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State Representative
April Berg
(D) - Washington
Washington House District 44
In Office - Started: 01/11/2021

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Bill Bill Name Summary Progress
HB1163 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; creating new sections; and providing an effective 13 date. 14 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1108 Creating a task force on housing cost driver analysis. AN ACT Relating to creating a task force on housing cost driver 2 analysis; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date. 3 Vetoed
HB2020 Creating a business and occupation tax deduction and increasing the rate for persons conducting payment card processing activities. AN ACT Relating to creating a business and occupation tax 2 deduction and increasing the rate for persons conducting payment card 3 processing activities; amending RCW 82.04.290 and 82.04.29004; 4 reenacting and amending RCW 82.04.299; adding a new section to 5 chapter 82.04 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an effective 6 date. 7 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2015 Improving public safety funding by providing resources to local governments and state and local criminal justice agencies, and authorizing a local option tax. AN ACT Relating to improving public safety funding by providing 2 resources to local governments and state and local criminal justice 3 agencies, and authorizing a local option tax; adding a new section to 4 chapter 43.101 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.28A RCW; 5 adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW; creating new sections; and 6 providing expiration dates. 7 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1154 Ensuring environmental and public health protection from solid waste handling facility operations. AN ACT Relating to ensuring environmental and public health 2 protection from solid waste handling facility operations; amending 3 RCW 70A.205.125, 70A.205.130, 70A.205.135, and 70A.205.140; 4 reenacting and amending RCW 43.21B.110; adding new sections to 5 chapter 70A.205 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing 6 penalties. 7 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1079 Supporting remote testing options for students enrolled in online school programs. AN ACT Relating to supporting remote testing options for students 2 enrolled in online school programs; adding a new section to chapter 3 28A.250 RCW; and creating a new section. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1488 Concerning conservation district revenue limitations. AN ACT Relating to conservation district revenue limitations; and 2 amending RCW 89.08.405. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1023 Adopting the cosmetology licensure compact. AN ACT Relating to the cosmetology licensure compact; reenacting 2 and amending RCW 42.56.250; adding new sections to chapter 18.16 RCW; 3 creating a new section; and providing an effective date. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1052 Clarifying a hate crime offense. AN ACT Relating to clarifying a hate crime offense; and amending 2 RCW 9A.36.080. 3 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1149 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 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
HB1874 Requiring training for cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians, and hair designers on the care, styling, and treatment of textured hair. AN ACT Relating to requiring training for cosmetologists, 2 barbers, estheticians, and hair designers on the care, styling, and 3 treatment of textured hair; amending RCW 18.16.020 and 18.16.030; 4 creating a new section; and providing an effective date. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1046 Protecting the vulnerable by providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals. AN ACT Relating to protecting the vulnerable by providing 2 immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising 3 from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals; and adding 4 new sections to chapter 4.24 RCW. 5 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
HB1644 Concerning the safety and health of working minors. AN ACT Relating to the safety and health of working minors; 2 amending RCW 39.04.350, 49.12.390, 49.12.410, and 49.30.040; adding a 3 new section to chapter 49.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 4 49.17 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 49.30 RCW; prescribing 5 penalties; and providing an effective date. 6 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
HB1080 Concerning fee disclosure for lodging accommodations. AN ACT Relating to fee disclosure for lodging accommodations; 2 adding a new section to chapter 19.48 RCW; adding a new section to 3 chapter 64.37 RCW; prescribing penalties; providing an effective 4 date; and declaring an emergency. 5 Crossed Over
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
HB1796 Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction. AN ACT Relating to school districts' authority to contract 2 indebtedness for school construction; and amending RCW 28A.530.080. 3 Crossed Over
HB1759 Designating the twelfth day of December as the day of the 12s. AN ACT Relating to designating the twelfth day of December as the 2 day of the 12s; amending RCW 1.16.050; and creating a new section. 3 Crossed Over
HB1980 Allowing certain private employer transportation services to use certain public transportation facilities. AN ACT Relating to allowing certain private employer 2 transportation services to use certain public transportation 3 facilities; and amending RCW 47.52.025 and 46.61.165. 4 Crossed Over
HB1969 Concerning the law enforcement aviation support grant program. AN ACT Relating to the law enforcement aviation support grant 2 program; adding a new section to chapter 38.52 RCW; and creating a 3 new section. 4 Crossed Over
HR4650 Honoring Representative Bruce Q. Chandler. Honoring Representative Bruce Q. Chandler. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR4664 Honoring Speaker Frank Chopp. Honoring Speaker Frank Chopp. Introduced
HB1261 Providing tax relief for certain incidental uses on open space land. AN ACT Relating to providing tax relief for certain incidental 2 uses on open space land; amending RCW 84.34.020, 84.34.080, and 3 84.34.108; and creating new sections. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1183 Concerning building code and development regulation reform. AN ACT Relating to incentivizing affordable and sustainable 2 building practices through building code and development regulation 3 reform; amending RCW 35.21.990, 35A.21.440, and 36.70A.620; and 4 adding new sections to chapter 36.70A RCW. 5 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
HB1696 Modifying the covenant homeownership program. AN ACT Relating to modifying the covenant homeownership program 2 by adjusting the area median income threshold for program 3 eligibility, introducing loan forgiveness, and modifying the 4 oversight committee membership; and amending RCW 43.181.040 and 5 43.181.050. 6 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1201 Identifying accommodations allowing pets in an emergency or extreme weather event. AN ACT Relating to identifying accommodations allowing pets in an 2 emergency or extreme weather event; adding a new section to chapter 3 38.52 RCW; and creating a new section. 4 Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1054 Concerning county ferry maintenance and repair contracts. AN ACT Relating to county ferry maintenance and repair contracts; 2 and amending RCW 36.32.235. 3 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
HR4658 Concerning Washington-Denmark relations. Concerning Washington-Denmark relations. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR4653 Celebrating Kimchi Day. Celebrating Kimchi Day. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR4661 Honoring Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. Honoring Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR4649 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Southeast Asian refugee resettlement. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Southeast Asian refugee resettlement. 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
HB2046 Creating fairness in Washington's tax by imposing a tax on select financial intangible assets. AN ACT Relating to creating fairness in Washington's tax code to 2 support Washington families and fund vital investments in K-12 3 schools by imposing a tax on select financial intangible assets 4 valued at more than $50,000,000; amending RCW 82.32.160, 43.135.034, 5 and 82.32.655; adding a new Title to the Revised Code of Washington 6 to be codified as Title 84A RCW; creating new sections; and 7 prescribing penalties. 8 In Committee
HB2024 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
HJR4204 Amending the Constitution to allow for a property tax exemption for a principal place of residence. Amending the Constitution to allow for a property tax exemption for a principal place of residence. In Committee
HB1298 Concerning student athlete insurance. AN ACT Relating to student athlete insurance; and amending RCW 2 28B.10.660. 3 In Committee
HB1339 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 new 5 sections. 6 In Committee
HB1710 Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018. AN ACT Relating to compliance with the Washington voting rights 2 act of 2018; adding a new chapter to Title 29A RCW; and creating a 3 new section. 4 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
HB1195 Concerning compliance with siting, development permit processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters. AN ACT Relating to compliance with siting, development permit 2 processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive 3 housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor 4 emergency shelters; amending RCW 35.21.683 and 35A.21.430; adding a 5 new section to chapter 36.70A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 6 43.330 RCW; and creating a new section. 7 In Committee
HB1125 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, 3 9.94A.535, 9.94A.701, and 9.94A.701; adding a new section to chapter 4 9.94A RCW; creating new sections; providing an effective date; and 5 providing an expiration date. 6 In Committee
HB1254 Implementing the International Wildland Urban Interface Code. AN ACT Relating to implementing the International Wildland Urban 2 Interface Code; amending RCW 19.27.560 and 43.30.580; and reenacting 3 and amending RCW 19.27.031. 4 In Committee
HB1960 Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities. AN ACT Relating to encouraging renewable energy in Washington 2 through tax policy and investment in local communities; amending RCW 3 84.55.010, 84.55.030, 84.55.092, 84.55.120, and 82.32.330; reenacting 4 and amending RCW 84.55.020; adding new sections to chapter 84.36 RCW; 5 adding new sections to chapter 82.96 RCW; adding a new section to 6 chapter 84.55 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.63A RCW; adding 7 a new section to chapter 43.21A RCW; creating new sections; repealing 8 RCW 84.36.680, 82.96.010, 82.96.020, and 82.96.030; and providing an 9 effective date. 10 In Committee
HB1593 Creating the children's social equity land trust. AN ACT Relating to creating the children's social equity land 2 trust; amending RCW 79.02.010; reenacting and amending RCW 79.64.110; 3 adding a new section to chapter 43.31 RCW; and adding a new chapter 4 to Title 79 RCW. 5 In Committee
HB1338 Concerning school operating costs. AN ACT Relating to school operating costs; reenacting and 2 amending RCW 28A.150.260; and creating a new section. 3 In Committee
HB1913 Repealing the public utility tax credit for home energy assistance. AN ACT Relating to repealing the public utility tax credit for 2 home energy assistance; repealing RCW 82.16.0497; and providing an 3 effective date. 4 In Committee
HR4626 Honoring Thomas H. Gray for his contributions to engineering. Honoring Thomas H. Gray for his contributions to engineering. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB2027 Increasing the supply of affordable and workforce housing. AN ACT Relating to increasing the supply of affordable and 2 workforce housing by increasing state and local taxes on the transfer 3 of real estate; amending RCW 82.45.060, 82.46.010, and 82.46.035; 4 adding new sections to chapter 82.45 RCW; adding new sections to 5 chapter 82.46 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an effective 6 date. 7 In Committee
HB1909 Establishing the court unification task force. AN ACT Relating to establishing the court unification task force; 2 adding a new chapter to Title 2 RCW; creating a new section; and 3 providing an expiration date. 4 In Committee
HB1356 Concerning K-12 funding. AN ACT Relating to K-12 funding; amending RCW 84.52.0531, 2 28A.500.015, 84.55.005, 28A.150.390, 28A.150.392, and 28A.150.560; 3 adding a new section to chapter 28A.150 RCW; creating new sections; 4 providing effective dates; and providing an expiration date. 5 In Committee
HB1839 Increasing the investments in our workforce by amending the advanced computing surcharge. AN ACT Relating to increasing the investments in our workforce by 2 amending the advanced computing surcharge; reenacting and amending 3 RCW 82.04.299; creating a new section; and providing an effective 4 date. 5 In Committee
HB1965 Modifying the tax preferences for precious metal bullion and monetized bullion. AN ACT Relating to modifying the tax preferences for precious 2 metal bullion and monetized bullion; creating a new section; 3 repealing RCW 82.04.062; and providing an effective date. 4 In Committee
HB2025 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; and creating new sections. 5 In Committee
HB2023 Establishing a work group to study the taxation of investment income under RCW 82.04.4281. AN ACT Relating to establishing a work group to study the 2 taxation of investment income under RCW 82.04.4281; creating new 3 sections; providing expiration dates; and declaring an emergency. 4 In Committee
HB1570 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
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
HB1203 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
HB1690 Assessing the state's existing water and sewer systems. AN ACT Relating to assessing the state's existing water and sewer 2 systems to identify data gaps, ensure clean water, ensure sufficient 3 waste disposal, protect public health, and protect the environment of 4 the state; adding a new section to chapter 43.21A RCW; and creating a 5 new section. 6 In Committee
HB1825 Concerning grizzly bear management. AN ACT Relating to grizzly bear management; and repealing RCW 2 77.12.035. 3 In Committee
HB1773 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
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
HB1426 Creating a civil protection order to prevent impaired driving. AN ACT Relating to creating a civil protection order to prevent 2 impaired driving; amending RCW 7.105.010, 7.105.100, 7.105.115, 3 7.105.225, 7.105.300, 7.105.405, 7.105.550, 46.20.720, 46.20.720, 4 36.28A.300, 36.28A.330, 36.28A.390, and 7.105.105; reenacting and 5 amending RCW 7.105.310; adding new sections to chapter 7.105 RCW; 6 adding a new section to chapter 43.101 RCW; prescribing penalties; 7 providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date. 8 In Committee
HB1762 Prohibiting institutions of higher education from requiring students to live on campus. AN ACT Relating to prohibiting institutions of higher education 2 from requiring students to live on campus; and adding a new section 3 to chapter 28B.10 RCW. 4 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
HB1735 Prohibiting the force-feeding of birds. AN ACT Relating to the force-feeding of birds; adding a new 2 chapter to Title 16 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an 3 effective date. 4 In Committee
HB1588 Expanding opportunities for organic, regenerative, climate-smart, and sustainable producers. AN ACT Relating to expanding opportunities for organic, 2 regenerative, climate-smart, and sustainable producers; amending RCW 3 15.86.070; adding new sections to chapter 15.86 RCW; creating a new 4 section; and providing an expiration date. 5 In Committee
HB1608 Concerning the selling, possessing, transporting, and distributing of farmed octopus. AN ACT Relating to the selling, possessing, transporting, and 2 distributing of farmed octopus; adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; 3 and prescribing penalties. 4 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
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
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
HB1653 Concerning payments to tow truck operators for the release of vehicles to indigent citizens. AN ACT Relating to payments to tow truck operators for the 2 release of vehicles to indigent citizens; amending RCW 46.55.115 and 3 46.55.120; adding a new section to chapter 46.55 RCW; and providing 4 an effective date. 5 In Committee
HB1654 Concerning the administration of the international fire code. AN ACT Relating to the administration of the international fire 2 code; and amending RCW 19.27.110. 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
HB1036 Adding labor trustees to college boards. AN ACT Relating to adding labor trustees to college boards; 2 amending RCW 28B.50.100, 28B.35.100, and 28B.40.100; and providing an 3 effective date. 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
HB1748 Conducting a study of credit history, credit-based insurance scores, and other rate factors in making rates for personal insurance. AN ACT Relating to conducting a study of credit history, credit- 2 based insurance scores, and other rate factors that may disparately 3 impact Washington residents, in making rates for personal insurance; 4 creating a new section; and providing an expiration date. 5 In Committee
HB1153 Concerning urban forest management ordinances. AN ACT Relating to urban forest management ordinances; amending 2 RCW 76.15.010 and 76.15.110; and creating new sections. 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
HB1603 Requiring guaranteed issue of medicare supplemental coverage to an individual who voluntarily disenrolls from a medicare advantage plan and enrolls in medicare parts A and B. AN ACT Relating to requiring guaranteed issue of medicare 2 supplemental coverage to an individual who voluntarily disenrolls 3 from a medicare advantage plan and enrolls in medicare parts A and B; 4 and amending RCW 48.66.055. 5 In Committee
HB1888 Concerning naturopathic physician scope of practice. AN ACT Relating to naturopathic physician scope of practice; 2 amending RCW 18.36A.020, 18.36A.040, 69.41.030, and 69.50.101; adding 3 new sections to chapter 18.36A RCW; and creating a new section. 4 In Committee
HB1412 Establishing the Washington state commission on Middle Eastern and North African Americans. AN ACT Relating to establishing the Washington state commission 2 on Middle Eastern and North African Americans; amending RCW 1.16.050; 3 and adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW. 4 In Committee
HB1078 Concerning pet insurance. AN ACT Relating to pet insurance; and amending RCW 48.205.050. 2 In Committee
HB1058 Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure. AN ACT Relating to providing incentives to improve freight 2 railroad infrastructure; adding new sections to chapter 82.04 RCW; 3 adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to 4 chapter 82.12 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 82.16 RCW; creating 5 new sections; providing effective dates; and providing expiration 6 dates. 7 In Committee
HB1132 Enhancing public safety by limiting bulk purchases and transfers of firearms and ammunition. AN ACT Relating to enhancing public safety by limiting bulk 2 purchases and transfers of firearms and ammunition; amending RCW 3 9.41.110; and adding a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW. 4 In Committee
HB1388 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 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
HB1632 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 In Committee
HB1812 Concerning patient-centered equitable access to anesthesia services and reimbursement. AN ACT Relating to patient-centered equitable access to 2 anesthesia services and reimbursement; reenacting and amending RCW 3 41.05.017; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; adding a new 4 section to chapter 74.09 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring 5 an emergency. 6 In Committee
HB1404 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
HR4614 Recognizing human trafficking awareness month. Recognizing human trafficking awareness month. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HR4611 Honoring the Washington National Guard. Honoring the Washington National Guard. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
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
HR4604 Celebrating Lunar New Year. Celebrating Lunar New Year. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1624 Studying taxes and fees related to alcohol. AN ACT Relating to studying taxes and fees related to alcohol; 2 creating a new section; and providing an expiration date. 3 In Committee
HR4602 Recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed/Enacted/Adopted
HB1017 Designating kimchi day. AN ACT Relating to designating kimchi day; amending RCW 1.16.050; 2 and creating a new section. 3 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
HB1107 Concerning environmental impacts of fashion. AN ACT Relating to environmental impacts of fashion; amending RCW 2 70A.430.060; reenacting and amending RCW 43.21B.110 and 43.21B.300; 3 adding a new chapter to Title 70A RCW; and prescribing penalties. 4 In Committee
HB1122 Restricting mobile device usage by public school students. AN ACT Relating to improving student outcomes by restricting 2 mobile device use by public school students; adding a new section to 3 chapter 28A.600 RCW; and creating a 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
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
HB1351 Adjusting age requirements for accessing the early childhood education and assistance program. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1359 Reviewing laws related to criminal insanity and competency to stand trial. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
HB1515 Modernizing the regulation of alcohol service in public spaces. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1514 Encouraging the deployment of low carbon thermal energy networks. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1497 Improving outcomes associated with waste material management systems. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
HB1543 Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/22/2025 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
SB5769 Addressing transition to kindergarten programs. House Final Passage as Amended by the House 04/22/2025 Yea
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
SB5794 Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and addressing changes in constitutional law. House Committee on Finance: do pass with amendment(s) 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
SB5814 Revised for 1st Substitute: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes. House Committee on Finance: do pass with amendment(s) 04/22/2025 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 Committee on Finance: do pass with amendment(s) 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 Yea
HB1109 Concerning public facilities districts. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1130 Concerning utilization of developmental disabilities waivers. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1154 Ensuring environmental and public health protection from solid waste handling facility operations. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
HB1219 Concerning the interbranch advisory committee. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1264 Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1271 Permitting early deployment of state fire service resources. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1409 Concerning the clean fuels program. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1498 Concerning domestic violence co-responder programs. House 3rd Reading & Final Passage 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1596 Concerning accountability for persons for speeding. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1621 Authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1651 Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1811 Enhancing crisis response services through co-response integration and support. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
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 Yea
HB1837 Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1878 Improving young driver safety. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
HB1946 Clarifying tribal membership on local boards of health. House Final Passage as Amended by the Senate 04/21/2025 Yea
  Committee Position Rank
Detail Washington House Appropriations Committee 8
Detail Washington House Finance Committee Chair 1
Detail Washington Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee 4
State District Chamber Party Status Start Date End Date
WA Washington House District 44 House Democrat In Office 01/11/2021