04.040; providing effective 10 dates; and providing an expiration date. 11 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5503 Concerning public employee collective bargaining processes. AN ACT Relating to public employee collective bargaining 2 processes; amending RCW 41.56.050, 41.80.200, and 47.64.170; adding 3 new sections to chapter 41.58 RCW; and adding a new section to 4 chapter 49.36 RCW. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5579 Prohibiting health carriers, facilities, and providers from making any public statements of any potential or planned contract terminations unless it satisfies a legal obligation. AN ACT Relating to prohibiting health carriers, facilities, and 2 providers from making any public statements of any potential or 3 planned contract terminations unless it satisfies a legal obligation; 4 amending RCW 18.130.180, 70.41.510, 70.42.162, 70.230.210, 18.46.050, 5 70.127.170, 71.24.910, and 71.12.710; reenacting and amending RCW 6 41.05.017; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; and creating a 7 new section. 8 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5651 Revised for 2nd Substitute: Concerning exemptions from garnishment. AN ACT Relating to exemptions from garnishment; amending RCW 2 6.15.010, 6.15.050, 6.27.140, and 6.27.100; repealing 2023 c 393 s 6, 3 and 2021 c 50 s 4 (uncodified); providing an effective date; and 4 declaring an emergency. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5721 Enhancing consumer protections for automobile insurance coverage. AN ACT Relating to enhancing consumer protections for automobile 2 insurance coverage; and adding a new section to chapter 48.18 RCW. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5814 Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes. AN ACT Relating to funding public schools, health care, social 2 services, and other programs and services to benefit Washingtonians 3 by modifying the application and administration of certain excise 4 taxes; amending RCW 82.04.192 and 82.26.010; reenacting and amending 5 RCW 82.04.050; creating new sections; and providing effective dates. 6 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5813 Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax. AN ACT Relating to increasing funding to the education legacy 2 trust account for public education, child care, early learning, and 3 higher education by creating a more progressive rate structure for 4 the capital gains tax and estate tax; amending RCW 82.87.040, 5 83.100.040, 83.100.048, and 83.100.046; reenacting and amending RCW 6 83.100.020; creating new sections; and declaring an emergency. 7 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5680 Establishing a right to repair for mobility equipment for persons with physical disabilities. AN ACT Relating to establishing a right to repair for mobility 2 equipment for persons with physical disabilities; and adding a new 3 chapter to Title 19 RCW. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5263 Concerning special education funding. AN ACT Relating to special education funding; amending RCW 2 28A.150.390, 43.216.580, 28A.150.392, and 28A.150.560; adding new 3 sections to chapter 28A.155 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 4 28A.150 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5041 Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers. AN ACT Relating to unemployment insurance benefits for striking 2 or lockout workers; amending RCW 50.20.090, 50.20.160, 50.29.021, and 3 50.29.026; adding new sections to chapter 50.20 RCW; adding new 4 sections to chapter 49.08 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 5 49.08.060; providing an effective date; and providing expiration 6 dates. 7 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5077 Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies. AN ACT Relating to expansion of voter registration services by 2 government agencies; and amending RCW 29A.08.365, 29A.08.362, 3 29A.08.310, and 29A.08.123. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5014 Concerning election security. AN ACT Relating to election security; amending RCW 29A.12.050 and 2 29A.12.180; adding a new section to chapter 29A.12 RCW; and creating 3 a new section. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5284 Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. AN ACT Relating to improving Washington's solid waste management 2 outcomes; amending RCW 70A.205.045, 70A.205.500, 81.77.030, 3 81.77.160, 81.77.185, and 70A.245.100; reenacting and amending RCW 4 43.21B.110, 43.21B.300, and 49.48.082; adding a new section to 5 chapter 49.46 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 70A RCW; creating 6 new sections; prescribing penalties; and providing an expiration 7 date. 8 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5463 Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. AN ACT Relating to the duties of industrial insurance self- 2 insured employers and third-party administrators; amending RCW 3 51.14.080 and 51.14.180; creating a new section; and providing an 4 effective date. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5556 Modernizing the adopt-a-highway program to improve its ability to meet its original purpose within existing fiscal limitations. AN ACT Relating to modernizing the adopt-a-highway program to 2 improve its ability to meet its original purpose within existing 3 fiscal limitations; amending RCW 47.40.100 and 47.36.400; adding a 4 new section to chapter 47.40 RCW; creating a new section; and 5 providing an effective date. 6 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5543 Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship. AN ACT Relating to equity in eligibility for the college bound 2 scholarship; and amending RCW 28B.118.010. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5628 Concerning lead in cookware. AN ACT Relating to lead in cookware; and amending RCW 70A.565.010 2 and 70A.565.020. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5509 Concerning the siting of child care centers. AN ACT Relating to the siting of child care centers; adding a new 2 section to chapter 35.21 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 3 35A.21 RCW. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5253 Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22. AN ACT Relating to extending special education services to 2 students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which 3 the student turns 22; amending RCW 28A.155.020, 28A.150.220, 4 28A.155.170, 28A.155.220, 28A.190.030, 28A.225.160, 28A.225.230, 5 28A.225.240, 72.40.040, and 72.40.060; creating new sections; and 6 providing an expiration date. 7 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5525 Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs. AN ACT Relating to protecting workers facing employment loss due 2 to businesses closing or mass layoffs; adding a new chapter to Title 3 49 RCW; and prescribing penalties. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5025 Concerning educational interpreters. AN ACT Relating to educational interpreters; and amending RCW 2 28A.410.271. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5104 Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status. AN ACT Relating to protecting employees from coercion in the 2 workplace based on immigration status; amending RCW 49.46.010; adding 3 a new section to chapter 49.46 RCW; creating a new section; 4 prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and declaring an 5 emergency. 6 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5528 Concerning the installation of transportation electrification infrastructure. AN ACT Relating to the installation of transportation 2 electrification infrastructure; amending RCW 19.28.211; adding a new 3 section to chapter 19.28 RCW; and providing an effective date. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5632 Protecting the confidentiality of records and information that may be relevant to another state's enforcement of its laws. AN ACT Relating to protecting the confidentiality of records and 2 information that may be relevant to another state's enforcement of 3 its laws; and amending RCW 7.115.010 and 7.115.020. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5714 Declaring civil immigration enforcement as unprofessional conduct of bail bond recovery agents. AN ACT Relating to declaring civil immigration enforcement as 2 unprofessional conduct of bail bond agents and bail bond recovery 3 agents; and amending RCW 18.185.110. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5298 Concerning the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities. AN ACT Relating to the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/ 2 mobile home communities; amending RCW 59.20.325 and 59.20.335; and 3 repealing RCW 59.20.300. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5313 Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements. AN ACT Relating to adding to the list of provisions prohibited 2 from rental agreements; amending RCW 59.18.230; and creating a new 3 section. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5375 Concerning the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect. AN ACT Relating to the duty of clergy to report child abuse and 2 neglect; and amending RCW 26.44.020 and 26.44.030. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5245 Revised for 1st Substitute: Authorizing county commissioners to administer oaths of office to state legislators. AN ACT Relating to authorizing county commissioners to administer 2 oaths of office to state legislators; and amending RCW 36.32.120. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5110 Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington’s community and technical colleges. AN ACT Relating to tuition waivers for tribal elders at 2 Washington's community and technical colleges; and adding a new 3 section to chapter 28B.15 RCW. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5494 Protecting Washington communities from lead-based paint. AN ACT Relating to lead-based paint program capacity 2 improvements; amending RCW 70A.420.010, 70A.420.020, 70A.420.040, 3 70A.420.050, 70A.420.070, 70A.420.080, 70A.420.060, and 70A.420.090; 4 adding a new section to chapter 70A.420 RCW; prescribing penalties; 5 and repealing RCW 70A.420.030. 6 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5557 Codifying emergency rules to protect the right of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments. AN ACT Relating to codifying emergency rules to protect the right 2 of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical 3 conditions in hospital emergency departments; amending RCW 4 70.170.060; reenacting and amending RCW 70.41.020; adding a new 5 section to chapter 70.41 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring 6 an emergency. 7 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5545 Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying provisions regarding family home providers overseen and certified by a federal military service. AN ACT Relating to modifying provisions regarding family home 2 providers overseen and certified by a federal military service; 3 amending RCW 26.44.210; and reenacting and amending RCW 43.216.010. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5570 Supporting public school instruction in tribal sovereignty and federally recognized Indian tribes. AN ACT Relating to supporting public school instruction in tribal 2 sovereignty and federally recognized Indian tribes; amending RCW 3 28A.300.105 and 28A.320.170; adding a new section to chapter 28A.305 4 RCW; creating a new section; and providing expiration dates. 5 Crossed Over
SB5576 Revised for 1st Substitute: Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs. AN ACT Relating to providing a local government option for the 2 funding of essential affordable housing programs; amending RCW 3 67.28.181 and 82.14.410; and adding a new section to chapter 82.02 4 RCW. 5 Crossed Over
SB5581 Implementing safe system approach strategies for active transportation infrastructure. AN ACT Relating to implementing safe system approach strategies 2 for active transportation infrastructure; amending RCW 47.30.010, 3 47.30.020, 47.30.030, 47.30.040, 46.04.160, 46.04.220, 46.61.135, 4 46.61.140, 47.04.035, 47.04.300, 47.04.380, and 47.04.430; reenacting 5 and amending RCW 47.04.010; adding a new section to chapter 46.04 6 RCW; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 46.04.118. 7 Crossed Over
SB5490 Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law. AN ACT Relating to providing parameters for conducting searches 2 of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in 3 compliance with federal law; amending RCW 10.79.100; and adding a new 4 section to chapter 70.48 RCW. 5 Crossed Over
SB5542 Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges. AN ACT Relating to tuition waivers for high school completers at 2 community and technical colleges; and amending RCW 28B.15.520. 3 Crossed Over
SB5663 Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning entirely online course offerings at community and technical colleges. AN ACT Relating to entirely online course offerings at community 2 and technical colleges; adding a new section to chapter 28B.50 RCW; 3 and creating a new section. 4 Crossed Over
SB5697 Providing a property tax exemption for property owned by a qualifying nonprofit organization and loaned, leased, or rented to and used by any government entity to provide character-building, benevolent, protective, or rehabilitative social services. AN ACT Relating to providing a property tax exemption for 2 property owned by a qualifying nonprofit organization and loaned, 3 leased, or rented to and used by any government entity to provide 4 character-building, benevolent, protective, or rehabilitative social 5 services; amending RCW 84.36.030; and creating new sections. 6 Crossed Over
SB5701 Revised for 1st Substitute: Expanding access to records for the purposes of enforcing prevailing wage laws. AN ACT Relating to expanding access to records for the purposes 2 of enforcing prevailing wage laws; amending RCW 39.12.010, 39.12.010, 3 and 39.12.120; providing an effective date; and providing an 4 expiration date. 5 Crossed Over
SB5708 Protecting Washington children online. AN ACT Relating to protecting Washington children online; adding 2 a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; and creating a new section. 3 Crossed Over
SB5647 Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for the sale of qualified affordable housing. AN ACT Relating to providing a real estate excise tax exemption 2 for the sale of qualified affordable housing; amending RCW 82.45.010; 3 amending 2019 c 385 s 1 (uncodified); and providing an expiration 4 date. 5 Crossed Over
SB5772 Calculating student enrollment for local effort assistance. AN ACT Relating to calculating student enrollment for local 2 effort assistance; and amending RCW 28A.500.015. 3 Crossed Over
SR8659 Honoring Senator Bill Ramos. Honoring Senator Bill Ramos. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5798 Concerning property tax reform. AN ACT Relating to property tax reform by providing additional 2 property tax reductions under the senior citizen property tax relief 3 program, consolidating the state property tax, and making the use of 4 state property tax revenues more transparent; amending RCW 84.36.381, 5 84.36.383, 84.38.020, 84.56.020, 84.52.065, and 84.36.630; and 6 creating new sections. 7 In Committee
SB5738 Revised for 1st Substitute: Permitting individuals retired from the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the public safety employees' retirement system additional opportunities to work for up to 1,040 hours per year while in receipt of pension benefits. AN ACT Relating to permitting individuals retired from the public 2 employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, the 3 school employees' retirement system, and the public safety employees' 4 retirement system additional opportunities to work for up to 1,040 5 hours per year while in receipt of pension benefits; amending RCW 6 41.32.570, 41.32.802, 41.32.862, 41.35.060, 41.37.050, and 41.40.037; 7 and declaring an emergency. 8 Crossed Over
SB5629 Concerning coverage requirements for prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces. AN ACT Relating to coverage requirements for prosthetic limbs and 2 custom orthotic braces; and adding a new section to chapter 48.43 3 RCW. 4 Crossed Over
SB5797 Enacting a tax on stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible assets for the benefit of public schools. AN ACT Relating to enacting a wealth tax on stocks, bonds, and 2 other financial intangible assets for the benefit of public schools; 3 amending RCW 82.32.160, 43.135.034, and 82.32.655; adding a new Title 4 to the Revised Code of Washington to be codified as Title 84A RCW; 5 creating new sections; and prescribing penalties. 6 Crossed Over
SJM8000 Extending the naming of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. Extending the naming of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. Crossed Over
SB5098 Restricting the possession of weapons on the premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground facilities where children are likely to be present, and county fairs and county fair facilities. AN ACT Relating to restricting the possession of weapons on the 2 premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground 3 facilities where children are likely to be present, and county fairs 4 and county fair facilities; and amending RCW 9.41.300. 5 Crossed Over
SB5215 Concerning debris escaping from vehicles on public highways. AN ACT Relating to debris escaping from vehicles on public 2 highways; amending RCW 46.61.655 and 70A.200.120; prescribing 3 penalties; and providing an effective date. 4 Crossed Over
SJM8002 Concerning Medicare. Concerning Medicare. Crossed Over
SB5158 Concerning student athlete insurance. AN ACT Relating to student athlete insurance; and amending RCW 2 28B.10.660. 3 Crossed Over
SB5023 Providing labor market protections for domestic workers. AN ACT Relating to providing labor market protections for 2 domestic workers; amending RCW 49.46.010, 49.60.040, and 49.60.230; 3 adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW; adding a new chapter to 4 Title 49 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; 5 providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date. 6 Crossed Over
SB5068 Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law. AN ACT Relating to agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and 2 general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility 3 for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally 4 authorized to work in the United States under federal law; amending 5 RCW 10.93.165, 10.93.200, 41.08.070, 41.12.070, 41.14.100, 36.27.040, 6 43.101.095, and 77.15.075; and adding a new section to chapter 36.27 7 RCW. 8 Crossed Over
SB5177 Considering the experiences of historically marginalized and underrepresented groups when identifying professional development resources on certain topics. AN ACT Relating to considering the experiences of historically 2 marginalized and underrepresented groups when identifying 3 professional development resources on certain topics; amending RCW 4 28A.300.479; and creating a new section. 5 Crossed Over
SB5374 Including tribal representation in certain transportation activities. AN ACT Relating to including tribal representation in certain 2 transportation activities; amending RCW 36.70A.070, 36.81.121, 3 43.59.156, and 43.59.156; adding a new section to chapter 43.59 RCW; 4 providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date. 5 Crossed Over
SB5286 Concerning policing costs driven by proximity to state hospitals. AN ACT Relating to policing costs driven by proximity to state 2 hospitals; and adding a new section to chapter 72.23 RCW. 3 Crossed Over
SB5360 Concerning environmental crimes. AN ACT Relating to environmental crimes; reenacting and amending 2 RCW 70A.15.1030 and 9.94A.515; adding new sections to chapter 90.48 3 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 70A.15 RCW; adding new sections 4 to chapter 70A.300 RCW; repealing RCW 90.48.140, 70A.15.3150, 5 70A.300.100, and 70A.300.110; and prescribing penalties. 6 Crossed Over
SB5325 Designating the state cactus. AN ACT Relating to designating the state cactus; and adding a new 2 section to chapter 1.20 RCW. 3 Crossed Over
SB5280 Protecting consumers of virtual currency kiosks. AN ACT Relating to protecting consumers of virtual currency 2 kiosks; amending RCW 19.230.150; adding a new section to chapter 3 19.230 RCW; and creating a new section. 4 Crossed Over
SB5061 Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed. AN ACT Relating to requiring wages for laborers, workers, and 2 mechanics in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing 3 rate of wage in effect at the time the work is performed; amending 4 RCW 39.12.030; creating a new section; and providing an effective 5 date. 6 Crossed Over
SB5282 Reestablishing the advisory board for the missing and exploited children task force. AN ACT Relating to reestablishing the advisory board for the 2 missing and exploited children task force; and adding a new section 3 to chapter 13.60 RCW. 4 Crossed Over
SB5300 Concerning the leasing authority of the state parks and recreation commission at St. Edward State Park. AN ACT Relating to leasing authority of the state parks and 2 recreation commission at St. Edward State Park; and amending RCW 3 79A.05.025 and 79A.05.030. 4 Crossed Over
SB5000 Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname. AN ACT Relating to the state nickname; adding a new section to 2 chapter 1.20 RCW; and creating new sections. 3 Crossed Over
SB5123 Expanding protections for certain students to promote inclusivity in public schools. AN ACT Relating to expanding protections for certain students to 2 promote inclusivity in public schools; amending RCW 28A.642.010; 3 adding a new section to chapter 28A.642 RCW; and creating a new 4 section. 5 Crossed Over
SB5436 Interfering with access to a place of religious worship. AN ACT Relating to interfering with access to a place of 2 religious worship; adding a new chapter to Title 9A RCW; and 3 prescribing penalties. 4 Crossed Over
SB5469 Prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing and noncompete agreements in the rental housing market. AN ACT Relating to prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing and 2 noncompete agreements in the rental housing market; and adding a new 3 chapter to Title 19 RCW. 4 Crossed Over
SB5458 Concerning newspapers and eligible digital content. AN ACT Relating to newspapers and eligible digital content; 2 amending RCW 82.04.759; reenacting and amending RCW 82.04.759; 3 providing an effective date; and providing expiration dates. 4 Crossed Over
SR8656 Honoring Speaker Frank Chopp. Honoring Speaker Frank Chopp. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5493 Concerning hospital price transparency. AN ACT Relating to hospital price transparency; and adding a new 2 section to chapter 70.41 RCW. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5459 Concerning call center retention. AN ACT Relating to call center retention; adding a new chapter to 2 Title 50 RCW; and prescribing penalties. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5498 Concerning contraceptive coverage. AN ACT Relating to contraceptive coverage; amending RCW 2 48.43.195; and providing an effective date. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5355 Improving safety at institutions of higher education while supporting student survivors of sexual assault. AN ACT Relating to improving safety at institutions of higher 2 education while supporting survivors of sexual assault; amending RCW 3 28B.10.735 and 70.125.110; and adding a new section to chapter 4 28B.112 RCW. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5480 Protecting consumers by removing barriers created by medical debt. AN ACT Relating to protecting consumers by removing barriers 2 created by medical debt; amending RCW 19.16.100, 19.182.040, 3 70.41.400, and 70.54.005; reenacting and amending RCW 19.16.250; and 4 adding a new section to chapter 70.54 RCW. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5414 Requiring social equity impact analysis in performance audits and legislative public hearings thereon. AN ACT Relating to requiring social equity impact analysis in 2 performance audits and legislative public hearings thereon; and 3 amending RCW 43.09.470. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5391 Concerning the sustainable farms and fields grant program. AN ACT Relating to the sustainable farms and fields grant 2 program; and amending RCW 89.08.615, 89.08.620, and 89.08.630. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5030 Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation. AN ACT Relating to improving access to educational services by 2 reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative 3 forms of documentation; amending RCW 70.58A.560; adding a new section 4 to chapter 43.216 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.225 RCW; 5 and creating a new section. 6 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5040 Revised for 1st Substitute: Expanding the definition of uniformed personnel to all law enforcement officers employed by a city, town, county, or governing body of a municipal airport operating under the provisions of chapter 14.08 RCW. AN ACT Relating to expanding the definition of uniformed 2 personnel to all law enforcement officers employed by a city, town, 3 county, or governing body of a municipal airport operating under the 4 provisions of chapter 14.08 RCW; and amending RCW 41.56.030. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5214 Concerning mobile market programs. AN ACT Relating to mobile market programs; adding a new section 2 to chapter 43.70 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an 3 effective date. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5163 Modernizing the child fatality statute. AN ACT Relating to modernizing the child fatality statute; and 2 amending RCW 70.05.170. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJM8004 Concerning Universal Health Care. Concerning Universal Health Care. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR8651 Supporting science, scientific research, and evidence-based decision making. Supporting science, scientific research, and evidence-based decision making. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR8653 Honoring Washington's relationship with Taiwan. Honoring Washington's relationship with Taiwan. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5815 Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and occupation tax surcharge on large companies. AN ACT Relating to funding public schools, including higher 2 education, health care, social services, and other programs and 3 services to benefit Washingtonians by modifying business and 4 occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing 5 surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction 6 for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and 7 occupation tax surcharge on large companies with annual revenues with 8 more than $250,000,000; amending RCW 82.04.230, 82.04.240, 82.04.250, 9 82.04.257, 82.04.263, 82.04.270, 82.04.280, 82.04.285, 82.04.290, 10 82.04.2905, 82.04.2906, 82.04.260, 82.04.29004, and 82.04.4281; 11 reenacting and amending RCW 82.04.260 and 82.04.299; adding a new 12 section to chapter 82.04 RCW; creating new sections; providing 13 effective dates; and providing expiration dates. 14 In Committee
SB5812 Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities. AN ACT Relating to investing in the state's paramount duty to 2 fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities by 3 modifying the state and local property tax authority and adjusting 4 the school funding formula; amending RCW 84.52.0531, 28A.500.015, 5 84.55.005, 84.55.100, 28A.150.390, 28A.150.392, and 28A.150.560; 6 creating new sections; repealing RCW 84.55.0101; providing an 7 effective date; and providing an expiration date. 8 In Committee
SR8640 Honoring Karen Keiser. Honoring Karen Keiser. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR8648 Honoring the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Honoring the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR8641 Reaffirming our relationship with Canada. Reaffirming our relationship with Canada. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR8646 Honoring Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney. Honoring Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR8633 Honoring the workforce of forest products businesses. Honoring the workforce of forest products businesses. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5577 Concerning medicaid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs. AN ACT Relating to medicaid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs; 2 adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; providing an effective 3 date; and declaring an emergency. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5128 Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning medical services for individuals in juvenile detention facilities. AN ACT Relating to medical services for individuals in juvenile 2 detention facilities; amending RCW 74.09.555 and 71.24.715; 3 reenacting and amending RCW 74.09.670; creating new sections; and 4 providing expiration dates. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5457 Concerning broadcasters. AN ACT Relating to radio and television broadcasting; amending 2 RCW 82.04.280; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; and 3 creating a new section. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5118 Updating the requirements for the clinical experience license for international medical graduates. AN ACT Relating to updating the requirements for the clinical 2 experience license for international medical graduates; and amending 3 RCW 18.71.095. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR8642 Honoring Transgender Day of Visibility. Honoring Transgender Day of Visibility. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5795 Reducing the state sales and use tax rate. AN ACT Relating to reducing the state sales and use tax rate to 2 make progress toward a more fair and balanced tax code for Washington 3 state; amending RCW 82.08.020; creating a new section; and providing 4 an effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5803 Regulating tobacco and nicotine products. AN ACT Relating to enhancing public health and safety by ending 2 the sale of certain tobacco and nicotine products, regulating tobacco 3 and vapor product retailers, and increasing taxation of cigarettes, 4 tobacco products, and nicotine products; amending RCW 26.28.080, 5 70.155.010, 70.155.020, 70.155.090, 70.155.100, 70.345.030, 6 70.345.040, 70.345.050, 70.345.060, 70.345.070, 70.345.120, 7 70.345.180, 82.24.520, 82.24.530, 82.25.005, 82.25.010, 82.25.030, 8 82.25.095, 82.25.110, 82.26.010, 82.26.020, 82.26.030, 82.26.060, 9 82.26.160, 82.26.170, 82.26.190, 82.26.200, and 82.26.240; adding a 10 new section to chapter 70.345 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 11 82.24 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; repealing RCW 12 82.26.260; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and 13 providing an expiration date. 14 In Committee
SCR8403 Honoring former members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington who have passed from this life. Honoring former members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington who have passed from this life. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5400 Supporting local news journalism. AN ACT Relating to supporting local news journalism; adding new 2 sections to chapter 43.330 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 3 RCW; and providing an effective date. 4 In Committee
SB5433 Exempting exclusive bargaining representatives for department of corrections employees from certain provisions related to coalition bargaining. AN ACT Relating to exempting exclusive bargaining representatives 2 for department of corrections employees from certain provisions 3 related to coalition bargaining; and amending RCW 41.80.010. 4 In Committee
SB5423 Supporting the servicing and right to repair of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable manner. AN ACT Relating to supporting the servicing and right to repair 2 of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable 3 manner to increase access and affordability for Washingtonians; and 4 adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW. 5 In Committee
SB5488 Strengthening the financial stability of persons in the care of the department of children, youth, and families. AN ACT Relating to strengthening the financial stability of 2 persons in the care of the department of children, youth, and 3 families; amending RCW 74.13.060; and adding a new section to chapter 4 43.216 RCW. 5 In Committee
SB5386 Supporting survivors of sexual assault in public elementary and secondary schools. AN ACT Relating to supporting survivors of sexual assault in 2 public elementary and secondary schools; amending RCW 28A.400.317; 3 adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; adding a new section to 4 chapter 28A.640 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective 5 date; and providing an expiration date. 6 In Committee
SB5330 Protecting consumers from spiked drinks. AN ACT Relating to protecting consumers from spiked drinks at 2 certain licensees of the liquor and cannabis board; adding a new 3 section to chapter 66.24 RCW; and providing an effective date. 4 In Committee
SB5290 Allowing persons who complete substance abuse programs to seek dismissal of certain controlled substance related charges. AN ACT Relating to allowing persons who complete substance abuse 2 programs to seek dismissal of certain controlled substance related 3 charges; adding a new section to chapter 69.50 RCW; and creating a 4 new section. 5 In Committee
SB5304 Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college. AN ACT Relating to expanding eligibility for the students 2 experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited 3 tribal college; and amending RCW 28B.77.850. 4 In Committee
SB5336 Concerning protections for isolated employees. AN ACT Relating to protections for isolated employees; amending 2 RCW 49.60.515; adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW; prescribing 3 penalties; and providing an effective date. 4 In Committee
SB5186 Revised for 2nd Substitute: Concerning local funding for school district facilities. AN ACT Relating to local funding for school district facilities; 2 amending RCW 28A.535.020, 28A.535.050, 84.52.056, 39.36.020, 3 28A.530.020, 28A.315.285, 82.02.050, 82.02.060, 82.02.070, 82.02.090, 4 and 36.70A.211; repealing RCW 82.02.110; and providing a contingent 5 effective date. 6 In Committee
SB5266 Concerning the indeterminate sentence review board. AN ACT Relating to people convicted of one or more crimes 2 committed before the person's 18th birthday petitioning the 3 indeterminate sentence review board after reaching the age of 24 or 4 older; amending RCW 9.94A.730; creating new sections; and providing 5 an expiration date. 6 In Committee
SB5067 Concerning impaired driving. AN ACT Relating to impaired driving; amending RCW 46.61.502, 2 46.61.504, 46.61.5055, 46.61.506, 46.20.308, 46.20.3101, 46.25.090, 3 38.38.760, and 79A.60.040; adding a new section to chapter 43.59 RCW; 4 adding a new section to chapter 66.44 RCW; adding a new section to 5 chapter 66.08 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; 6 providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date. 7 In Committee
SJR8200 Revised for 1st Substitute: Amending the Constitution to modify local funding authority for school district facilities. Amending the Constitution to allow 55 percent of voters voting to authorize school district bonds. In Committee
SB5770 Providing housing safety, security, and protection by creating the primary residence property tax exemption. AN ACT Relating to providing housing safety, security, and 2 protection by creating the primary residence property tax exemption; 3 amending RCW 84.48.010; adding new sections to chapter 84.36 RCW; 4 creating new sections; and providing a contingent effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5771 Increasing the working families' tax credit to reflect the economic impact of property taxes incorporated into rental amounts charged to residential tenants. AN ACT Relating to increasing the working families' tax credit to 2 reflect the economic impact of property taxes incorporated into 3 rental amounts charged to residential tenants; amending RCW 4 82.08.0206; creating new sections; and providing a contingent 5 effective date. 6 In Committee
SB5768 Expanding eligibility for the working families' tax credit to everyone age 18 and older. AN ACT Relating to expanding eligibility for the working 2 families' tax credit to everyone age 18 and older; amending RCW 3 82.08.0206; amending 2023 c 456 s 3 (uncodified); creating new 4 sections; and providing an effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5684 Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning prohibitions on electioneering within buildings containing the division of elections for county auditor offices, including any adjacent county owned and operated parking lots routinely used for parking at the buildings. AN ACT Relating to prohibitions on electioneering within 2 buildings containing the division of elections for county auditor 3 offices, including any adjacent county owned and operated parking 4 lots routinely used for parking at the buildings; amending RCW 5 29A.84.510; and creating a new section. 6 In Committee
SB5387 Revised for 2nd Substitute: Concerning the corporate practice of health care. AN ACT Relating to the corporate practice of health care; 2 amending RCW 18.130.180, 18.130.190, and 19.100.120; adding a new 3 section to chapter 18.100 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.41 4 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 71.12 RCW; adding a new section 5 to chapter 70.230 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.51 RCW; 6 adding a new section to chapter 18.46 RCW; adding a new section to 7 chapter 70.127 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.134 RCW; 8 adding a new section to chapter 48.44 RCW; adding a new section to 9 chapter 48.46 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.71 RCW; adding 10 a new section to chapter 18.57 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 11 18.79 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.06 RCW; adding a new 12 section to chapter 18.225 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.22 13 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.25 RCW; adding a new section 14 to chapter 18.32 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.29 RCW; 15 adding a new section to chapter 18.36A RCW; adding a new section to 16 chapter 18.50 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.53 RCW; adding 17 a new section to chapter 18.55 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18 18.59 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.64 RCW; adding a new 19 section to chapter 18.71A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.74 20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.83 RCW; adding a new section 21 to chapter 18.108 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.138 RCW; 22 adding a new section to chapter 18.205 RCW; adding a new section to 23 chapter 18.290 RCW; and providing an effective date. 2SSB 5387 1 In Committee
SB5496 Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities. AN ACT Relating to preserving homeownership options by limiting 2 excessive home buying by certain entities; amending RCW 19.86.140; 3 adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; creating a new section; and 4 prescribing penalties. 5 In Committee
SB5500 Modernizing reimbursement rates for the working connections child care program. AN ACT Relating to modernizing reimbursement rates to more 2 accurately reflect the cost of providing high quality child care for 3 the working connections child care program; amending RCW 43.216.828; 4 and creating new sections. 5 In Committee
SB5523 Concerning the role of students on the governing boards of institutions of higher education. AN ACT Relating to the role of students on the governing boards 2 of institutions of higher education; amending RCW 28B.50.100 and 3 28B.50.102; adding a new section to chapter 28B.50 RCW; adding a new 4 section to chapter 28B.35 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28B.20 5 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28B.30 RCW; adding a new section 6 to chapter 28B.40 RCW; and creating a new section. 7 In Committee
SB5600 Concerning regulation of transportation network companies during large-scale events. AN ACT Relating to regulation of transportation network companies 2 during large-scale events; and amending RCW 49.46.300, 46.72B.050, 3 and 46.72B.190. 4 In Committee
SR8630 Honoring the contributions of Sikhs in Washington state. Honoring the contributions of Sikhs in Washington state. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR8629 Honoring Ichiro Suzuki. Honoring Ichiro Suzuki. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR8619 Remembering Bloody Sunday. Remembering Bloody Sunday. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SR8626 Honoring the students of the Legislative Youth Advisory Council and the Washington State Leadership Board. Honoring the students of the Legislative Youth Advisory Council and the Washington State Leadership Board. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SJR8204 Amending the Constitution to address reproductive freedom and gender-affirming care. Amending the Constitution to address reproductive freedom and gender-affirming care. In Committee
SR8625 Honoring Ana Mari Cauce. Honoring Ana Mari Cauce. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5211 Authorizing payment for parental caregivers of minor children with developmental disabilities. AN ACT Relating to authorizing payment for parental caregivers of 2 minor children with developmental disabilities; amending RCW 3 71A.12.---; adding new sections to chapter 71A.12 RCW; creating a new 4 section; providing an effective date; and providing expiration dates. 5 In Committee
SB5164 Providing student navigational supports to increase postsecondary enrollment. AN ACT Relating to student navigational supports to increase 2 postsecondary enrollment; amending RCW 28B.50.940; adding a new 3 section to chapter 28B.77 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 4 28A.415 RCW; and creating a new section. 5 In Committee
SB5176 Implementing prompt pay recommendations from the capital projects advisory review board. AN ACT Relating to implementing prompt pay recommendations from 2 the capital projects advisory review board; amending RCW 39.04.250 3 and 39.76.011; and repealing RCW 39.04.360. 4 In Committee
SB5066 Concerning law enforcement and local corrections agency misconduct through investigations and legal actions. AN ACT Relating to strengthening and clarifying the authority of 2 the attorney general to address local law enforcement and local 3 corrections agency misconduct through investigations and legal 4 actions; adding new sections to chapter 43.10 RCW; creating a new 5 section; and declaring an emergency. 6 In Committee
SB5504 Supporting caregivers who provide complex care services to children with heightened medical needs. AN ACT Relating to supporting caregivers who provide complex care 2 services to children with heightened medical needs; creating a new 3 section; and providing an expiration date. 4 In Committee
SB5422 Revised for 1st Substitute: Allowing bargaining over matters related to certain uses of artificial intelligence. AN ACT Relating to allowing bargaining over matters related to 2 certain uses of artificial intelligence; amending RCW 41.56.021 and 3 41.80.040; adding a new section to chapter 41.56 RCW; adding a new 4 section to chapter 41.80 RCW; and creating a new section. 5 In Committee
SB5344 Establishing the essential worker health care program. AN ACT Relating to establishing the essential worker health care 2 program; adding new sections to chapter 43.20A RCW; adding new 3 sections to chapter 48.02 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring 4 an emergency. 5 In Committee
SB5426 Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process. AN ACT Relating to improving developmentally appropriate 2 alternatives for youth outside the formal court process; amending RCW 3 13.40.020, 13.40.080, 13.06.010, 13.06.030, 13.06.040, and 2.56.032; 4 adding a new section to chapter 13.40 RCW; adding a new section to 5 chapter 13.06 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an expiration 6 date. 7 In Committee
SB5508 Concerning the child welfare housing assistance program. AN ACT Relating to the child welfare housing assistance program; 2 and amending RCW 74.13.802. 3 In Committee
SB5062 Establishing a child care workforce standards board. AN ACT Relating to establishing a child care workforce standards 2 board; and adding a new chapter to Title 49 RCW. 3 In Committee
SB5522 Concerning the state capitol campus. AN ACT Relating to the state capitol campus; amending RCW 2 43.34.010, 43.34.040, 43.34.080, and 43.34.090; adding new sections 3 to chapter 43.34 RCW; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 4 43.34.015. 5 In Committee
SB5541 Concerning the Washington future fund pilot project. AN ACT Relating to the Washington future fund pilot project; 2 amending RCW 43.08.190; adding new sections to chapter 43.08 RCW; 3 adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; and creating a new 4 section. 5 In Committee
SB5626 Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance. AN ACT Relating to creating a wage replacement program for 2 certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance; 3 amending RCW 50.29.041 and 50.24.014; reenacting and amending RCW 4 42.56.410 and 50.29.025; adding a new chapter to Title 50 RCW; 5 creating a new section; and prescribing penalties. 6 In Committee
SB5779 Establishing African diaspora heritage week. AN ACT Relating to establishing African diaspora heritage week; 2 amending RCW 1.16.050; and creating a new section. 3 In Committee
SR8618 Recognizing and honoring Ramadan. Recognizing and honoring Ramadan. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5332 Concerning mobile dwellings. AN ACT Relating to mobile dwellings; adding a new section to 2 chapter 36.70A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 64.32 RCW; adding 3 a new section to chapter 64.34 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 4 64.38 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 64.90 RCW; and providing 5 expiration dates. 6 In Committee
SB5335 Establishing the rural nursing education program. AN ACT Relating to establishing the rural nursing education 2 program; adding new sections to chapter 43.70 RCW; creating a new 3 section; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. 4 In Committee
SB5667 Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities. AN ACT Relating to establishing intercity passenger rail 2 improvement priorities; and adding a new section to chapter 47.79 3 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5717 Establishing a driver work zone and first responder safety course requirement. AN ACT Relating to establishing a driver work zone and first 2 responder safety course requirement; amending RCW 46.20.075 and 3 46.63.200; adding a new section to chapter 46.20 RCW; adding a new 4 section to chapter 43.59 RCW; and providing an effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5382 Concerning requirements pertaining to signatures and addresses of ballot measure petitioners and petition signature gatherers. AN ACT Relating to requirements pertaining to signatures and 2 addresses of ballot measure petitioners and petition signature 3 gatherers; amending RCW 29A.72.110, 29A.72.120, and 29A.72.130; 4 adding new sections to chapter 29A.72 RCW; and prescribing penalties. 5 In Committee
SB5231 Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning reducing fees and expenses for services for people confined in state correctional facilities. AN ACT Relating to reducing fees and expenses for services for 2 people confined in state correctional facilities; amending RCW 3 72.09.765; adding a new section to chapter 72.09 RCW; creating a new 4 section; and providing an effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5254 Strengthening patients' rights regarding their health care information. AN ACT Relating to strengthening patients' rights regarding their 2 health care information by promoting access to information and 3 providing enforcement protections for the appropriate use of the 4 information; amending RCW 70.02.010, 70.02.030, 70.02.080, 70.02.090, 5 70.02.170, and 70.02.220; reenacting and amending RCW 70.02.260; and 6 adding a new section to chapter 70.02 RCW. 7 In Committee
SB5121 Concerning health plan coverage of fertility-related services. AN ACT Relating to providing coverage for the diagnosis of 2 infertility, treatment for infertility, and standard fertility 3 preservation services; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; 4 adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW; adding a new section to 5 chapter 74.09 RCW; and creating new sections. 6 In Committee
SB5070 Concerning prohibiting fees on certain acts of commerce to protect tipped wages for workers while reducing the financial burden on employers. AN ACT Relating to prohibiting fees on certain acts of commerce 2 to protect tipped wages for workers while reducing the financial 3 burden on employers; amending RCW 49.46.020; adding a new chapter to 4 Title 19 RCW; and providing an effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5380 Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions. AN ACT Relating to increasing environmental justice by improving 2 government decisions; amending RCW 70A.15.2210; adding new sections 3 to chapter 43.21C RCW; and creating a new section. 4 In Committee
SB5345 Concerning access to personnel records. AN ACT Relating to access to personnel records; amending RCW 2 49.12.240 and 49.12.250; adding a new section to chapter 49.12 RCW; 3 and prescribing penalties. 4 In Committee
SB5722 Creating a grant program to promote local workforce development, reduce transportation pollution, and strengthen food sovereignty and climate and disaster resiliency. AN ACT Relating to creating a grant program to promote local 2 workforce development, reduce transportation pollution, and 3 strengthen food sovereignty and climate and disaster resiliency; 4 amending RCW 50.75.020; and adding a new section to chapter 50.75 5 RCW. 6 In Committee
SB5725 Expanding affordable housing opportunities on community and technical college lands. AN ACT Relating to expanding affordable housing opportunities on 2 community and technical college lands; amending RCW 28B.50.090 and 3 43.17.400; adding a new section to chapter 28B.50 RCW; adding a new 4 section to chapter 82.29A RCW; and creating new sections. 5 In Committee
SB5683 Concerning health carrier transparency of payment timeliness of claims submitted by health care providers and health care facilities. AN ACT Relating to health carrier transparency of payment 2 timeliness of claims submitted by health care providers and health 3 care facilities; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; adding a 4 new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 5 41.05 RCW; and creating a new section. 6 In Committee
SB5605 Concerning the operation, authorization, and permitting of microenterprise home kitchens. AN ACT Relating to the operation, authorization, and permitting 2 of microenterprise home kitchens; adding a new section to chapter 3 69.07 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.54 RCW; adding a new 4 chapter to Title 69 RCW; creating new sections; and providing 5 expiration dates. 6 In Committee
SB5372 Creating the medicaid access program. AN ACT Relating to creating the medicaid access program; 2 reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092 and 43.84.092; adding a new 3 chapter to Title 74 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 48 RCW; 4 creating a new section; providing an effective date; providing an 5 expiration date; providing a contingent expiration date; and 6 declaring an emergency. 7 In Committee
SB5222 Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement. AN ACT Relating to improving housing stability for tenants 2 subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/ 3 mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, 4 requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and 5 deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated 6 services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity 7 between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement; 8 amending RCW 59.18.140, 59.18.270, 59.18.170, 59.20.090, 59.20.170, 9 59.20.060, and 59.20.030; adding new sections to chapter 59.18 RCW; 10 adding new sections to chapter 59.20 RCW; creating new sections; 11 prescribing penalties; providing an expiration date; and declaring an 12 emergency. 13 In Committee
SB5185 Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates. AN ACT Relating to establishing preceptorship and hardship 2 pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates; 3 amending RCW 18.71.051; and adding a new section to chapter 18.71 4 RCW. 5 In Committee
SB5567 Expanding secondary training for careers in natural resources and conservation. AN ACT Relating to secondary training for careers in natural 2 resources and conservation; and adding new sections to chapter 3 28A.700 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5539 Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program. AN ACT Relating to expanding protections for workers in the state 2 paid family and medical leave program; amending RCW 50A.05.020, 3 50A.15.020, 50A.20.010, 50A.20.020, 50A.30.010, 50A.35.010, and 4 50A.35.020; and providing an effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5574 Providing instruction on Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander history in public schools. AN ACT Relating to instruction on Asian American and Native 2 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander history in public schools; adding a new 3 section to chapter 28A.655 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 4 28A.230 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date. 5 In Committee
SB5617 Revised for 1st Substitute: Supporting juveniles in and exiting detention by providing for a child in need of services process and supportive services. AN ACT Relating to supporting juveniles in and exiting detention 2 by providing for a child in need of services process and supportive 3 services; amending RCW 13.32A.150, 13.32A.152, 13.32A.160, 4 13.32A.170, 13.32A.179, 43.330.724, and 13.40.050; reenacting and 5 amending RCW 13.32A.030; and adding new sections to chapter 13.32A 6 RCW. 7 In Committee
SB5652 Reducing environmental and health disparities and improving the health of Washington state residents in large port districts. AN ACT Relating to reducing environmental and health disparities 2 and improving the health of Washington state residents in large port 3 districts; and adding a new chapter to Title 53 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5756 Concerning the safety and health of working minors. AN ACT Relating to the safety and health of working minors; 2 amending RCW 49.12.390; adding a new section to chapter 49.12 RCW; 3 and prescribing penalties. 4 In Committee
SB5043 Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers. AN ACT Relating to industrial insurance coverage for 2 posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility 3 workers; amending RCW 51.08.142; adding a new section to chapter 4 51.32 RCW; and providing an effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5437 Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements. AN ACT Relating to encouraging competition and economic growth by 2 prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation 3 agreements; amending RCW 49.62.005, 49.62.010, 49.62.020, 49.62.080, 4 49.62.090, and 49.62.100; and repealing RCW 49.62.030, 49.62.040, and 5 49.44.190. 6 In Committee
SB5580 Concerning the registration of certain corporations and trusts that own single-family homes and condominium units. AN ACT Relating to the registration of certain corporations and 2 trusts that own single-family homes and condominium units; reenacting 3 and amending RCW 43.79A.040 and 43.79A.040; adding a new chapter to 4 Title 19 RCW; providing effective dates; and providing an expiration 5 date. 6 In Committee
SB5507 Providing coverage for massage therapy under medical assistance plans. AN ACT Relating to providing coverage for massage therapy under 2 medical assistance plans; and reenacting and amending RCW 74.09.520. 3 In Committee
SB5326 Accessing an emergency supply of insulin. AN ACT Relating to accessing an emergency supply of insulin; and 2 adding new sections to chapter 70.330 RCW. 3 In Committee
SB5369 Enhancing youth mental health and well-being through advanced training and expansion of the workforce in schools. AN ACT Relating to enhancing youth mental health and well-being 2 through advanced training and expansion of the workforce in schools; 3 amending RCW 28A.410.044, 28A.320.280, and 28A.310.235; and adding 4 new sections to chapter 28A.310 RCW. 5 In Committee
SB5207 Requiring refunds to consumers for early cancellation of term-based subscriptions to electronic media services. AN ACT Relating to requiring refunds to consumers for early 2 cancellation of term-based subscriptions to electronic media 3 services; and adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5183 Prohibiting the sale of certain tobacco and nicotine products. AN ACT Relating to protecting the health of all Washingtonians by 2 ending the sale of certain tobacco and nicotine products, including 3 products with flavors and video games; amending RCW 70.155.020, 4 70.155.100, 70.345.070, 70.345.180, 82.25.005, and 82.26.010; adding 5 a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; and prescribing penalties. 6 In Committee
SB5044 Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits. AN ACT Relating to allowing collective bargaining over 2 contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits; and 3 amending RCW 41.80.040. 4 In Committee
SB5666 Establishing a public school-based mental health internship grant program. AN ACT Relating to establishing a public school-based mental 2 health internship grant program; adding new sections to chapter 3 28B.77 RCW; and creating a new section. 4 In Committee
SB5593 Adjusting enrichment levies and local effort assistance. AN ACT Relating to enrichment levies and local effort assistance; 2 amending RCW 84.52.0531 and 28A.500.015; repealing RCW 84.52.058; and 3 providing an effective date. 4 In Committee
SB5735 Establishing state standards for the labeling of imitation firearms sold inside Washington state. AN ACT Relating to establishing state standards for the labeling 2 of imitation firearms sold inside Washington state; reenacting and 3 amending RCW 9.41.010; adding a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW; and 4 prescribing penalties. 5 In Committee
SB5226 Establishing funding for physician residency positions dedicated to international medical graduates. AN ACT Relating to establishing funding for physician residency 2 positions dedicated to international medical graduates in accordance 3 with the waiver granted by the national residency matching program; 4 adding new sections to chapter 18.71 RCW; creating new sections; and 5 providing an expiration date. 6 In Committee
SB5187 Providing adequate and predictable student transportation. AN ACT Relating to providing adequate and predictable student 2 transportation; amending RCW 28A.160.170; and adding new sections to 3 chapter 28A.160 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5275 Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying the funding for the passport to careers program. AN ACT Relating to modifying the funding for the passport to 2 careers program; and amending RCW 28B.76.525. 3 In Committee
SB5676 Concerning the delivery of electronic admission tickets. AN ACT Relating to the delivery of electronic admission tickets; 2 and adding a new section to chapter 19.345 RCW. 3 In Committee
SB5578 Concerning labor standards. AN ACT Relating to strengthening Washington's labor standards; 2 amending RCW 49.46.010, 49.46.020, 49.46.180, 49.46.200, and 3 49.46.300; reenacting and amending RCW 49.46.210; adding new sections 4 to chapter 49.46 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an 5 effective date. 6 In Committee
SB5715 Concerning retroactively applying the requirement to exclude certain juvenile convictions from an offender score regardless of the date of the offense. AN ACT Relating to retroactively applying the requirement to 2 exclude certain juvenile convictions from an offender score 3 regardless of the date of the offense; adding a new section to 4 chapter 9.94A RCW; and creating a new section. 5 In Committee
SB5658 Concerning the workforce education investment account. AN ACT Relating to the workforce education investment account; 2 amending RCW 28B.92.205 and 28B.77.310; reenacting and amending RCW 3 43.79.195; adding a new section to chapter 28B.92 RCW; and making an 4 appropriation. 5 In Committee
SB5584 Revised for 1st Substitute: Establishing the position of independent prosecutor within the office of the governor. AN ACT Relating to establishing the position of independent 2 prosecutor within the office of the governor; amending RCW 36.27.020, 3 43.102.050, and 10.114.011; and adding new sections to chapter 43.06 4 RCW. 5 In Committee
SB5709 Concerning county property tax levies for public health clinic purposes. AN ACT Relating to county property tax levies for public health 2 clinic purposes; amending RCW 84.52.043, 84.52.043, 84.52.010, and 3 84.52.010; adding a new section to chapter 84.52 RCW; providing an 4 effective date; and providing an expiration date. 5 In Committee
SB5704 Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. AN ACT Relating to material changes to the operations and 2 governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace; 3 amending RCW 19.390.010, 19.390.020, 19.390.030, 19.390.040, 4 19.390.050, 19.390.080, and 19.390.070; adding new sections to 5 chapter 19.390 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an 6 effective date. 7 In Committee
SB5519 Reducing environmental impacts associated with the operation of certain ocean-going vessels. AN ACT Relating to reducing environmental impacts associated with 2 the operation of certain ocean-going vessels; reenacting and amending 3 RCW 43.21B.110; adding a new chapter to Title 70A RCW; creating a new 4 section; and prescribing penalties. 5 In Committee
SB5402 Modifying financial aid eligibility. AN ACT Relating to modifying financial aid eligibility; amending 2 RCW 28B.92.205; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.92 RCW. 3 In Committee
SB5453 Concerning public defense recruitment and retention. AN ACT Relating to public defense recruitment and retention; 2 adding new sections to chapter 2.70 RCW; creating a new section; and 3 providing an effective date. 4 In Committee
SB5495 Adjusting a limitation of liability in life insurance policies. AN ACT Relating to limitation of liability in life insurance 2 policies; amending RCW 48.23.260 and 48.34.090; creating a new 3 section; and providing an effective date. 4 In Committee
SB5082 Creating a housing assistance program for youth enrolled in extended foster care. AN ACT Relating to creating a housing assistance program for 2 youth enrolled in extended foster care; adding a new section to 3 chapter 74.13 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 13.34 RCW; and 4 creating a new section. 5 In Committee
SB5013 Establishing a department of transportation map for the placement of campaign signage. AN ACT Relating to establishing a department of transportation 2 map for the placement of campaign signage; and adding a new section 3 to chapter 47.01 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5681 Concerning the age at which clients of the developmental disabilities administration may receive employment and community inclusion services. AN ACT Relating to the age at which clients of the developmental 2 disabilities administration may receive employment and community 3 inclusion services; amending RCW 71A.12.290; adding a new section to 4 chapter 71A.12 RCW; and providing an effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5561 Creating a health care entity registry. AN ACT Relating to creating a health care entity registry; adding 2 a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; and prescribing penalties. 3 In Committee
SB5352 Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools. AN ACT Relating to increasing student access to free meals served 2 at public schools; amending RCW 28A.235.135, 28A.235.160, 3 28A.235.250, 28A.235.270, 28A.235.285, 28A.235.300, and 28A.405.415; 4 reenacting and amending RCW 28A.150.260; creating new sections; 5 repealing RCW 28A.235.260; and providing an effective date. 6 In Committee
SB5353 Concerning the diabetes prevention and obesity treatment act. AN ACT Relating to the diabetes prevention and obesity treatment 2 act; reenacting and amending RCW 41.05.017; adding a new section to 3 chapter 48.43 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5378 Expanding access to grants within the paid family and medical leave insurance program for small school districts. AN ACT Relating to expanding access to grants within the paid 2 family and medical leave insurance program for small school 3 districts; and amending RCW 50A.24.010. 4 In Committee
SB5442 Establishing a college promise pilot program. AN ACT Relating to establishing a college promise pilot program; 2 adding new sections to chapter 28B.92 RCW; making an appropriation; 3 and providing expiration dates. 4 In Committee
SB5069 Requiring the secretary of state to print and distribute a voters' pamphlet for the primary in each even-numbered year and for the general election every year. AN ACT Relating to requiring the secretary of state to print and 2 distribute a voters' pamphlet for the primary in each even-numbered 3 year and for the general election every year; amending RCW 29A.32.010 4 and 29A.32.210; and providing an effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5011 Labeling ballot drop boxes. AN ACT Relating to labeling ballot drop boxes; and amending RCW 2 29A.40.170. 3 In Committee
SB5039 Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections. AN ACT Relating to removing the exclusion from interest 2 arbitration of Washington management service employees at the 3 department of corrections; and amending RCW 41.80.200. 4 In Committee
SB5527 Concerning the establishment of a state patrol longevity bonus. AN ACT Relating to the establishment of a state patrol longevity 2 bonus; amending RCW 43.43.386; and declaring an emergency. 3 In Committee
SB5638 Funding health care access by imposing an excise tax on the annual compensation paid to certain highly compensated hospital employees. AN ACT Relating to funding health care access by imposing an 2 excise tax on the annual compensation paid to certain highly 3 compensated hospital employees; and adding a new chapter to Title 82 4 RCW. 5 In Committee
SR8607 Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the public works board and public works assistance account. Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the public works board and public works assistance account. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5321 Concerning access at public postsecondary educational institutions to medication abortion. AN ACT Relating to access at public postsecondary educational 2 institutions to medication abortion; and adding a new chapter to 3 Title 28B RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5005 Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning the city, county, and regional jail system in Washington state. AN ACT Relating to the city, county, and regional jail system in 2 Washington state; amending RCW 70.48.510; and adding a new chapter to 3 Title 43 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5198 Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions. AN ACT Relating to training as an alternative to driver license 2 suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions; 3 amending RCW 46.20.2892 and 46.20.311; and providing an effective 4 date. 5 In Committee
SB5602 Improving cardiac and stroke outcomes. AN ACT Relating to improving cardiac and stroke outcomes through 2 data-driven continuous quality and system improvement; adding a new 3 chapter to Title 70 RCW; and recodifying RCW 70.168.150. 4 In Committee
SB5585 Concerning tribal warrants. AN ACT Relating to tribal warrants; amending RCW 10.32.070, 2 9A.72.010, 10.32.010, 10.32.130, 10.32.090, and 10.32.100; and adding 3 new sections to chapter 10.32 RCW. 4 In Committee
SR8606 Expressing appreciation to the devoted families and employers of our Washington National Guard soldiers and airmen. Expressing appreciation to the devoted families and employers of our Washington National Guard soldiers and airmen. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5562 Concerning students attending approved apprenticeship programs. AN ACT Relating to students attending approved apprenticeship 2 programs; amending RCW 28B.92.030 and 28B.124.030; and adding a new 3 section to chapter 28B.77 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5126 Establishing a statewide network for student mental and behavioral health. AN ACT Relating to establishing a statewide network for student 2 mental and behavioral health to maintain, expand, and provide 3 oversight to Washington's school-based mental and behavioral health 4 system for children and adolescents across the state; adding new 5 sections to chapter 28A.300 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 6 28A.310 RCW; and creating a new section. 7 In Committee
SB5270 Providing mentors to novice nurses in the beginning educator support team program. AN ACT Relating to providing mentors to novice nurses in the 2 beginning educator support team program; and amending RCW 3 28A.415.265. 4 In Committee
SB5271 Requiring school districts of the first class to employ a school nurse. AN ACT Relating to requiring school districts of the first class 2 to employ a school nurse; and amending RCW 28A.210.300. 3 In Committee
SB5242 Establishing an interactive screening program to improve access to behavioral health resources for health care providers. AN ACT Relating to establishing an interactive screening program 2 to improve access to behavioral health resources for health care 3 providers; and adding new sections to chapter 43.70 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5080 Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement. AN ACT Relating to making financial education instruction a 2 graduation requirement; amending RCW 28A.300.468; adding a new 3 section to chapter 28A.230 RCW; and creating a new section. 4 In Committee
SB5531 Streamlining the home care worker background check process. AN ACT Relating to streamlining the home care worker background 2 check process; and amending RCW 43.20A.715 and 74.39A.056. 3 In Committee
SB5438 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons. AN ACT Relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated 2 with hydrofluorocarbons by transitioning to environmentally and 3 economically sustainable alternatives and promoting use of reclaimed 4 hydrofluorocarbons; amending RCW 70A.60.010; reenacting and amending 5 RCW 39.26.310; adding new sections to chapter 70A.60 RCW; creating a 6 new section; and prescribing penalties. 7 In Committee
SB5521 Improving traffic safety. AN ACT Relating to improving traffic safety; adding a new section 2 to chapter 47.01 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.64 RCW; 3 adding a new section to chapter 46.63 RCW; and creating a new 4 section. 5 In Committee
SB5526 Concerning the regulation of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products. AN ACT Relating to protecting public health and safety by 2 enhancing the regulation of tobacco products, alternative nicotine 3 products, and vapor products; amending RCW 26.28.080, 70.155.010, 4 70.155.090, 70.155.100, 70.345.010, 70.345.030, 82.25.030, 82.25.095, 5 82.26.010, 82.26.020, 82.26.060, 82.26.190, 82.26.200, and 82.26.240; 6 adding new sections to chapter 70.345 RCW; and prescribing penalties. 7 In Committee
SB5119 Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education. AN ACT Relating to collective bargaining for certain employees 2 who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of 3 higher education; adding a new section to chapter 41.56 RCW; and 4 declaring an emergency. 5 In Committee
SB5099 Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers. AN ACT Relating to protecting the public from gun violence by 2 establishing additional requirements for the business operations of 3 licensed firearms dealers; amending RCW 9.41.100 and 9.41.110; 4 reenacting and amending RCW 9.41.010; and adding new sections to 5 chapter 9.41 RCW. 6 In Committee
SB5477 Improving access to appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services. AN ACT Relating to improving access to appropriate mental health 2 and substance use disorder services by updating Washington's mental 3 health parity law and ensuring coverage of medically necessary care; 4 amending RCW 48.43.016, 48.43.091, 48.43.410, 48.43.520, 48.43.535, 5 48.43.761, and 48.43.830; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; 6 creating new sections; repealing RCW 48.20.580, 48.21.241, 48.41.220, 7 48.44.341, and 48.46.291; and providing effective dates. 8 In Committee
SB5447 Concerning wages for journeypersons in high-hazard facilities. AN ACT Relating to wages for journeypersons in high-hazard 2 facilities; amending RCW 49.80.010; and providing an effective date. 3 In Committee
SB5308 Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications. AN ACT Relating to making higher education more accessible by 2 establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and 3 requiring student notifications; adding a new section to chapter 4 28B.10 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 28A.150 RCW; and creating 5 a new section. 6 In Committee
SB5094 Concerning sexually explicit depictions of minors. AN ACT Relating to sexually explicit depictions of minors; 2 amending RCW 9.68A.011 and 9.68A.040; and reenacting and amending RCW 3 9A.04.080. 4 In Committee
SB5113 Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system. AN ACT Relating to cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees 2 of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement 3 system; amending RCW 41.32.4992, 41.40.1987, 41.45.060, and 4 41.45.070; adding a new section to chapter 41.32 RCW; adding a new 5 section to chapter 41.40 RCW; creating a new section; providing an 6 effective; and declaring an emergency. 7 In Committee
SB5114 Paying state retirement benefits until the end of the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies. AN ACT Relating to paying state retirement benefits until the end 2 of the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies; adding a new 3 section to chapter 41.50 RCW; creating a new section; and providing 4 an effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5307 Concerning special education funding. AN ACT Relating to special education funding; amending RCW 2 28A.150.390, 28A.150.560, and 28A.150.392; adding a new section to 3 chapter 28A.155 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an 4 effective date. 5 In Committee
SB5180 Securing the rights of students to have a safe, civil, and respectful learning community. AN ACT Relating to securing the rights of students to have a 2 safe, civil, and respectful learning community that is free of 3 discrimination by ensuring all schools adopt and enforce gender 4 inclusive protections, policies, and procedures; amending RCW 5 28A.642.080, 28A.715.020, 28A.300.535, 28A.600.477, and 28A.642.090; 6 adding a new section to chapter 28A.400 RCW; and creating a new 7 section. 8 In Committee
SB5404 Concerning public defense services. AN ACT Relating to public defense services; amending RCW 2 10.101.050, 10.101.060, and 10.101.070; adding a new section to 3 chapter 10.101 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 2.56 RCW. 4 In Committee
SR8605 Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
SB5376 Preventing cruelty to animals. AN ACT Relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals; amending 2 RCW 16.52.011, 16.52.085, 16.52.100, 16.52.117, 16.52.200, and 3 16.52.207; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.515; and prescribing 4 penalties. 5 In Committee
SB5373 Shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation. AN ACT Relating to shifting general elections for local 2 governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation; 3 amending RCW 29A.04.330, 35.17.020, 35.18.270, 35.23.051, 35.27.090, 4 35.30.080, 35A.02.050, 3.50.040, and 3.50.050; and creating a new 5 section. 6 In Committee
SB5364 Modernizing, harmonizing, and clarifying laws concerning sheriffs, chiefs, marshals, and police matrons. AN ACT Relating to modernizing, harmonizing, and clarifying laws 2 concerning sheriffs, chiefs, marshals, and police matrons; amending 3 RCW 35.21.333, 35.21.334, 35.23.161, 35.27.240, 36.28.010, 36.28.025, 4 43.101.095, 36.28.020, 43.101.380, and 43.101.400; adding a new 5 section to chapter 35.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.28 6 RCW; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 35.66.010, 35.66.020, 7 35.66.030, 35.66.040, 35.66.050, and 36.28.011. 8 In Committee
SB5295 Updating Washington's sexual assault survivor bill of rights. AN ACT Relating to updating Washington's sexual assault survivor 2 bill of rights to enhance eligibility for federal grant funding; and 3 amending RCW 70.125.110. 4 In Committee
SB5115 Creating the Washington dream act service incentive program. AN ACT Relating to creating the Washington dream act service 2 incentive program; adding a new chapter to Title 28B RCW; and 3 creating a new section. 4 In Committee
SB5269 Providing judicial discretion to modify sentences in the interest of justice. AN ACT Relating to providing judicial discretion to modify 2 sentences in the interest of justice; amending RCW 10.73.100 and 3 9.94A.535; adding a new section to chapter 9.94A RCW; adding a new 4 section to chapter 2.70 RCW; and creating new sections. 5 In Committee
SB5042 Concerning vehicle and operator requirements for autonomous vehicles. AN ACT Relating to vehicle and operator requirements for 2 autonomous vehicles; amending RCW 46.92.010; and adding a new section 3 to chapter 46.92 RCW. 4 In Committee
SB5140 Enhancing requirements relating to the purchase, transfer, and possession of firearms. AN ACT Relating to enhancing requirements relating to the 2 purchase, transfer, and possession of firearms by requiring a permit 3 to purchase firearms, specifying requirements and standards for 4 firearms safety training programs and issuance of concealed pistol 5 licenses, specifying circumstances where a firearm transfer may be 6 delayed, requiring recordkeeping for all firearm transfers, and 7 establishing reporting requirements regarding permits to purchase 8 firearms and concealed pistol licenses; amending RCW 9.41.090, 9 9.41.1132, 43.43.590, 9.41.047, 9.41.070, 9.41.075, 9.41.097, 10 9.41.0975, 9.41.110, 9.41.129, 9.41.270, 7.105.350, and 43.43.580; 11 adding new sections to chapter 9.41 RCW; adding a new section to 12 chapter 43.43 RCW; and providing an effective date. 13 In Committee
SJM8001 Calling on Congress to exercise its authority under Article V of the United States Constitution to regulate money spent on elections. Calling on Congress to exercise its authority under Article V of the United States Constitution to regulate money spent on elections. In Committee
SB5038 Clarifying a hate crime offense. AN ACT Relating to clarifying a hate crime offense; and amending 2 RCW 9A.36.080. 3 In Committee
SB5046 Designating kimchi day. AN ACT Relating to designating kimchi day; amending RCW 1.16.050; 2 and creating a new section. 3 In Committee
SB5100 Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners. AN ACT Relating to standardizing basic training and certification 2 requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for 3 their family members, including spouses or domestic partners; and 4 amending RCW 18.88B.041 and 74.39A.076. 5 In Committee
SB5022 Concerning law enforcement agency and prosecutor offices hiring. AN ACT Relating to law enforcement agency and prosecutor offices 2 hiring of persons legally authorized to work in the United States; 3 amending RCW 10.93.165, 10.93.200, 41.08.070, 41.12.070, 41.14.100, 4 36.27.040, 43.101.095, and 77.15.075; and adding a new section to 5 chapter 36.27 RCW. 6 In Committee
SB5096 Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act. AN ACT Relating to removing references to pregnancy from the 2 model directive form under the natural death act; and amending RCW 3 70.122.030. 4 In Committee
SB5162 Concerning workplace violence in health care settings. AN ACT Relating to preventing workplace violence in health care 2 settings; amending RCW 49.19.020; and adding a new section to chapter 3 49.19 RCW. 4 In Committee
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
SB5161 Revised for 1st Substitute: Addressing transportation fiscal matters. Senate Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee 04/27/2025 Yea
SB5167 Revised for 1st Substitute: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations. Senate Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee 04/27/2025 Yea
HB1217 Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement. Senate Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee 04/27/2025 Yea
SB5194 Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/27/2025 Yea
SB5195 Concerning the capital budget. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/27/2025 Yea
SB5393 Revised for 1st Substitute: Closing the Rainier school by June 30, 2027. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/27/2025 Yea
SB5797 Enacting a tax on stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible assets for the benefit of public schools. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/27/2025 Yea
HB1119 Concerning supervision compliance credit. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB1207 Concerning superior court clerk fees. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
HB1293 Concerning litter. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
HB1422 Modifying the drug take-back program. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB1468 Concerning accounts. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB1473 Making expenditures from the budget stabilization account for declared catastrophic events. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB1498 Concerning domestic violence co-responder programs. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
HB1552 Extending the fee on real estate broker licenses to fund the Washington center for real estate research and adjusting the fee to account for inflation. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB1848 Concerning services and supports for individuals with traumatic brain injuries. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2003 Concerning the Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead endorsement program. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2020 Creating a business and occupation tax deduction and increasing the rate for persons conducting payment card processing activities. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2039 Concerning child support pass through. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2040 Concerning the recovery of the aged, blind, or disabled assistance program. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2051 Concerning payment to acute care hospitals for difficult to discharge medicaid patients. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2050 Implementing K-12 savings and efficiencies. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2049 Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2047 Eliminating the Washington employee ownership program. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2061 Regarding concession fees by duty-free sales enterprises. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2077 Establishing a tax on certain business activities related to surpluses generated under the zero-emission vehicle program. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2081 Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and occupation tax surcharge on large companies. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/26/2025 Yea
SB5041 Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers. Senate Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee 04/25/2025 Yea
SB5263 Concerning special education funding. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/25/2025 Yea
SB5444 Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning special license plates and personalized license plates. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/25/2025 Yea
SB5785 Revised for 1st Substitute: Amending the Washington college grant and college bound scholarship. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/25/2025 Yea
SB5786 Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/25/2025 Yea
SB5801 Concerning transportation resources. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/25/2025 Yea
SB5802 Rebalancing statutory fund transfers and revenue dedications for transportation. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/25/2025 Yea
SB5083 Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5143 Concerning the ethics in public service act. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5357 Concerning actuarial funding of pension systems. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5390 Revised for Engrossed: Concerning access to recreation sites or lands. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5571 Regulating exterior cladding materials. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5686 Expanding and funding the foreclosure mediation program. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5752 Modifying child care and early childhood development programs. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5761 Developing a schedule for court appointment of attorneys for children and youth in dependency and termination proceedings. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5769 Addressing transition to kindergarten programs. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5794 Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and addressing changes in constitutional law. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5814 Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5813 Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5192 Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
HB1232 Concerning private detention facilities. Senate Final Passage without Senate Amendments 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5284 Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5319 Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
HB1440 Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5568 Updating and modernizing the Washington state health plan. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
HB1958 Concerning the interstate bridge replacement toll bond authority. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5127 Creating additional requirements for collector vehicle and horseless carriage license plates to improve compliance and public safety. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5291 Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5408 Allowing for corrections to wage and salary disclosures. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5419 Modifying reports of fire losses. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5463 Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5445 Revised for Engrossed: Encouraging the development of distributed energy resources. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5486 Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5506 Extending the effective date of licensing living accommodations for residential private schools. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5525 Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5503 Concerning public employee collective bargaining processes. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5556 Modernizing the adopt-a-highway program to improve its ability to meet its original purpose within existing fiscal limitations. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5627 Improving safe excavation practices and preventing damage to underground utilities. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5628 Concerning lead in cookware. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5651 Revised for 2nd Substitute: Concerning exemptions from garnishment. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5680 Establishing a right to repair for mobility equipment for persons with physical disabilities. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5691 Adopting the department of social and health services report recommendations addressing a regulatory oversight plan for continuing care retirement communities. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5721 Enhancing consumer protections for automobile insurance coverage. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5014 Concerning election security. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5025 Concerning educational interpreters. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5323 Concerning the penalties for theft and possession of stolen property from first responders. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5370 Lengthening port commissioner terms. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5471 Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5559 Streamlining the subdivision process inside urban growth areas. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5579 Prohibiting health carriers, facilities, and providers from making any public statements of any potential or planned contract terminations unless it satisfies a legal obligation. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5653 Concerning collective bargaining by fish and wildlife officers. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5662 Concerning the waiver of municipal utility connection charges for certain properties. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5672 Delaying the home care aide certification requirements. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5677 Concerning associate development organizations. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/21/2025 Yea
SB5393 Revised for 1st Substitute: Closing the Rainier school by June 30, 2027. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/19/2025 Yea
SB5647 Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for the sale of qualified affordable housing. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/19/2025 Yea
SB5785 Revised for 1st Substitute: Amending the Washington college grant and college bound scholarship. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/19/2025 Yea
SB5790 Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for community and technical college employees. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/19/2025 Yea
SB5794 Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and addressing changes in constitutional law. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/19/2025 Yea
SB5802 Rebalancing statutory fund transfers and revenue dedications for transportation. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/19/2025 Yea
SB5807 Concerning wellness incentives for public and school employee health benefit plans. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/19/2025 Yea
SB5814 Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/19/2025 Yea
SB5813 Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax. Senate 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/19/2025 Yea
SB5206 Concerning cannabis retailer advertising. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/18/2025 Yea
SB5219 Concerning partial confinement eligibility and alignment. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/18/2025 Yea
SB5217 Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/18/2025 Yea
SB5262 Correcting obsolete or erroneous references in statutes administered by the insurance commissioner. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/18/2025 Yea
SB5253 Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/18/2025 Yea
SB5232 Revised for 1st Substitute: Supporting economic security by updating provisions related to the home security fund and the essential needs and housing support program. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/18/2025 Yea
SB5317 Exempting local governments providing certain services for projects under the jurisdiction of the energy facility siting evaluation council from certain appeals. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/18/2025 Yea
SB5313 Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/18/2025 Yea
SB5298 Concerning the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/18/2025 Yea
SB5314 Modifying the capital gains tax. Senate Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/18/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Washington Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee Vice Chair 2
Detail Washington Senate Law and Justice Committee 8
Detail Washington Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs and Elections Committee Chair 1
Detail Washington Senate Transportation Committee 17
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
WA Washington Senate District 46 Senate Democrat In Office 01/09/2023
WA Washington House District 46 House Democrat Out of Office 06/12/2017 03/15/2024