Washington State Legislature bills, 2025 and 2026 (2025-26 session) (page 6 of 7)

Bills 1001 to 1200 of 1273 from the 2025-26 session, in bill-number order.

• ESSB 5794: Adopting recommendations from the tax preference performance review process, eliminating obsolete tax preferences, clarifying legislative intent, and addressing changes in constitutional law.
  SenateSalomon· C 423 L 25
• SB 5800: Authorizing bonds for transportation funding.
  SenateKing· S Rules 3
• ESSB 5801: Concerning transportation resources.
  SenateLiias· C 417 L 25
• 2SSB 5802: Rebalancing statutory fund transfers and revenue dedications for transportation.
  SenateLiias· C 418 L 25
• SB 5807: Concerning wellness incentives for public and school employee health benefit plans.
  SenateRobinson· C 396 L 25
• SSB 5808: Addressing funding for health insurance premium assistance.
  SenateRobinson· S Rules X
• ESSB 5813: Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax.
  SenateWilson, C.· C 421 L 25
• ESSB 5814: Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes.
  SenateFrame· C 422 L 25
• SB 5816: Concerning the sale of juice grapes.
  SenateTorres· S Rules 3
• SB 5820: Concerning the responsibility of certain counties to include freight rail dependent use overlay as part of the transportation element of their comprehensive plan.
  SenateCortes· C 247 L 26
• SSB 5824: Concerning fifth-wheel travel trailers.
  SenateKing· S Rules 3
• SSB 5825: Authorizing the Washington state leadership board to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources.
  SenateWilson, C.· C 50 L 26
• SSB 5827: Concerning the definition of a "qualifying discharge" for the Washington state veterans' preference program for civil service.
  SenateGildon· C 146 L 26
• SSB 5828: Concerning the Washington college grant and college bound scholarship program for students attending private four-year not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Washington.
  SenateNobles· S Rules 3
• SB 5831: Enacting the uniform mortgage modification act.
  SenateDozier· S Rules 3
• SB 5832: Updating the arbitration fee collected for the new motor vehicle arbitration account.
  SenateRiccelli· S Rules 3
• SSB 5833: Allowing pets in unattended motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
  SenateWagoner· S Rules 3
• SSB 5834: Concerning payment of expenses from the earnings of retirement system trust funds.
  SenateConway· C 68 L 26
• SB 5835: Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit.
  SenateConway· S Rules 3
• ESSB 5837: Concerning guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements for adults.
  SenatePedersen· C 177 L 26
• ESSB 5838: Adding tribal members to the board of natural resources. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Adding tribal representation to the board of natural resources.)
  SenateKauffman· S Rules 3
• SSB 5839: Concerning county ferry district authority.
  SenateShewmake· S Rules X
• SSB 5840: Making adjustments to the schedule for reporting campaign finance expenditure activity.
  SenateWilson, J.· S Rules 3
• SSB 5841: Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications.
  SenateBoehnke· C 122 L 26
• ESSB 5845: Modernizing and clarifying timely payment requirements for health carriers.
  SenateSlatter· C 158 L 26
• E2SSB 5847: Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation.
  SenateSaldaña· C 175 L 26
• SSB 5855: Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers.
  SenateValdez· C 115 L 26
• SSB 5860: Concerning school board compensation.
  SenateCortes· S Rules X
• SSB 5861: Encouraging community representation in education.
  SenateCortes· S Rules X
• SSB 5862: Providing a cost-of-living adjustment for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system.
  SenateDozier· C 248 L 26
• SB 5863: Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records.
  SenateKauffman· C 208 L 26
• ESSB 5865: Concerning garnishment forms.
  SenateLovick· S Rules 3
• SB 5868: Adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county and in Yakima county.
  SenateWagoner· C 226 L 26
• SSB 5869: Concerning notice requirements of identified hazards at construction worksites.
  SenateSaldaña· S Rules X
• ESB 5872: Establishing the preK promise account.
  SenateWilson, C.· C 51 L 26
• ESSB 5873: Concerning escorted leaves of absence for incarcerated individuals.
  SenateWilson, C.· S Rules 3
• SSB 5874: Concerning employers' information reporting for purposes of unemployment compensation.
  SenateMacEwen· C 43 L 26
• SB 5877: Making a technical correction to the surcharges authorized for certified anesthesiologist assistants.
  SenateMuzzall· S Rules 3
• SB 5879: Modifying joint legislative audit and review committee work plans to ensure efficient use of staff resources.
  SenateWagoner· S Rules 3
• 2SSB 5880: Concerning toxicology testing by certified or accredited laboratories.
  SenateWagoner· C 108 L 26
• SSB 5886: Concerning personality rights.
  SenateBoehnke· C 69 L 26
• SB 5888: Removing the requirement that women's commission members be subject to senate confirmation.
  SenateWellman· S Rules X
• ESB 5890: Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed.
  SenateMuzzall· S Rules 3
• SB 5892: Concerning protection of the voter registration database.
  SenateRiccelli· C 213 L 26
• 2SSB 5895: Providing an alternative condition for extraordinary medical placement for incarcerated individuals.
  SenateSaldaña· S Rules X
• ESB 5899: Creating a license endorsement to allow qualified licensed chiropractors to perform chiropractic diagnosis and adjustments on nonhuman animals.
  SenateShort· S Rules 3
• SSB 5901: Providing school construction assistance program facilities support for on-base schools.
  SenateChristian· S Rules 3
• SB 5904: Concerning the use of nursing titles.
  SenateBateman· S Rules 3
• SSB 5905: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan.
  SenateShort· S Rules 3
• ESSB 5906: Establishing data and personal safety protections within areas of public accommodation for all Washington residents.
  SenateHansen· S Rules 3
• SB 5907: Expanding access to the early childhood education and assistance program for military families.
  SenateNobles· S Rules X
• SB 5909: Reviewing and discontinuing low-enrollment undergraduate programs at public baccalaureate institutions.
  SenateBoehnke· S Rules X
• SSB 5911: Strengthening the financial stability of persons in the care of the department of children, youth, and families.
  SenateAlvarado· C 92 L 26
• ESSB 5912: Reinstating the indigent defense task force.
  SenateTorres· S Rules 3
• SB 5915: Concerning the health technology assessment program.
  SenateHarris· C 70 L 26
• ESSB 5916: Concerning nonopioid drugs for the treatment of pain.
  SenateHarris· S Rules 3
• SSB 5917: Improving access to abortion medications.
  SenateBateman· C 52 L 26
• SB 5919: Encouraging fire districts and insurance providers to develop voluntary incentives to promote best practices.
  SenateSchoesler· S Rules 3
• SB 5922: Authorizing transportation vehicle fund transfers.
  SenateWellman· C 71 L 26
• SSB 5923: Concerning critical access hospital designations in Skagit county.
  SenateMuzzall· C 84 L 26
• SSB 5924: Expanding prescriptive authority for pharmacists.
  SenateSlatter· S Rules 3
• ESSB 5925: Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office.
  SenateHansen· C 243 L 26
• ESSB 5928: Concerning wildfire risk models and score disclosure.
  SenateWarnick· S Rules 3
• SSB 5931: Concerning workforce education investment accountability and oversight board administrative changes.
  SenateWarnick· S Rules 3
• SSB 5933: Facilitating the rapid sharing of overdose mapping information for overdose prevention.
  SenateRiccelli· S Rules X
• SSB 5936: Concerning prevention of and remedies for human trafficking.
  SenateOrwall· S Rules 3
• ESSB 5937: Concerning the use of a smart access system in a residential property subject to the residential landlord-tenant act.
  SenatePedersen· C 55 L 26
• SSB 5938: Concerning the foreclosure prevention fee.
  SenateOrwall· C 156 L 26
• SSB 5941: Allowing limited exemptions to renewable energy systems requirements for certain school districts.
  SenateShort· S Rules 3
• SSB 5942: Concerning the department of children, youth, and families accountability board.
  SenateWilson, C.· S Rules X
• SSB 5943: Concerning the use of school impact fees.
  SenateCortes· S Rules X
• SB 5944: Concerning language access providers' collective bargaining.
  SenateCortes· C 109 L 26
• ESB 5947: Establishing the Washington health care board.
  SenateHasegawa· S Rules 3
• SSB 5949: Concerning taxes imposed on insurers operating within the state.
  SenateRobinson· S Rules X
• SB 5950: Celebrating Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, and Vaisakhi.
  SenateCortes· S Rules X
• SSB 5951: Expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools.
  SenateCortes· S Rules X
• SSB 5952: Requiring the recognition of school district decisions to waive physical education requirements for high school students.
  SenateWellman· S Rules X
• SB 5954: Concerning veteran survivor tuition waiver eligibility.
  SenateWagoner· S Rules X
• SSB 5956: Addressing artificial intelligence, student discipline, and surveillance in public schools.
  SenateNobles· S Rules 3
• SB 5957: Concerning the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs advisory committee.
  SenateOrwall· C 72 L 26
• SSB 5961: Transferring early literacy programs from the department of children, youth, and families to the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
  SenateWilson, C.· S Rules 3
• SB 5962: Concerning spring blade knives.
  SenateNobles· S Rules X
• SB 5963: Modifying funding for the passport to careers program and eligibility for the Washington college grant.
  SenateNobles· C 44 L 26
• 2SSB 5965: Reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments.
  SenateBateman· S Rules 2
• SB 5966: Concerning medically tailored meals.
  SenateNobles· S Rules X
• SB 5967: Preserving access to preventive services by clarifying state authority and definitions.
  SenateCleveland· S Rules X
• 2SSB 5968: Improving regulatory efficiency by integrating executive order 25-03, concerning permitting and licensing processes, into chapter 43.42A RCW.
  SenateKrishnadasan· S Rules 3
• 2SSB 5969: Reducing duplication between high school and beyond plans and individualized education program transition plans.
  SenateCortes· C 147 L 26
• SB 5970: Making the property tax exemption for multipurpose senior citizen centers permanent.
  SenateGildon· S Rules 3
• SSB 5971: Establishing a green fertilizer incentive program to support the production and adoption of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer in Washington state.
  SenateBoehnke· S Rules 3
• SSB 5972: Expanding the definition of uniformed personnel regarding correctional officers for purposes of interest arbitration.
  SenateStanford· S Rules 3
• SSB 5973: Protecting the integrity of the state initiative and referendum process by requiring a demonstration of support before issuance of a ballot measure title and authorizing citizen actions for certain signature gatherer compensation violations.
  SenateValdez· S Rules X
• 2SSB 5974: Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned officers, and police matrons.
  SenateLovick· C 258 L 26
• ESSB 5975: Providing consumer access to safe cookware and interstate and international trade certainty in the regulation of lead in cookware.
  SenateHarris· C 110 L 26
• SB 5977: Requiring publication of child near fatality reviews.
  SenateTorres· S Rules 3
• SB 5979: Improving state responses to dependent children and the risk of harm from high-potency synthetic opioids and caregiver substance abuse.
  SenateTorres· S Rules X
• E2SSB 5981: Concerning the 340B drug pricing program.
  SenateCleveland· C 227 L 26
• SSB 5982: Updating provisions for consumer-owned utilities, including port districts, and affected market customers under the clean energy transformation act.
  SenateHunt· C 181 L 26
• SSB 5983: Exempting land classified under current use that is sold or transferred to a governmental entity from additional tax in certain circumstances.
  SenateLiias· S Rules X
• ESSB 5984: Regulating artificial intelligence companion chatbots.
  SenateWellman· S Rules 3
• SSB 5985: Concerning endometriosis.
  SenateOrwall· S Rules 3
• SB 5988: Establishing fee authority for accreditation services provided to opioid treatment programs by the department of health.
  SenateRobinson· C 73 L 26
• SSB 5990: Expanding the qualifications of those who may serve as a local health officer in rural counties.
  SenateMuzzall· S Rules X
• SSB 5992: Creating the youth development fund account to increase access to positive youth development programs.
  SenateKrishnadasan· S Rules 3
• ESSB 5993: Concerning lowering the interest rate for medical debt.
  SenateAlvarado· S Rules 3
• SB 5994: Preserving timber tax distributions for school districts with recent school district levy failures.
  SenateCortes· C 74 L 26
• SB 5995: Concerning moneys available to a port district allocated for the purchase of zero and near zero emission cargo handling equipment.
  SenateSalomon· C 75 L 26
• ESSB 5998: Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations.
  SenateRobinson· C 268 L 26
• SSB 6001: Concerning scissor stair regulations in the state building code.
  SenateBateman· S Rules X
• ESSB 6002: Concerning driver privacy protections.
  SenateTrudeau· C 239 L 26
• SSB 6003: Concerning the capital budget.
  SenateTrudeau· C 259 L 26
• ESSB 6005: Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
  SenateLiias· C 257 L 26
• SB 6006: Exempting food banks from the retail sales tax imposed on certain services.
  SenateGildon· S Rules 3
• SSB 6007: Authorizing the Washington state institute for public policy to evaluate outcomes related to assessment practices at the department of children, youth, and families.
  SenateWarnick· S Rules 3
• SSB 6009: Concerning direct review of administrative decisions by the court of appeals.
  SenateHoly· S Rules 3
• SSB 6010: Concerning tribal consultation conducted by the energy facility site evaluation council.
  SenateShewmake· S Rules X
• SB 6011: Concerning the authority of court of appeals bailiffs to assess threats to court of appeals judicial officers and staff members.
  SenateDhingra· C 111 L 26
• SB 6013: Updating terminology related to ski areas and winter sports activities.
  SenateTorres· S Rules 3
• SSB 6014: Concerning pregnancy-related accommodations.
  SenateNobles· C 76 L 26
• SSB 6016: Considering critical aquifer recharge areas when revising an urban growth area.
  SenateBateman· S Rules X
• 2SSB 6017: Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses.
  SenateOrwall· S Rules X
• SSB 6018: Concerning the housing finance commission.
  SenateTrudeau· S Rules X
• ESSB 6019: Improving the functioning of home care rate statutes.
  SenateCleveland· C 85 L 26
• ESB 6024: Streamlining monitoring and oversight activities related to community residential service business providers.
  SenateGildon· S Rules 3
• SB 6025: Updating the definition of fetal death.
  SenateCleveland· C 45 L 26
• E2SSB 6026: Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones.
  SenateAlvarado· C 236 L 26
• E2SSB 6027: Modifying certain funding and exemptions related to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services.
  SenateAlvarado· C 230 L 26
• ESSB 6031: Enhancing public safety and enforcement of crimes that impact insurance.
  SenateLovick· S Rules 3
• SSB 6032: Addressing vehicle loads on public highways.
  SenateWarnick· S Rules X
• SSB 6034: Concerning statutory establishment of the governor's office of Indian affairs.
  SenateKauffman· C 245 L 26
• 2SSB 6035: Ensuring access to voting services for military, overseas, Native American, and disabled voters.
  SenateKauffman· C 214 L 26
• SSB 6036: Exempting certain former foster care providers from adult family home licensure.
  SenateKauffman· S Rules 3
• 2SSB 6037: Concerning fire protection districts.
  SenateCortes· S Rules X
• SSB 6039: Modernizing methods of communications by the department of labor and industries.
  SenateKing· C 77 L 26
• SB 6044: Recognizing Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas.
  SenateDhingra· S Rules 3
• 2SSB 6045: Placing agricultural employees under the jurisdiction of the public employment relations commission for the purpose of collective bargaining.
  SenateSaldaña· S Rules X
• SB 6046: Establishing the Washington division of civil air patrol as part of the Washington military department.
  SenateWagoner· C 46 L 26
• SSB 6047: Concerning statutory guidelines for the administration of state capital projects.
  SenateTrudeau· S Rules X
• SSB 6049: Protecting student and employee information from public disclosure.
  SenateWilson, C.· S Rules 3
• SSB 6050: Expanding the use of distributed energy resources.
  SenateLiias· S Rules X
• SB 6052: Establishing a statewide digital transcript data-sharing environment.
  SenateBoehnke· S Rules X
• SSB 6053: Establishing labor protections for domestic workers.
  SenateSaldaña· S Rules X
• SSB 6054: Concerning unreasonable restrictions on wildfire home hardening practices in common interest communities.
  SenateHunt· C 180 L 26
• ESB 6058: Adding discretion to wage enforcement actions.
  SenateSaldaña· C 176 L 26
• SSB 6061: Establishing a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion.
  SenateRiccelli· S Rules X
• SB 6065: Concerning school district transportation vehicle funds.
  SenateDozier· C 182 L 26
• E2SSB 6066: Establishing crash prevention zones.
  SenateTorres· C 123 L 26
• SSB 6069: Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters.
  SenateAlvarado· S Rules X
• E2SSB 6070: Supporting the recovery of missing persons.
  SenateDhingra· S Rules 3
• SSB 6071: Modernizing overpayment recovery requirements.
  SenateCleveland· S Rules X
• SSB 6074: Reinstituting parole.
  SenateDhingra· S Rules X
• SSB 6076: Streamlining consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects.
  SenateGoehner· C 183 L 26
• SB 6078: Providing prelicensing supports to individuals interested in becoming a licensed child care provider.
  SenateSlatter· S Rules X
• SSB 6079: Reducing nonrenewal and cancellations of insurance policies due to wildfire risk.
  SenateRiccelli· S Rules 3
• SSB 6080: Concerning contracts between the United States and county and municipal jails for committing or confining individuals in federal custody.
  SenateCleveland· S Rules 3
• SSB 6081: Protecting Washingtonians from invasion of privacy, including the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and historic sex designation changes in official government records.
  SenatePedersen· C 56 L 26
• SB 6082: Safeguarding student financial aid from fraud.
  SenateBoehnke· S Rules X
• SB 6084: Clarifying the prohibition on voting more than once in an election.
  SenateCortes· C 79 L 26
• SSB 6085: Concerning the transparency in expenditures from the institutional welfare account.
  SenateWilson, C.· S Rules X
• ESSB 6086: Strengthening security for Washington state judicial officers and court personnel.
  SenateDhingra· S Rules 3
• ESSB 6087: Concerning donations for children.
  SenateBraun· C 47 L 26
• SSB 6089: Increasing coordination and alignment throughout the P20W system.
  SenateSlatter· S Rules X
• SSB 6091: Prohibiting real estate brokers from marketing residential properties to an exclusive group of prospective buyers or real estate brokers.
  SenateLiias· C 57 L 26
• SSB 6096: Concerning delayed utility connection fees for residential construction.
  SenateGoehner· S Rules X
• SSB 6097: Adding federally recognized Indian tribes to the list of entities that may participate in the conservation futures program.
  SenateChapman· S Rules 3
• SB 6102: Aligning the quality assurance fee for the ambulance transport fund with federal regulations.
  SenateMuzzall· S Rules 3
• SB 6103: Making payments for services provided by a rural emergency hospital subject to appropriation.
  SenateMuzzall· C 112 L 26
• ESB 6106: Modifying the securing timely notification and benefits for laid-off employees act. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the laid-off employees act.)
  SenateCleveland· C 86 L 26
• ESSB 6110: Addressing electric-assisted bicycles and electric motorcycles.
  SenateShewmake· C 159 L 26
• ESSB 6113: Concerning taxes administered by the department of revenue.
  SenateFrame· C 250 L 26
• SB 6114: Defining the terms "fixture" and "affixed" for excise tax purposes.
  SenateFrame· S Rules 3
• SSB 6117: Concerning collective bargaining for employees not covered by the national labor relations act.
  SenateSaldaña· S Rules X
• ESSB 6129: Concerning the taxation of cigarettes and other nicotine products. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the taxation of cigarettes, vapor products, and other products containing tobacco or nicotine.)
  SenateRobinson· S Rules 3
• SSB 6130: Celebrating national voter registration day.
  SenateKrishnadasan· S Rules X
• SSB 6131: Updating the role of the Washington traffic safety commission in identifying the contributing factors that lead to roadway fatalities.
  SenateShewmake· S Rules X
• SB 6132: Authorizing a narrow modification to indebtedness limits for select inland port districts to ensure continued eligibility for federal funding for rail, power, and other critical public infrastructure improvements.
  SenateWarnick· C 121 L 26
• SB 6134: Concerning notice to striking workers applying for unemployment insurance benefits of potential overpayment assessment upon receipt of retroactive wages.
  SenateKing· C 161 L 26
• SB 6136: Promoting transparency in certain industrial insurance rate increases.
  SenateKing· C 162 L 26
• SB 6137: Concerning the regulated sports wagering industry.
  SenateCortes· C 246 L 26
• SSB 6147: Concerning notice requirements for grocery establishment closures.
  SenateConway· S Rules X
• SB 6148: Modifying the maximum terms of regional transit authority bond issues.
  SenateLiias· S Rules 3
• SSB 6149: Concerning the definition of "rural county" for purposes of public facilities funding.
  SenateWilson, J.· C 42 L 26
• SB 6151: Concerning dedicated accounts for fees collected for the implementation of environmental programs.
  SenateStanford· C 87 L 26
• SB 6152: Including physical and occupational therapists as attending providers for workers' compensation.
  SenateHarris· S Rules X
• SSB 6155: Concerning special parking privileges for persons with disabilities.
  SenateHarris· S Rules X
• SSB 6158: Adopting national standards for factory built housing and commercial structures.
  SenateGoehner· S Rules X
• SSB 6160: Improving government efficiency related to reports by state agencies.
  SenateKrishnadasan· S Rules 3
• SB 6161: Concerning department of health information on dementia.
  SenateSlatter· S Rules 3
• ESSB 6162: Concerning property tax reform.
  SenateKrishnadasan· C 163 L 26
• SB 6164: Concerning individual privacy by Washington technology solutions through an exemption from public inspection and copying.
  SenateWilson, J.· S Rules X
• SSB 6170: Adjusting monetary limits regarding contracting rules for state highway construction work and procurement.
  SenateKing· C 125 L 26
• SB 6172: Eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant.
  SenateLiias· S Rules X
• SSB 6176: Concerning the enforcement of failure to renew an expired vehicle registration.
  SenateKing· S Rules X
• SB 6177: Modifying the legislative evaluation and accountability program website.
  SenateGildon· S Rules X
• SB 6178: Prohibiting the post-loss assignment of benefits in property insurance.
  SenateHunt· S Rules 3
• 2SSB 6182: Establishing an abortion savings program.
  SenateBateman· C 228 L 26
• SSB 6183: Concerning coverage for HIV antiviral drugs.
  SenateLiias· C 48 L 26
• SSB 6184: Updating the office of homeless youth program provisions.
  SenateWilson, C.· S Rules 3
• SB 6188: Concerning the department of labor and industries' authority to enact rules related to regulating asbestos training.
  SenateHunt· C 179 L 26
• SSB 6189: Removing the deadline for forming a public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities.
  SenateBateman· C 78 L 26

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