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State Representative
Debra Lekanoff
(D) - Washington
Washington House District 40
In Office - Started: 01/14/2019

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Olympia, WA 98504-0600
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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
HB1296 Promoting a safe and supportive public education system. AN ACT Relating to promoting a safe and supportive public 2 education system through student rights, parental and guardian 3 rights, employee protections, and requirements for state and local 4 education entities; amending RCW 28A.642.010, 28A.230.094, 5 43.06B.070, 28A.300.286, 28A.343.360, 28A.710.185, 28A.605.005, 6 28A.320.160, and 28A.400.317; adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 7 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.642 RCW; adding a new 8 section to chapter 28A.230 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 9 28A.300 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.410 RCW; adding a 10 new section to chapter 28A.710 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 11 28A.715 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.400 RCW; creating 12 new sections; providing an effective date; and declaring an 13 emergency. 14 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1427 Concerning certified peer support specialists. AN ACT Relating to certified peer support specialists; amending 2 RCW 74.09.871, 71.24.920, 18.420.005, 18.420.010, 18.420.020, 3 18.420.030, 18.420.040, 18.420.050, 18.420.060, 18.420.090, 4 18.420.800, 43.70.250, 48.43.825, 71.24.585, 71.24.903, 71.24.922, 5 71.24.924, 71.40.040, and 71.40.090; reenacting and amending RCW 6 18.130.040, 18.130.175, 71.24.025, and 71.24.890; creating a new 7 section; and adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW. 8 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1382 Modernizing the all payers claim database. AN ACT Relating to modernizing the all payers claims database by 2 updating reporting requirements, data disclosure standards, and lead 3 organization requirements; amending RCW 43.371.010, 43.371.020, 4 43.371.020, 43.371.050, 43.371.060, 43.371.070, and 43.371.090; 5 creating a new section; providing an effective date; and providing an 6 expiration date. 7 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1670 Increasing transparency regarding sewage-containing spills. AN ACT Relating to increasing transparency regarding sewage- 2 containing spills; adding new sections to chapter 90.48 RCW; and 3 creating a new section. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1264 Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units. AN ACT Relating to making the salaries of ferry system collective 2 bargaining units more competitive through salary survey comparisons; 3 and amending RCW 47.64.006, 47.64.170, and 47.64.320. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1213 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.05.050, 50A.10.030, 50A.15.020, 50A.20.010, 50A.20.020, 4 50A.30.010, 50A.24.010, 50A.35.010, and 50A.35.020; adding new 5 sections to chapter 50A.24 RCW; creating a new section; and providing 6 an effective date. 7 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1829 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 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1946 Clarifying tribal membership on local boards of health. AN ACT Relating to clarifying tribal membership on local boards 2 of health; amending RCW 70.05.030, 70.05.035, 70.46.020, and 3 70.46.031; and creating a new section. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1173 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 49.80.040; and providing an 3 effective date. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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. 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, 59.20.170, 59.20.060, and 59.20.030; adding 9 new sections to chapter 59.18 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 10 59.20 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; providing 11 expiration dates; and declaring an emergency. 12 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1012 Authorizing the women's commission to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources. AN ACT Relating to expressly authorizing the women's commission 2 to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private 3 sources; and amending RCW 43.119.050. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1069 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 Crossed Over
HB1285 Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement in public schools. AN ACT Relating to making financial education instruction a 2 graduation requirement in public schools; amending RCW 28A.300.468; 3 adding a new section to chapter 28A.230 RCW; creating new sections; 4 and providing expiration dates. 5 Crossed Over
HB1394 Concerning the retention of hospital medical records. AN ACT Relating to the retention of hospital medical records; and 2 amending RCW 70.41.190. 3 Crossed Over
HB1430 Concerning advanced practice registered nurse and physician assistant reimbursement. AN ACT Relating to requiring health carriers to reimburse 2 advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants at the 3 same rate as physicians for the same services; adding a new section 4 to chapter 48.43 RCW; and creating a new section. 5 Crossed Over
HR4650 Honoring Representative Bruce Q. Chandler. Honoring Representative Bruce Q. Chandler. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1068 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 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR4664 Honoring Speaker Frank Chopp. Honoring Speaker Frank Chopp. Introduced
HB1355 Modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment. AN ACT Relating to modifying retail taxes compacts between the 2 state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in 3 Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a 4 compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment; 5 amending RCW 43.06.523; and creating new sections. 6 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1669 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 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1563 Establishing a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program. AN ACT Relating to a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program; 2 amending RCW 4.92.220; adding a new section to chapter 76.04 RCW; 3 creating new sections; providing expiration dates; and declaring an 4 emergency. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1028 Addressing child exposure to violence. AN ACT Relating to child exposure to violence; amending RCW 2 26.44.020; adding a new section to chapter 26.44 RCW; and creating a 3 new section. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1105 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 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1174 Concerning court interpreters. AN ACT Relating to court interpreters; amending RCW 2.43.010, 2 2.43.030, 2.43.050, 2.43.060, 2.43.080, 2.43.070, 2.43.040, 2.43.090, 3 2.56.030, 7.105.245, 13.04.043, and 2.42.120; reenacting and amending 4 RCW 2.43.020; adding new sections to chapter 2.43 RCW; and 5 recodifying RCW 2.43.040 and 2.43.080. 6 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1075 Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments. AN ACT Relating to expanding housing supply by supporting the 2 ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing 3 developments; and amending RCW 35.82.070. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1094 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 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1142 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; 4 amending RCW 18.88B.041 and 74.39A.076; creating a new section; and 5 providing an expiration date. 6 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1135 Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act. AN ACT Relating to ensuring that local government planning 2 complies with the growth management act; and amending RCW 36.70A.330. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2038 Establishing the youth behavioral health account and funding the account through the imposition of a business and occupation additional tax on the operation of social media platforms. AN ACT Relating to establishing the youth behavioral health 2 account and funding the account through the imposition of a business 3 and occupation additional tax on the operation of social media 4 platforms; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; creating new 5 sections; and providing an effective date. 6 In Committee
HB2070 Providing state funding parity for Western Washington University. AN ACT Relating to state funding parity for Western Washington 2 University; adding a new section to chapter 28B.35 RCW; and creating 3 a new section. 4 In Committee
HB2035 Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees. AN ACT Relating to increasing license, permit, and endorsement 2 fees; amending RCW 66.20.010, 66.20.400, 66.24.015, 66.24.035, 3 66.24.055, 66.24.140, 66.24.146, 66.24.150, 66.24.160, 66.24.165, 4 66.24.170, 66.24.179, 66.24.185, 66.24.200, 66.24.203, 66.24.240, 5 66.24.244, 66.24.250, 66.24.261, 66.24.310, 66.24.320, 66.24.330, 6 66.24.350, 66.24.354, 66.24.360, 66.24.363, 66.24.371, 66.24.395, 7 66.24.420, 66.24.425, 66.24.450, 66.24.452, 66.24.495, 66.24.520, 8 66.24.530, 66.24.540, 66.24.550, 66.24.570, 66.24.580, 66.24.590, 9 66.24.600, 66.24.610, 66.24.630, 66.24.650, 66.24.655, 66.24.690, 10 66.24.695, and 66.08.180; reenacting and amending RCW 66.24.400 and 11 66.24.680; and adding a new section to chapter 66.08 RCW. 12 In Committee
HB1379 Concerning health carrier reporting. AN ACT Relating to health carrier reporting on primary care 2 spending; and amending RCW 48.43.800. 3 In Committee
HB1090 Concerning contraceptive coverage. AN ACT Relating to contraceptive coverage; amending RCW 2 48.43.195; and providing an effective date. 3 In Committee
HR4634 Honoring Billy Frank Jr. Honoring Billy Frank Jr. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1867 Allowing counties or cities to impose a real estate excise tax for the purpose of developing affordable housing, subject to the will of the voters. AN ACT Relating to allowing counties or cities to impose a real 2 estate excise tax for the purpose of developing affordable housing, 3 subject to the will of the voters; and amending RCW 82.46.075. 4 In Committee
HB1805 Creating a local sales and use tax to fund services for children and families that enhance well-being, promote mental health, and provide early interventions. AN ACT Relating to creating a local sales and use tax to fund 2 services for children and families that enhance well-being, promote 3 mental health, and provide early interventions; adding a new section 4 to chapter 82.14 RCW; and creating a new section. 5 In Committee
HB1583 Concerning medicaid coverage for traditional health care practices. AN ACT Relating to medicaid coverage for traditional health care 2 practices; reenacting and amending RCW 43.71B.010; adding a new 3 section to chapter 43.71B RCW; and creating a new section. 4 In Committee
HB1557 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
HB1806 Ensuring that commercial fishing revenue benefits communities most dependent on the industry. AN ACT Relating to ensuring that commercial fishing revenue 2 benefits communities most dependent on the industry; amending RCW 3 82.27.070; creating a new section; and providing an effective date. 4 In Committee
HB1768 Preserving manufactured housing communities by limiting purchases by certain entities. AN ACT Relating to preserving manufactured housing communities by 2 limiting purchases 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
HB1505 Correcting obsolete or erroneous references in statutes administered by the insurance commissioner. AN ACT Relating to correcting obsolete or erroneous references in 2 statutes administered by the insurance commissioner, by repealing 3 defunct statutes and reports, aligning policy with federal law and 4 current interpretations, making timeline adjustments, protecting 5 patient data, and making technical corrections; amending RCW 6 42.56.400, 48.14.070, 48.19.460, 48.19.501, 48.19.540, 48.37.050, 7 48.38.010, 48.38.012, 48.43.0128, 48.43.135, 48.43.743, 48.135.030, 8 48.140.040, 48.140.050, 48.150.100, and 48.160.020; repealing RCW 9 48.02.230, 48.02.240, 48.19.500, 48.43.049, 48.43.650, 48.140.070, 10 and 48.160.005; and providing an effective date. 11 In Committee
HB1071 Implementing strategies to achieve higher recycling rates within Washington's existing solid waste management system. AN ACT Relating to implementing strategies to achieve higher 2 recycling rates within Washington's existing solid waste management 3 system; amending RCW 70A.245.020, 70A.245.030, 70A.245.010, and 4 81.77.195; reenacting and amending RCW 43.21B.110; adding new 5 sections to chapter 70A.245 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 70A 6 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties. 7 In Committee
HB1499 Concerning legal financial obligations. AN ACT Relating to legal financial obligations; amending RCW 2 3.50.100, 3.62.020, 3.62.040, 3.66.120, 9.92.060, 9.94A.725, 3 9.94A.750, 9.94A.753, 9.94A.760, 9.95.210, 10.01.160, 10.01.170, 4 10.05.140, 10.05.140, 10.05.170, 10.05.170, 10.64.015, 10.64.120, 5 10.82.070, 10.101.020, 35.20.220, 36.18.016, 36.18.020, 4.56.110, 6 6.17.020, 7.68.035, 9.92.070, 9.94A.6333, 9.94B.040, 10.01.090, 7 10.01.180, 10.01.185, and 43.79.505; adding new sections to chapter 8 10.01 RCW; repealing RCW 3.62.085, 10.46.190, 10.73.160, 10.82.090, 9 and 70.48.390; providing an effective date; and providing an 10 expiration date. 11 In Committee
HB1138 Improving public safety by implementing evidence-based interview practices that increase the reliability of statements collected during criminal investigations. AN ACT Relating to improving public safety by implementing 2 evidence-based interview practices that increase the reliability of 3 statements collected during criminal investigations; adding a new 4 section to chapter 43.101 RCW; and adding a new chapter to Title 10 5 RCW. 6 In Committee
HB1736 Concerning procedures and requirements for reporting and investigating missing persons. AN ACT Relating to procedures and requirements for reporting and 2 investigating missing persons; amending RCW 68.50.320; adding a new 3 section to chapter 43.43 RCW; and repealing RCW 36.28A.110, 4 36.28A.112, and 36.28A.120. 5 In Committee
HR4619 Honoring Japanese-Americans who suffered relocation and internment during World War II. Honoring Japanese-Americans who suffered relocation and internment during World War II. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1713 Concerning automatic voter registration for tribal members. AN ACT Relating to automatic voter registration for tribal 2 members; amending RCW 29A.08.110 and 29A.08.370; and adding new 3 sections to chapter 29A.08 RCW. 4 In Committee
HB1692 Exempting certain data related to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Indian tribes from public inspection and copying. AN ACT Relating to exempting certain data related to American 2 Indians, Alaska Natives, and Indian tribes from public inspection and 3 copying; amending RCW 42.56.010; and adding a new section to chapter 4 42.56 RCW. 5 In Committee
HJM4003 Concerning the United States government joining the global community in formally developing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. Concerning the United States government joining the global community in formally developing a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. In Committee
HB1512 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
HB1137 Establishing uniform policies and procedures within department of corrections facilities relating to disciplinary proceedings and administrative segregation. AN ACT Relating to establishing uniform policies and procedures 2 within department of corrections facilities relating to disciplinary 3 proceedings and administrative segregation; amending RCW 72.09.015; 4 and adding new sections to chapter 72.09 RCW. 5 In Committee
HB1070 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
HR4617 Encouraging the celebration of Children's Day. Encouraging the celebration of Children's Day. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR4618 Observing Presidents' Day. Observing Presidents' Day. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1982 Vacating convictions involving the exercise of treaty rights by Indian tribal members. AN ACT Relating to vacating convictions involving the exercise of 2 treaty rights by Indian tribal members; amending RCW 9.96.060, 3 2.70.020, and 2.70.023; adding a new section to chapter 2.70 RCW; and 4 creating a new section. 5 In Committee
HB1501 Concerning inquiries into association governance or operations by unit owners in common interest communities. AN ACT Relating to inquiries into association governance or 2 operations by unit owners in common interest communities; adding a 3 new section to chapter 64.90 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 4 64.32 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 64.34 RCW; adding a new 5 section to chapter 64.38 RCW; and providing expiration dates. 6 In Committee
HB1652 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
HB1144 Adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county. AN ACT Relating to adding an additional superior court judge in 2 Skagit county; amending RCW 2.08.063; and creating a new section. 3 In Committee
HB1032 Concerning school district elections. AN ACT Relating to school district elections; amending RCW 2 28A.535.020, 28A.535.050, 84.52.056, 39.36.020, 28A.530.020, and 3 28A.315.285; and providing a contingent effective date. 4 In Committee
HB1040 Concerning rental income received by people eligible for certain property tax exemption programs. AN ACT Relating to rental income received by people eligible for 2 certain property tax exemption programs; amending RCW 84.36.383; and 3 creating new sections. 4 In Committee
HB1128 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
HB1211 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 In Committee
HB1123 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 In Committee
HB1894 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 In Committee
HB1208 Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects. AN ACT Relating to extending a program to streamline the 2 environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects; 3 amending RCW 77.55.480 and 43.21C.515; creating a new section; 4 providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. 5 In Committee
HB1433 Concerning access to psychedelic substances. AN ACT Relating to access to psychedelic substances by 2 individuals 21 years of age or older; amending RCW 7.48.310, 3 69.50.101, 49.60.180, 18.130.010, 18.130.180, and 19.410.020; 4 reenacting and amending RCW 43.79A.040, 43.79A.040, and 18.130.040; 5 adding a new section to chapter 42.56 RCW; adding a new section to 6 chapter 15.130 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW; adding a 7 new chapter to Title 66 RCW; creating new sections; prescribing 8 penalties; providing an effective date; providing expiration dates; 9 and declaring an emergency. 10 In Committee
HB1214 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 a new 4 section; and providing an effective date. 5 In Committee
HB1152 Enhancing public safety by establishing secure storage requirements for firearms in vehicles and residences. AN ACT Relating to enhancing public safety by establishing secure 2 storage requirements for firearms in vehicles and residences and by 3 directing the Washington office of firearm safety and violence 4 prevention to provide education regarding firearm secure storage; 5 amending RCW 43.330A.020, 9.41.050, and 9.41.360; adding a new 6 section to chapter 9.41 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an 7 effective date. 8 In Committee
HB1082 Concerning qualifications for child care providers. AN ACT Relating to qualifications for child care providers; 2 adding a new section to chapter 43.216 RCW; creating a new section; 3 and providing an expiration date. 4 In Committee
HB1749 Ensuring consideration of climate change, carbon sequestration, environmental health disparities, and treaty-protected and cultural resources in the state environmental policy act. AN ACT Relating to ensuring consideration of climate change, 2 carbon sequestration, environmental health disparities, and treaty- 3 protected and cultural resources in the state environmental policy 4 act; adding a new section to chapter 43.21C RCW; and creating a new 5 section. 6 In Committee
HR4611 Honoring the Washington National Guard. Honoring the Washington National Guard. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1535 Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices. AN ACT Relating to ensuring patient choice and access to care by 2 prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices; amending 3 RCW 48.44.035, 48.44.495, and 48.43.743; adding new sections to 4 chapter 48.44 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 48.43 RCW; and 5 creating new sections. 6 In Committee
HB1129 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
HB1235 Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act. AN ACT Relating to ensuring compliance with the housing element 2 requirements of the growth management act; amending RCW 36.70A.290, 3 36.70A.320, and 36.70A.130; reenacting and amending RCW 36.70A.280 4 and 43.21C.495; adding a new section to chapter 36.70A RCW; and 5 creating a new section. 6 In Committee
HB1569 Increasing tax exemption transparency and accountability. AN ACT Relating to increasing tax exemption transparency and 2 accountability; amending RCW 43.06.400, 43.88.030, 43.88.055, 3 43.136.045, 43.136.055, 43.136.065, and 82.33.060; adding new 4 sections to chapter 43.88 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.32 5 RCW; and creating new sections. 6 In Committee
HB1496 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
HB1502 Establishing a behavioral health teaching clinic designation and enhancement rate. AN ACT Relating to establishing a behavioral health teaching 2 clinic designation and enhancement rate in Washington for eligible 3 licensed or certified behavioral health agencies; reenacting and 4 amending RCW 71.24.025; adding new sections to chapter 71.24 RCW; and 5 creating a new section. 6 In Committee
HB1523 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
HB1480 Allowing all counties to impose a real estate excise tax for the purpose of developing affordable housing, subject to the will of the voters. AN ACT Relating to allowing all counties to impose a real estate 2 excise tax for the purpose of developing affordable housing, subject 3 to the will of the voters; and amending RCW 82.46.075. 4 In Committee
HB1478 Modifying the manner of death listed in a death certificate following a conviction of controlled substance homicide. AN ACT Relating to modifying the manner of death listed in a 2 death certificate following a conviction of controlled substance 3 homicide; amending RCW 70.58A.200; and adding a new section to 4 chapter 2.32 RCW. 5 In Committee
HB1479 Establishing a state matching grant to support American Indian and Alaska Native students. AN ACT Relating to establishing a state matching grant to support 2 American Indian and Alaska Native students; adding new sections to 3 chapter 28A.300 RCW; and creating a new section. 4 In Committee
HB1034 Concerning nonopioid drugs for the treatment of pain. AN ACT Relating to nonopioid drugs for the treatment of pain; 2 amending RCW 48.43.400; adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW; 3 adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; adding a new section to 4 chapter 74.09 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW. 5 In Committee
HR4602 Recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1354 Concerning coverage of legislative session employees in the insurance programs offered by the public employees' benefits board. AN ACT Relating to coverage of legislative session employees in 2 the insurance programs offered by the public employees' benefits 3 board; amending RCW 41.05.065; and reenacting and amending RCW 4 41.05.011. 5 In Committee
HB1330 Consolidating the public employees' benefits board and the school employees' benefits board. AN ACT Relating to consolidating the public employees' benefits 2 board and the school employees' benefits board; RCW 41.05.004, 3 41.05.008, 41.05.0091, 41.05.022, 41.05.023, 41.05.050, 41.05.075, 4 41.05.080, 41.05.083, 41.05.085, 41.05.095, 41.05.120, 41.05.123, 5 41.05.130, 41.05.140, 41.05.143, 41.05.183, 41.05.195, 41.05.197, 6 41.05.225, 41.05.300, 41.05.320, 41.05.405, 41.05.430, 41.05.525, 7 41.05.526, 41.05.528, 41.05.540, 41.05.670, 41.05.700, and 41.05.820; 8 reenacting and amending RCW 41.05.011 and 41.05.021; adding new 9 sections to chapter 41.05 RCW; and repealing RCW 41.05.055, 10 41.05.065, 41.05.068, 41.05.740, 41.05.742, 41.05.743, 41.05.744, 11 41.05.745, 41.05.890, 41.05.950, and 41.05.951. 12 In Committee
HB1151 Establishing the ninth grade success grant program. AN ACT Relating to establishing the ninth grade success grant 2 program; adding a new section to chapter 28A.175 RCW; and creating a 3 new section. 4 In Committee
HB1059 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 In Committee
HB1072 Preserving access to protected health care services. AN ACT Relating to preserving access to protected health care 2 services by requiring department of health review of certain health 3 care business transactions which could affect access to protected 4 health care services while balancing access to community health 5 services; giving authority to the department of health to approve, 6 approve with conditions or modifications, or deny health care 7 business transactions, and establishing the process and requirements 8 for such determination; giving authority to the attorney general to 9 enjoin qualifying health care business transactions not approved or 10 approved with conditions or modifications by the department of 11 health; and directing the collection of data and provision of 12 information, analysis, and reporting regarding access to protected 13 health care services; amending RCW 43.370.030; adding a new chapter 14 to Title 70 RCW; and providing effective dates. 15 In Committee
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Vote
HB1096 Increasing housing options through lot splitting. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/27/2025 Yea
HB1108 Creating a task force on housing cost driver analysis. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/27/2025 Yea
SB5161 Revised for 1st Substitute: Addressing transportation fiscal matters. House Final Passage as Recommended by the 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. House Final Passage as Recommended by the 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. House Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee 04/27/2025 Yea
SB5194 Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/27/2025 Yea
SB5195 Concerning the capital budget. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/27/2025 Yea
HB1293 Concerning litter. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/27/2025 Yea
HB1207 Concerning superior court clerk fees. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
SB5393 Revised for 1st Substitute: Closing the Rainier school by June 30, 2027. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/26/2025 Yea
HB1498 Concerning domestic violence co-responder programs. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2003 Concerning the Columbia river recreational salmon and steelhead endorsement program. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2050 Implementing K-12 savings and efficiencies. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
HB2047 Eliminating the Washington employee ownership program. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/26/2025 Yea
SB5041 Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers. House Final Passage as Recommended by the Conference Committee 04/25/2025 Yea
SB5263 Concerning special education funding. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
HB1296 Promoting a safe and supportive public education system. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/24/2025 Yea
HB1440 Concerning seizure and forfeiture procedures and reporting. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5444 Revised for 1st Substitute: Concerning special license plates and personalized license plates. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
HB1633 Concerning prime contractor bidding submission requirements on public works contracts. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/24/2025 Yea
HB1733 Increasing the reimbursement cap for moving and relocation expenses incurred by persons affected by agency displacements. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/24/2025 Yea
HB1902 Convening a work group regarding the streamlining of permitting for transportation projects. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/24/2025 Yea
HB1912 Concerning the exemption for fuels used for agricultural purposes in the climate commitment act. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/24/2025 Yea
HB1936 Extending the expiration of certain school employee postretirement employment restrictions. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5785 Revised for 1st Substitute: Amending the Washington college grant and college bound scholarship. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5786 Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5790 Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for community and technical college employees. House 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5801 Concerning transportation resources. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5802 Rebalancing statutory fund transfers and revenue dedications for transportation. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5807 Concerning wellness incentives for public and school employee health benefit plans. House 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/24/2025 Yea
SB5143 Concerning the ethics in public service act. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5357 Concerning actuarial funding of pension systems. House Final Passage as Amended by the House on Reconsideration 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5357 Concerning actuarial funding of pension systems. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5393 Revised for 1st Substitute: Closing the Rainier school by June 30, 2027. House Committee on Appropriations: do pass 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5571 Regulating exterior cladding materials. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5583 Concerning recreational fishing and hunting licenses. House 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5686 Expanding and funding the foreclosure mediation program. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5752 Modifying child care and early childhood development programs. House Final Passage as Amended by the House on Reconsideration 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5752 Modifying child care and early childhood development programs. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5785 Revised for 1st Substitute: Amending the Washington college grant and college bound scholarship. House Committee on Appropriations: do pass with amendment(s) 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5786 Increasing license, permit, and endorsement fees. House Committee on Appropriations: do pass 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5790 Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for community and technical college employees. House Committee on Appropriations: do pass 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5794 Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and addressing changes in constitutional law. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5802 Rebalancing statutory fund transfers and revenue dedications for transportation. House Committee on Appropriations: do pass 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5807 Concerning wellness incentives for public and school employee health benefit plans. House Committee on Appropriations: do pass 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5814 Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 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. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/23/2025 Yea
SB5083 Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1131 Concerning clemency and pardons. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1162 Concerning workplace violence in health care settings. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1163 Enhancing requirements relating to the purchase, transfer, and possession of firearms. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1329 Concerning wholesale power purchases by electric utilities under the Washington clean energy transformation act. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1351 Adjusting age requirements for accessing the early childhood education and assistance program. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1359 Reviewing laws related to criminal insanity and competency to stand trial. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1371 Concerning parking privileges for veterans. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1432 Improving access to appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1460 Concerning protection order hope cards. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5390 Revised for Engrossed: Concerning access to recreation sites or lands. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5394 Reducing the developmental disabilities administration's no-paid services caseload services. House 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1462 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1491 Promoting transit-oriented housing development. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1515 Modernizing the regulation of alcohol service in public spaces. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1514 Encouraging the deployment of low carbon thermal energy networks. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1497 Improving outcomes associated with waste material management systems. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1543 Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1670 Increasing transparency regarding sewage-containing spills. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1648 Modifying child care provider qualifications. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1709 Addressing the care of students with adrenal insufficiency by parent-designated adults. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1731 Regarding unclaimed property held by a museum or historical society. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1774 Modifying allowable terms for the lease of unused highway land. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1934 Concerning the disclosure of information pertaining to complainants, accusers, and witnesses in an employment investigation. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Absent
HB1975 Amending the climate commitment act by adjusting auction price containment mechanisms and ceiling prices, addressing the department of ecology's authority to amend rules to facilitate linkage with other jurisdictions, and providing for market dynamic analysis. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
SB5761 Developing a schedule for court appointment of attorneys for children and youth in dependency and termination proceedings. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Absent
SB5769 Addressing transition to kindergarten programs. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Absent
HB2015 Improving public safety funding by providing resources to local governments and state and local criminal justice agencies, and authorizing a local option tax. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB2049 Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities. House 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/22/2025 Yea
HB2077 Establishing a tax on certain business activities related to surpluses generated under the zero-emission vehicle program. House 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/22/2025 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. House 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1102 Increasing support and services for veterans. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1109 Concerning public facilities districts. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1130 Concerning utilization of developmental disabilities waivers. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1154 Ensuring environmental and public health protection from solid waste handling facility operations. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1167 Directing the statewide career and technical education task force to consider educational opportunities for careers in maritime professions. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1186 Expanding the situations in which medications can be dispensed or delivered from hospitals and health care entities. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1219 Concerning the interbranch advisory committee. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1264 Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1271 Permitting early deployment of state fire service resources. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1409 Concerning the clean fuels program. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1498 Concerning domestic violence co-responder programs. House 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1596 Concerning accountability for persons for speeding. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1621 Authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1651 Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1811 Enhancing crisis response services through co-response integration and support. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1813 Concerning the reprocurement of medical assistance services, including the realignment of behavioral health crisis services for medicaid enrollees. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1837 Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1878 Improving young driver safety. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1946 Clarifying tribal membership on local boards of health. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1970 Concerning state highway construction project alternative contracting procedures. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1990 Authorizing utility companies to securitize certain costs related to disasters or emergencies to lower costs to customers. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Absent
HB1009 Adjusting the membership of the pharmacy quality assurance commission. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/19/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Washington House Appropriations Committee 20
Detail Washington House Health Care and Wellness Committee Vice Chair 2
Detail Washington House Housing Committee 13
Detail Washington House Rules Committee 13
Detail Washington Joint Economic Development and International Relations Legislative Committee 3
Detail Washington Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought 3
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
WA Washington House District 40 House Democrat In Office 01/14/2019