New Washington laws from 2023

Washington enacted 473 new laws in 2023. The most common effective date is July 23, 2023, shared by 374 of them.

Each one links to its bill, with the sponsor, the floor votes and the staff analysis when there is one. When the Legislature says a law has more than one effective date, it says so next to the law, and the final bill report has the details.

Effective February 16, 2023 · 1 law

Chapter 2SHB 1103: Avoiding interest arbitrage charges on bond proceeds in the capital vessel replacement account.

Effective March 30, 2023 · 1 law

Chapter 15SSB 5490: Concerning health care coverage for retired or disabled employees denied coverage for failure to timely notify the authority of their intent to defer coverage.

Effective April 13, 2023 · 3 laws

Chapter 63SHB 1784: Concerning hunger relief.
Chapter 81SHB 1572: Concerning venue for actions for the recovery of taxes.
Chapter 87SSB 5338: Reviewing the state's essential health benefits.

Effective April 14, 2023 · 2 laws

Effective April 20, 2023 · 4 laws

Effective April 25, 2023 · 3 laws

Effective April 27, 2023 · 3 laws

Effective May 1, 2023 · 2 laws

Chapter 203HB 1199: Addressing licensed child care in common interest communities.
Chapter 2102SHB 1452: Establishing a state medical reserve corps.

Effective May 3, 2023 · 1 law

Chapter 235ESB 5352: Concerning vehicular pursuits.

Effective May 4, 2023 · 2 laws

Effective May 9, 2023 · 2 laws

Effective May 11, 2023 · 2 laws

Chapter 4192SHB 1470: Concerning private detention facilities.
Chapter 429EHB 1846: Addressing vessel procurement at the Washington state ferries.Partially vetoed.

Effective May 15, 2023 · 2 laws

Effective May 16, 2023 · 4 laws

Chapter 472ESHB 1125: Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium and the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Making transportation appropriations for the 2021-2023 and 2023-2025 fiscal biennia.)Partially vetoed.
Chapter 473ESHB 1148: Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.
Chapter 474ESSB 5200: Concerning the capital budget.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 475ESSB 5187: Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations and 2021-2023 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations.Partially vetoed.

Effective June 20, 2023 · 1 law

Chapter 1382SHB 1204: Implementing the family connections program.

Effective June 30, 2023 · 3 laws

Effective July 1, 2023 · 12 laws

Chapter 12ESSB 5142: Creating an account for the pharmaceutical rebate revenue generated by the purchase of medications for people living with HIV who are enrolled in the early intervention program.
Chapter 27SHB 1266: Concerning email communication by the office of the insurance commissioner.
Chapter 41SB 5295: Eliminating accounts.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 95ESSB 5320: Concerning journey level electrician certifications of competency.
Chapter 139HB 1237: Redistributing the vehicle identification number inspection fee.
Chapter 279SSB 5448: Concerning liquor licensee privileges for the delivery of alcohol.
Chapter 284E2SSB 5634: Concerning problem gambling.
Chapter 317SB 5166: Reauthorizing the business and occupation tax deduction for cooperative finance organizations.
Chapter 355SHB 1711: Providing a sales and use tax exemption related to internet and telecommunications infrastructure projects involving a federally recognized Indian tribe.
Chapter 388SHB 1682: Concerning the Washington auto theft prevention authority account.
Chapter 397SB 5350: Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.
Chapter 435ESSB 5293: Concerning accounts.Some sections take effect on other dates.

Effective July 23, 2023 · 374 laws

Chapter 5SB 5003: Increasing the number of district court judges in Snohomish county.
Chapter 6SSB 5005: Concerning real property.
Chapter 7SSB 5033: Reclassifying the sentence for the crime of custodial sexual misconduct.
Chapter 8SB 5036: Concerning telemedicine.
Chapter 9SB 5079: Concerning the date by which tuition operating fees are established.
Chapter 10SSB 5121: Establishing the joint select committee on health care and behavioral health oversight.
Chapter 11SB 5122: Extending the expiration date of the ambulance transport fund.
Chapter 13SSB 5275: Expanding access to benefits provided by the school employees' benefits board.
Chapter 14SB 5394: Concerning malpractice insurance for international medical graduate supervisors.
Chapter 16SSB 5729: Removing the expiration date on the cost-sharing cap for insulin.
Chapter 17ESSB 5272: Concerning speed safety camera systems on state highways.
Chapter 18SHB 1007: Concerning interruptive military service credit for members of the state retirement systems.
Chapter 19SHB 1015: Concerning minimum employment requirements for paraeducators.
Chapter 20SHB 1060: Concerning reorganization of domestic mutual insurers.
Chapter 21HB 1061: Eliminating prelicensing education requirements for licensed insurance producers.
Chapter 22SHB 1070: Exempting the sale and leaseback of property by a seller from the residential landlord-tenant act when the seller agrees to a written lease at closing.
Chapter 23SHB 1101: Providing for tenant screening in common interest communities.
Chapter 24HB 1102: Concerning judge pro tempore compensation.
Chapter 25HB 1107: Concerning removing the terms "master" and "servant" from Titles 50 and 50A.
Chapter 26HB 1179: Authorizing the state auditor to receive nonconviction data.
Chapter 28HB 1303: Concerning the administration of property taxes.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 29HB 1319: Addressing collision reporting criteria triggering driver's license reexamination.
Chapter 30SHB 1458: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for apprenticeship program participants.
Chapter 31SHB 1499: Concerning food assistance funding.
Chapter 33SB 5023: Concerning roadside safety measures.
Chapter 34SSB 5028: Revising the process for individuals to request name changes.
Chapter 36SB 5089: Making changes to factory assembled structures, manufactured or mobile homes, commercial coaches, conversion vending units, medical units, recreational vehicles, and park trailers requirements, including adding board members to the factory assembled structures advisory committee.
Chapter 37ESSB 5143: Changing the name of and adding a member to the commission on pesticide registration.
Chapter 38ESSB 5179: Increasing access to the provisions of the Washington death with dignity act.
Chapter 39SB 5192: Authorizing administrative law judges to substitute for pollution control hearings board members in deciding derelict vessel appeals.
Chapter 40E2SSB 5198: Concerning the sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities and the property on which they sit.
Chapter 43SB 5342: Concerning transit agencies' ability to enter into interlocal agreements for procurement.
Chapter 44SB 5370: Concerning adult protective services.
Chapter 45SB 5421: Exempting benefit enrollment information collected and maintained by the health care authority from public inspection and copying under the public records act.
Chapter 46SSB 5439: Concerning livestock identification.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 47SB 5553: Authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption.
Chapter 48SSB 5569: Creating exemptions from certificate of need requirements for kidney disease centers.
Chapter 49SSB 5627: Concerning salaries for county commissioners and councilmembers.
Chapter 50ESB 5650: Concerning salary inflationary increases for K-12 employees.
Chapter 51SB 5700: Modernizing state health care authority related laws.
Chapter 52ESB 5623: Modifying an element of the offense of hate crime and classifying a hate crime as crimes against persons.
Chapter 53HB 1001: Concerning the audiology and speech-language pathology interstate compact.
Chapter 54HB 1004: Installing signs on or near bridges to provide information to deter jumping.
Chapter 55HB 1017: Expediting licensure for cosmetologists, hair designers, barbers, manicurists, and estheticians.
Chapter 58SHB 1069: Adopting the mental health counselor compact.
Chapter 59SHB 1077: Concerning courthouse facility dogs.
Chapter 60HB 1082: Expanding opportunities for physical therapy and occupational therapy professionals to form professional service corporations.
Chapter 62HB 1100: Concerning the disposition of the remains of a county resident who dies indigent in an adjacent county outside of Washington.
Chapter 65SHB 1165: Concerning civil remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images.
Chapter 66EHB 1209: Restricting the possession, purchase, delivery, and sale of certain equipment used to illegally process controlled substances.
Chapter 68SHB 1254: Clarifying ambiguities in statutory provisions administered by the department of revenue relating to periodic adjustments.
Chapter 69HB 1265: Establishing a property tax exemption for adult family homes that serve people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and are owned by a nonprofit.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 70EHB 1274: Creating a child malnutrition field guide for the department of children, youth, and families.
Chapter 71HB 1287: Concerning dental hygienists.
Chapter 72HB 1290: Concerning training for tribal police officers and employees.
Chapter 74SHB 1352: Authorizing tribal investment in county investment pools.
Chapter 75HB 1419: Concerning county treasurers' duties.
Chapter 76HB 1420: Concerning lien priority of mortgages and deeds of trust.
Chapter 78HB 1514: Addressing the purchase and distribution of insignia to manufacturers of recreational vehicles and/or park trailers.
Chapter 792SHB 1522: Addressing sexual misconduct at scholarly or professional associations.
Chapter 80HB 1544: Concerning shoreline master program review schedules.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 82SHB 1620: Concerning the number of inhabitants required for incorporation as a city or town. Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 83HB 1624: Administering educational service district elections.
Chapter 84HB 1645: Concerning meetings of county legislative authorities.
Chapter 85HB 1656: Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures.
Chapter 86HB 1657: Authorizing justices, judges, and judicial officers of federal courts to solemnize marriages.
Chapter 88SB 5088: Adding references to contractor registration and licensing laws in workers' compensation, public works, and prevailing wage statutes.
Chapter 89SB 5113: Concerning faculty in dental schools.
Chapter 91SSB 5170: Concerning funding and expenditures for legislative organizations by legislators who serve as elected leaders of those organizations.
Chapter 93SSB 5229: Accelerating rural job growth and promoting economic recovery across Washington through site readiness grants.
Chapter 94SSB 5304: Testing individuals who provide language access to state services.
Chapter 96ESB 5336: Concerning population criteria for the main street trust fund tax credit. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning the main street trust fund tax credit.)
Chapter 97SB 5385: Concerning work performed by institutions of higher education.
Chapter 98ESSB 5512: Adding financial transparency reporting requirements to the public four-year dashboard.
Chapter 100SSB 5547: Concerning nursing pool transparency.
Chapter 101SSB 5604: Concerning county sales and use taxes for mental health and housing.
Chapter 102SSB 5087: Removing language from the Revised Code of Washington that has been identified by the justices of the supreme court or judges of the superior courts as defects and omissions in the laws pursuant to Article IV, section 25 of the Washington state Constitution.
Chapter 103ESHB 1051: Concerning robocalling and telephone scams.
Chapter 104SHB 1177: Creating a missing and murdered indigenous women and people cold case investigations unit.
Chapter 105ESHB 1329: Preventing utility shutoffs for nonpayment during extreme heat.
Chapter 106ESB 5015: Reestablishing the productivity board.
Chapter 107SB 5066: Concerning health care benefit managers.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 109ESSB 5082: Encouraging electoral participation and making ballots more meaningful by abolishing advisory votes.
Chapter 111SB 5131: Concerning money received by the department of corrections on behalf of inmates from family or other outside sources for the purchase of commissary items.
Chapter 112ESSB 5217: Concerning the state's ability to regulate certain industries and risk classifications to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders.
Chapter 113SB 5228: Providing occupational therapy services for persons with behavioral health disorders.
Chapter 116SSB 5286: Modifying the premium provisions of the paid family and medical leave program.
Chapter 117SB 5331: Concerning job search requirements for unemployment insurance benefits.
Chapter 118SB 5347: Concerning access to abstract driving records.
Chapter 119SB 5390: Establishing a programmatic safe harbor agreement on forestlands.
Chapter 121SB 5452: Authorizing impact fee revenue to fund improvements to bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
Chapter 123SSB 5499: Concerning the multistate nurse licensure compact.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 1242SSB 5518: Concerning cybersecurity.
Chapter 125SSB 5542: Preventing the destruction of electric vehicle supply equipment.
Chapter 126E2SSB 5582: Reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of nurses in Washington.
Chapter 127SB 5683: Concerning child-specific foster care licenses for placement of Indian children.
Chapter 1282SHB 1013: Establishing regional apprenticeship programs.
Chapter 129HB 1023: Eliminating wire tap authorization reporting to the administrative office of the courts.
Chapter 130HB 1030: Concerning applied doctorate degree-granting authority.
Chapter 131HB 1031: Modifying medal of valor award presentation requirements.
Chapter 1322SHB 1032: Mitigating the risk of wildfires through electric utility planning and identification of best management practices appropriate to each electric utility's circumstances.
Chapter 133HB 1046: Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments by rebenchmarking area median income limits.
Chapter 135SHB 1085: Reducing plastic pollution.
Chapter 137SHB 1171: Modifying the motorcycle safety education advisory board.
Chapter 140ESHB 1251: Concerning water systems' notice to customers of public health considerations.
Chapter 141SHB 1255: Reducing stigma and incentivizing health care professionals to participate in a substance use disorder monitoring and treatment program.
Chapter 142HB 1259: Updating the executive team of the office of the secretary of state by adding signing authority to the chief of staff position.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 143SHB 1275: Concerning athletic trainers.
Chapter 144ESHB 1311: Addressing credit repair services performed by a credit services organization.
Chapter 145SHB 1323: Requiring a training and certification program for individuals who apply fire-resistant materials.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 146HB 1334: Addressing the access of certain aquatic lands by a public transportation benefit area.
Chapter 147SHB 1355: Updating property tax exemptions for service-connected disabled veterans and senior citizens.
Chapter 148ESHB 1361: Updating statutes related to state employment by removing obsolete language, eliminating unnecessary reports, conforming a reporting period to fiscal year, and modernizing employee pay procedures.
Chapter 149HB 1370: Providing the payment of awards to whistleblowers who report violations of state or federal securities laws and providing protection to whistleblowers and internal reporters.
Chapter 150ESHB 1394: Creating a developmentally appropriate response to youth who commit sexual offenses.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 151SHB 1406: Concerning youth seeking housing assistance and other related services.
Chapter 152SHB 1501: Authorizing additional counseling services for immediate family members of homicide victims.
Chapter 153SHB 1577: Concerning municipal officers' beneficial interest in contracts.
Chapter 154SHB 1658: Authorizing public high school students to earn elective credit for paid work experience.
Chapter 155HB 1707: Concerning bingo conducted by bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations.
Chapter 156HB 1712: Protecting workers displaced due to finfish aquaculture facility closure.
Chapter 1572SHB 1728: Creating a statewide resiliency program.
Chapter 158HB 1730: Allowing people 18 years of age or older to work in certain 21 year and older establishments.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 159HB 1763: Ensuring completion of conditional scholarship obligations and reducing penalties for excusable incomplete obligations.
Chapter 160HB 1792: Modifying timelines and other initial procedural actions in a water rights adjudication.
Chapter 163SSB 5078: Protecting public safety by establishing duties of firearm industry members.
Chapter 1652SHB 1009: Concerning military spouse employment.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 166SHB 1068: Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations.
Chapter 167SHB 1084: Concerning freight mobility prioritization.
Chapter 168SHB 1132: Concerning oversight and training requirements for limited authority Washington peace officers and agencies.
Chapter 169E2SHB 1170: Improving climate resilience through updates to the state's integrated climate response strategy.
Chapter 170ESHB 1175: Creating a state financial assurance program for petroleum underground storage tanks.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 173HB 1230: Requiring school districts and other public education entities to make information from the department of health available.
Chapter 174HB 1232: Enhancing the college bound scholarship program.
Chapter 175SHB 1247: Licensing music therapists.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 177HB 1345: Concerning the contribution to costs of privileges by incarcerated individuals.
Chapter 178HB 1552: Directing the state conservation commission to conduct a study of urban agricultural opportunities and barriers in the state.
Chapter 179HB 1575: Modifying the sales and use tax for cultural access programs by allowing the tax to be imposed by a councilmanic or commission authority and defining timelines and priorities for action.
Chapter 180ESHB 1600: Providing access to sealed juvenile records for firearm purposes.
Chapter 181HB 1750: Promoting water safety education.
Chapter 182SSB 5127: Clarifying school districts' ability to redact personal information related to a student.
Chapter 183SSB 5145: Clarifying existing law regarding liability protections associated with public recreational use of lands or waters under a hydroelectric license issued by the federal energy regulatory commission.
Chapter 184SB 5155: Concerning the court of appeals.
Chapter 186SB 5330: Concerning the Washington pesticide application act.
Chapter 187SSB 5353: Concerning the voluntary stewardship program.
Chapter 188SB 5550: Addressing workforce development issues, including cultural issues, at the Washington state ferries.
Chapter 189SSB 5561: Extending the expiration date of the law enforcement community engagement grant project.
Chapter 190SSB 5687: Creating and supporting postsecondary wrestling grant programs.
Chapter 191ESHB 1155: Addressing the collection, sharing, and selling of consumer health data.
Chapter 194SB 5242: Prohibiting cost sharing for abortion.
Chapter 196HB 1002: Increasing the penalty for hazing.
Chapter 1972SHB 1028: Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses in the legal system.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 1982SHB 1039: Concerning physical therapists performing intramuscular needling.
Chapter 200SHB 1117: Addressing the extent to which Washington residents are at risk of rolling blackouts and power supply inadequacy events.
Chapter 201HB 1128: Raising the residential personal needs allowance.
Chapter 202ESHB 1187: Concerning privileged communication between employees and the unions that represent them.
Chapter 204SHB 1200: Requiring public employers to provide employee information to exclusive bargaining representatives.
Chapter 205HB 1312: Concerning jury service.
Chapter 206HB 1349: Concerning foreclosure protections.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 207HB 1407: Maintaining eligibility for developmental disability services.
Chapter 208ESHB 1424: Concerning consumer protection with respect to the sale and adoption of dogs and cats.
Chapter 209SHB 1435: Developing a home care safety net assessment.
Chapter 211ESHB 1466: Concerning currently credentialed dental auxiliaries.
Chapter 212HB 1512: Providing tools and resources for the location and recovery of missing persons.
Chapter 2132SHB 1534: Strengthening protections for consumers in the construction industry.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 214EHB 1636: Concerning foreclosure protections for homeowners in common interest communities.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 215EHB 1663: Allowing functionally consolidated port districts to adopt a unified levy.
Chapter 216SHB 1683: Concerning health carriers offering dental only coverage.
Chapter 217HB 1772: Prohibiting products that combine alcohol and tetrahydrocannabinol.
Chapter 218E2SSB 5001: Concerning public facility districts created by at least two city or county legislative authorities.
Chapter 219SB 5065: Encouraging public school instruction in awareness of bone marrow donation.
Chapter 220E2SSB 5080: Expanding and improving the social equity in cannabis program.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 221ESSB 5124: Supporting guardianships and voluntary placement with nonrelative kin.
Chapter 2222SSB 5225: Increasing access to the working connections child care program.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 223SB 5252: Making modifications necessary to comply with federal regulations regarding dissemination of federal bureau of investigation criminal history record information.
Chapter 224SSB 5358: Expanding veterans' services and programs.
Chapter 225SSB 5374: Concerning the adoption of county critical area ordinances by cities.
Chapter 226SSB 5381: Concerning letters of recommendation or congratulations sent by legislators.
Chapter 227SSB 5433: Concerning the removal of derelict aquatic structures and restoration of aquatic lands.
Chapter 228E2SHB 1181: Improving the state's response to climate change by updating the state's planning framework.
Chapter 229SSB 5165: Concerning electric power system transmission planning.
Chapter 230E2SHB 1216: Concerning clean energy siting.
Chapter 2312SHB 1176: Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities.
Chapter 232ESSB 5447: Promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 233HB 1416: Applying the affected market customer provisions of the Washington clean energy transformation act to nonresidential customers of consumer-owned utilities.
Chapter 234SHB 1236: Enhancing access to clean fuel for agencies providing public transportation.
Chapter 236ESHB 1033: Evaluating compostable product usage in Washington.
Chapter 237HB 1049: Updating timelines for adopting county commissioner district boundaries following expansion from three to five commissioners.
Chapter 238EHB 1086: Increasing local governments' ability to contract with community service organizations.
Chapter 2392SHB 1322: Concerning the Walla Walla water 2050 plan.
Chapter 240ESHB 1106: Concerning qualifications for unemployment insurance when an individual voluntarily leaves work.
Chapter 241HB 1114: Concerning the membership of the sentencing guidelines commission.
Chapter 242SHB 1207: Preventing and responding to harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination in schools.
Chapter 243SHB 1217: Concerning wage complaints.
Chapter 244HB 1218: Adding a new caseload for the official caseload forecast for the number of people eligible for the working families' tax credit under RCW 82.08.0206.
Chapter 245ESHB 1222: Requiring coverage for hearing instruments.
Chapter 246SHB 1234: Concerning the civil forfeiture of animals seized for abuse or neglect.
Chapter 247HB 1243: Concerning municipal airport commissions.
Chapter 248HB 1262: Establishing a lump sum reporting system.
Chapter 249SHB 1326: Waiving municipal utility connection charges for certain properties.
Chapter 250ESHB 1369: Concerning off-duty employment of fish and wildlife officers.
Chapter 251SHB 1457: Concerning a motor carrier’s ability to access restroom facilities required by rules authorized under chapter 49.17 RCW.
Chapter 2522SHB 1491: Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles.
Chapter 254HB 1563: Concerning arrest protections for the medical use of cannabis.
Chapter 255SHB 1621: Concerning standardizing local government procurement rules among special purpose districts, first-class and second-class cities, and public utility districts.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 256HB 1684: Clarifying procedures for federally recognized tribes to report standard occupational classifications or job titles of workers under the employment security act.
Chapter 257ESHB 1731: Concerning complimentary liquor by short-term rental operators.
Chapter 258HB 1742: Concerning nontax statutes administered by the department of revenue.
Chapter 259HB 1771: Concerning relocation assistance for tenants of closed or converted manufactured/mobile home parks.
Chapter 260HB 1775: Limiting liability for salmon recovery projects performed by regional fisheries enhancement groups.
Chapter 262SSB 5006: Clarifying waiver of firearm rights.
Chapter 263SB 5058: Exempting buildings with 12 or fewer units that are no more than two stories from the definition of multiunit residential building.
Chapter 265SSB 5072: Advancing equity in programs for highly capable students.
Chapter 268SSB 5114: Supporting adults with lived experience of sex trafficking.
Chapter 270SSB 5189: Establishing behavioral health support specialists.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 271E2SSB 5243: Concerning high school and beyond planning.
Chapter 272ESSB 5257: Ensuring elementary school students receive sufficient daily recess.
Chapter 273SB 5282: Authorizing vehicle dealers to file a report of sale.
Chapter 274SB 5283: Authorizing the state board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors to waive the fundamentals examination for professional engineer or professional land surveyor comity applicants.
Chapter 275ESSB 5301: Concerning housing programs administered by the department of commerce.
Chapter 276ESB 5341: Creating a location-based branding and promotion program for Washington food and agricultural products. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Creating a location-based promotion program for Washington food and agricultural products.)
Chapter 277SSB 5386: Reducing administrative complexity by increasing transparency of revenue flows for activities funded by document recording fees.
Chapter 278SB 5392: Concerning overpayments for certain matters.
Chapter 280SB 5457: Implementing growth management task force legislative recommendations regarding small cities.
Chapter 281SB 5531: Concerning special use permits for milk product haulers.
Chapter 282ESB 5534: Concerning workforce education investment accountability and oversight board staffing changes.
Chapter 285ESHB 1042: Concerning the use of existing buildings for residential purposes.
Chapter 287SHB 1138: Concerning drought preparedness.
Chapter 2882SHB 1168: Providing prevention services, diagnoses, treatment, and support for prenatal substance exposure.
Chapter 289ESHB 1260: Accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity.
Chapter 290SHB 1271: Concerning organ transport vehicles.
Chapter 2912SHB 1390: Concerning district energy systems.
Chapter 292E2SHB 1515: Concerning contracting and procurement requirements for behavioral health services in medical assistance programs.
Chapter 2942SHB 1525: Concerning eligibility for working connections child care benefits for persons participating in state registered apprenticeships.
Chapter 295SHB 1562: Reducing the risks of lethality and other harm associated with gun violence, gender-based violence, and other types of violence.
Chapter 296HB 1564: Prohibiting the sale of over-the-counter sexual assault kits.
Chapter 297ESHB 1576: Concerning the dentist and dental hygienist compact.
Chapter 298HB 1599: Concerning court files and records exemptions for firearm background checks.
Chapter 299HB 1626: Concerning coverage for colorectal screening tests under medical assistance programs.
Chapter 300HB 1679: Modifying and extending requirements of a work group convened to address the needs of students in foster care, experiencing homelessness, or both.
Chapter 301HB 1695: Defining affordable housing for purposes of using surplus public property for public benefit.
Chapter 302SHB 1700: Establishing a cultural landscape feature on the capitol campus to commemorate eastern Washington.
Chapter 303SHB 1701: Concerning basic education services to youth who are served through institutional education programs.
Chapter 304SHB 1753: Changing certain notice provisions in the derelict vessel removal program.
Chapter 305ESHB 1758: Concerning permitting for certain hatchery maintenance activities.
Chapter 309HB 1777: Authorizing the use of performance-based contracting for energy services and equipment.
Chapter 310SHB 1779: Reducing toxic air pollution that threatens human health.
Chapter 311SHB 1783: Supporting economic development in distressed areas through hiring of grant writers.
Chapter 313EHB 1812: Continuing the business and occupation tax deduction for federal funds received from a medicaid transformation or demonstration project or medicaid quality improvement program or standard.
Chapter 3142SSB 5048: Eliminating college in the high school fees.
Chapter 3152SSB 5103: Concerning payment to acute care hospitals for difficult to discharge medicaid patients.
Chapter 3162SSB 5128: Concerning jury diversity.
Chapter 319SSB 5218: Providing a sales and use tax exemption for mobility enhancing equipment for use by or for a complex needs patient.
Chapter 320ESSB 5231: Concerning the issuance of emergency domestic violence no-contact orders.
Chapter 3222SSB 5269: Concerning Washington state manufacturing.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 323E2SSB 5278: Implementing audit recommendations to reduce barriers to home care aide certification.
Chapter 324SB 5287: Concerning a study on the recycling of wind turbine blades.
Chapter 325SSB 5300: Concerning continuity of coverage for prescription drugs prescribed for the treatment of behavioral health conditions.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 326SSB 5317: Concerning the removal of vehicles by a regional transit authority when obstructing the operation of high capacity transportation vehicles or jeopardizing public safety.
Chapter 327SB 5323: Concerning the department of veterans affairs.
Chapter 328ESB 5355: Mandating instruction on sex trafficking prevention and identification for students in grades seven through 12.
Chapter 330HB 1020: Designating the Suciasaurus rex as the official dinosaur of the state of Washington.
Chapter 331SHB 1074: Addressing documentation and processes governing landlords' claims for damage to residential premises.
Chapter 332E2SHB 1110: Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing.
Chapter 333ESHB 1293: Streamlining development regulations.
Chapter 334EHB 1337: Expanding housing options by easing barriers to the construction and use of accessory dwelling units.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 335E2SSB 5045: Incentivizing rental of accessory dwelling units to low-income households.
Chapter 336ESSB 5197: Addressing landlord-tenant relations by providing technical changes to eviction notice forms and modifying certain eviction processes.
Chapter 337E2SSB 5258: Increasing the supply and affordability of condominium units and townhouses as an option for homeownership.
Chapter 3382SSB 5290: Concerning consolidating local permit review processes.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 339ESSB 5702: Expanding the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth pilot program.
Chapter 3402SHB 1474: Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in Washington state.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 341HB 1018: Changing the expiration date for the sales and use tax exemption of hog fuel to comply with the 2045 deadline for fossil fuel-free electrical generation in Washington state and to protect jobs with health care and retirement benefits in economically distressed communities.
Chapter 342ESHB 1050: Expanding apprenticeship utilization requirements.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 343SHB 1163: Exempting certain leasehold interests in arenas with a seating capacity of more than 2,000 from the leasehold excise tax.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 344ESHB 1173: Reducing light pollution associated with certain energy infrastructure.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 345E2SHB 1188: Concerning individuals with developmental disabilities that have also received child welfare services.
Chapter 346HB 1221: Concerning the privacy of lottery players.
Chapter 347HB 1257: Concerning the authority of cargo and passenger ports.
Chapter 348SHB 1258: Increasing tourism to Washington state through enhancement of the statewide tourism marketing account and changing necessary match requirements.
Chapter 349HB 1308: Concerning high school graduation pathway options.
Chapter 3502SHB 1316: Expanding access to dual credit programs.
Chapter 3512SHB 1425: Facilitating municipal annexations.
Chapter 352SHB 1500: Increasing the cap on gross sales for cottage food operations.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 353ESHB 1503: Collecting health care professionals' information at the time of license application and license renewal.
Chapter 356ESHB 1744: Clarifying the responsibilities and accountability for the effective delivery and oversight of public education services to charter school students.
Chapter 357SB 5000: Recognizing contributions of Americans of Chinese descent. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Recognizing contributions of Chinese Americans and Americans of Chinese descent.)
Chapter 358SSB 5101: Concerning extraordinary medical placement for incarcerated individuals at the department of corrections.
Chapter 360ESSB 5152: Defining synthetic media in campaigns for elective office, and providing relief for candidates and campaigns.
Chapter 361SB 5153: Concerning uniform disclosure of records related to future voters and making conforming amendments related to participation of future voters in state primaries.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 362ESB 5175: Concerning written contracts between school boards and principals.
Chapter 3642SSB 5263: Concerning access to psilocybin services by individuals 21 years of age and older.Some sections take effect on other dates.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 365E2SSB 5367: Concerning the regulation of products containing THC.
Chapter 366SSB 5396: Concerning cost sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations.
Chapter 3682SSB 5412: Reducing local governments' land use permitting workloads.
Chapter 369SSB 5437: Concerning vacancies of the governing body of special purpose districts.
Chapter 371SSB 5460: Concerning collection of assessments for irrigation and rehabilitation districts.
Chapter 372SSB 5491: Allowing for residential buildings of a certain height to be served by a single exit under certain conditions. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning a technical advisory group to study single stairway residential buildings.)
Chapter 373ESSB 5528: Concerning retainage requirements for private construction projects.
Chapter 374SSB 5565: Modifying tax and revenue laws by making technical corrections, clarifying ambiguities, easing compliance burdens for taxpayers, and providing administrative efficiencies.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 376SSB 5714: Concerning payments made for property taxes or special assessments by an automated check processing service.
Chapter 378ESHB 1019: Creating the pesticide advisory board.
Chapter 379E2SHB 1238: Providing free school meals for all.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 381ESHB 1335: Concerning the unauthorized publication of personal identifying information.
Chapter 382E2SHB 1357: Modernizing the prior authorization process.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 383SHB 1460: Concerning the department of natural resources land transactions, revenue distributions, and creation and management of a trust land transfer program. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning the department of natural resources trust land management.)
Chapter 384HB 1536: Clarifying requirements governing the withholding of high school diplomas.
Chapter 3852SHB 1578: Improving community preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience to wildland fire health and safety impacts in areas of increasing population density, including in the wildland urban interface.
Chapter 386HB 1622: Supporting the needs of students experiencing homelessness.
Chapter 3872SHB 1639: Concerning the Billy Frank Jr. national statuary hall selection committee.
Chapter 389EHB 1823: Modifying the Washington student loan program.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 390ESHB 1838: Transferring the responsibilities for the transportation revenue forecast for the transportation budget to the economic and revenue forecast council.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 391SSB 5081: Concerning victim notification.
Chapter 392SSB 5096: Concerning employee ownership.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 393ESSB 5173: Concerning property exempt from execution.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 394SSB 5182: Concerning procedures and deadlines for candidate filing.
Chapter 398ESSB 5365: Preventing use of vapor and tobacco products by minors.
Chapter 399SB 5369: Reassessing standards for polychlorinated biphenyls in consumer products.
Chapter 400SSB 5389: Concerning the practice of optometry.
Chapter 401SSB 5398: Concerning domestic violence funding allocation.
Chapter 402SB 5403: Establishing school district depreciation subfunds for the purposes of preventative maintenance.
Chapter 403SSB 5436: Concerning transfers of firearms to museums and historical societies.
Chapter 404SB 5459: Concerning requests for records containing election information.
Chapter 4052SSB 5502: Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment.
Chapter 4062SSB 5593: Improving equity in the transfer of student data between K-12 schools and institutions of higher education.
Chapter 407SSB 5617: Concerning career and technical education course equivalencies.
Chapter 408ESSB 5599: Supporting youth and young adults seeking protected health care services.
Chapter 409SHB 1043: Concerning association records in common interest communities.
Chapter 411SHB 1267: Concerning rural public facilities sales and use tax.
Chapter 412HB 1301: Creating license review and reporting requirements.
Chapter 413HB 1317: Concerning grassroots lobbying disclosure. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning grass roots lobbying disclosure.)
Chapter 414SHB 1318: Concerning retail sales tax exemptions for certain aircraft maintenance and repair.
Chapter 415EHB 1324: Concerning the scoring of prior juvenile offenses in sentencing range calculations.
Chapter 416SHB 1431: Clarifying that meals furnished to tenants of senior living communities as part of their rental agreement are not subject to sales and use tax.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 417ESHB 1436: Funding special education.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 4182SHB 1447: Strengthening the ability of assistance programs to meet foundational needs of children, adults, and families.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 4202SHB 1550: Assisting eligible children in need of additional preparation to be successful in kindergarten by establishing the transition to kindergarten program.
Chapter 4212SHB 1559: Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act.
Chapter 422HB 1573: Extending tax preferences for dairy, fruit and vegetable, and seafood processors.
Chapter 4232SHB 1580: Creating a system to support children in crisis.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 424E2SHB 1694: Addressing home care workforce shortages.
Chapter 4262SHB 1745: Improving diversity in clinical trials.
Chapter 427SHB 1756: Supporting clean energy through tax changes that increase revenue to local governments, schools, and impacted communities.
Chapter 428EHB 1782: Addressing the operating and maintenance deficit of the Wahkiakum county ferry.
Chapter 431ESHB 1853: Making certain corrective changes resulting from the enactment of chapter 182, Laws of 2022 (transportation resources).
Chapter 432SB 5004: Making updates to the Washington business corporation act.
Chapter 434E2SSB 5144: Providing for responsible environmental management of batteries.
Chapter 436E2SSB 5315: Concerning nonpublic agencies operating special education programs for students with disabilities.
Chapter 437SB 5316: Concerning background check and licensing fees for programs administered by the department of children, youth, and families.
Chapter 438SB 5324: Concerning the defense community compatibility account.
Chapter 439SB 5497: Concerning medicaid expenditures.
Chapter 441ESSB 5515: Protecting children from child abuse and neglect. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Protecting children from child abuse and neglect at residential facilities and residential private schools.)Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 442SSB 5523: Addressing the forensic pathologist shortage.
Chapter 4432SSB 5532: Providing enhanced payment to low volume, small rural hospitals.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 444SSB 5581: Developing strategies to reduce or eliminate deductibles for maternal support services and postpartum care.
Chapter 445ESSB 5583: Improving young driver safety.
Chapter 446SSB 5720: Concerning risk mitigation in property insurance.
Chapter 447SSB 5742: Codifying certain existing grant programs at the department of transportation.
Chapter 448SSB 5753: Concerning a roadway construction cooperative agreement between the department of transportation and the Lummi Nation.
Chapter 450SHB 1346: Creating the purple star award.
Chapter 451SHB 1570: Concerning social insurance programs applicable to transportation network companies and drivers.
Chapter 452ESSB 5371: Protecting southern resident orcas from vessels.Some sections take effect on other dates.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 453E2SSB 5440: Providing timely competency evaluations and restoration services to persons suffering from behavioral health disorders.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 454E2SHB 1134: Implementing the 988 behavioral health crisis response and suicide prevention system.
Chapter 455SHB 1047: Concerning the use of toxic chemicals in cosmetic products.
Chapter 457ESHB 1498: Concerning aviation assurance funding in response to wildland fires.
Chapter 461HB 1696: Concerning stalking-related offenses.
Chapter 462E2SHB 1715: Enacting comprehensive protections for victims of domestic violence and other violence involving family members or intimate partners.
Chapter 463ESHB 1791: Studying the need for increased commercial aviation services.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 465SB 5104: Surveying Puget Sound marine shoreline habitat.
Chapter 466E2SSB 5112: Updating processes related to voter registration.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 4672SSB 5134: Concerning reentry services and supports.Partially vetoed.
Chapter 468ESSB 5186: Requiring antidiscrimination clauses in public contracting.
Chapter 4692SSB 5555: Creating the profession of certified peer specialists.Some sections take effect on other dates.Partially vetoed.

Effective August 1, 2023 · 1 law

Chapter 307SHB 1764: Establishing a method of valuing asphalt and aggregate used in public road construction for purposes of taxation.

Effective August 15, 2023 · 1 law

Chapter 1, 1st Special Session2E2SSB 5536: Concerning controlled substances, counterfeit substances, and legend drug possession and treatment.Some sections take effect on other dates.

Effective October 31, 2023 · 1 law

Chapter 185SSB 5261: Concerning cemetery authority permit, license, or endorsement deadlines.

Effective January 1, 2024 · 22 laws

Effective April 1, 2024 · 1 law

Chapter 32HB 1540: Requiring driver training curriculum to include instruction on sharing the road with large vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles and buses.

Effective June 1, 2024 · 1 law

Chapter 199HB 1055: Concerning public safety employees' retirement plan membership for public safety telecommunicators.

Effective June 30, 2024 · 1 law

Chapter 67EHB 1210: Concerning the recording of school board meetings.

Effective July 1, 2024 · 5 laws

Chapter 114E2SSB 5236: Concerning hospital staffing standards.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 293SHB 1521: Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.
Chapter 3062SHB 1762: Protecting warehouse employees.
Chapter 3952SSB 5268: Addressing equity and efficiencies in public works procurement including modifying small works roster requirements.Some sections take effect on other dates.
Chapter 440SSB 5504: Addressing open motor vehicle safety recalls.

Effective July 15, 2024 · 1 law

Chapter 363SSB 5208: Updating the process for online voter registration by allowing voter applicants to provide the last four digits of social security number for authentication.

Effective November 18, 2024 · 1 law

Chapter 35SB 5041: Concerning compliance with federal motor carrier safety administration requirements for the drug and alcohol clearinghouse.

Effective January 1, 2025 · 3 laws

Effective July 1, 2025 · 3 laws

Effective date as the Legislature lists it · 10 laws

Chapter 73EHB 1336: Splitting the volunteer firefighters' and reserve officers' relief and pension principal fund into two accounts.The Legislature’s record: Effective date 7/23/2023**.
Chapter 264SB 5069: Allowing interstate cannabis agreements.The Legislature’s record: Effective date Contingent**.
Chapter 377SB 5765: Addressing tolling authorization for the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project.The Legislature’s record: Effective date 7/23/2023***.
Chapter 380SHB 1250: Modifying the low-income home rehabilitation program.The Legislature’s record: Effective date 7/1/2023**.
Chapter 4252SHB 1724: Increasing the trained behavioral health workforce.The Legislature’s record: Effective date 5/11/2023***.
Chapter 430SHB 1850: Concerning the hospital safety net program.The Legislature’s record: Effective date Contingent*.
Chapter 4332SSB 5120: Establishing crisis relief centers in Washington state.The Legislature’s record: Effective date 7/23/2023***.
Chapter 449ESHB 1169: Concerning legal financial obligations.The Legislature’s record: Effective date 7/1/2023***.
Chapter 464EHB 1797: Concerning residential real estate appraisers being allowed to complete real property evaluations. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Concerning real property appraisers.)The Legislature’s record: Contingent**
Chapter 470HB 1066: Making technical corrections and removing obsolete language from the Revised Code of Washington pursuant to RCW 1.08.025.Partially vetoed.The Legislature’s record: Effective date 7/23/2023**.

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