Commerce, Department of: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 83 bills from the 2025-26 session under Commerce, Department of. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and bills with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1001 · Fire protection, establishing grant program for capital projects in rural counties, new chapter
- HB 1022 · Housing, creating pilot program to provide down payment assistance for certain professions
- HB 1057 · Federal funding, prioritizing matching funds to help local communities acquire for economic development
- HB 1099 · Tenant assistance program, creating
- HB 1195 · Growth management, facilitating resolution of disputes regarding applications for certain housing projects
- HB 1217 · Online landlord resource center, creating
- HB 1245 · Entrepreneurship, office of, establishing to make it easier to start and grow businesses
- HB 1255 · Encampment cleanup grant program, creating with technical and financial assistance program and online dashboard
- HB 1314 · Early learning facilities grant and loan program, modifying including expenditures for matching funds
- HB 1328 · Clean energy development office, new chapter establishing to provide leadership and coordination
- HB 1360 · Quantum technology, establishing grant program and advisory committee
- HB 1383 · Baby products, grant program to purchase and distribute
- HB 1406 · Associate development organizations, modifying
- HB 1514 · Thermal energy networks, awarding grants to local governments for developing
- HB 1542 · Senior independent housing, requiring report
- HB 1593 · Child care, grant program to retain and expand in child care deserts and overburdened communities
- HB 1595 · Statewide economic development plan, requiring with advisory committee
- HB 1673 · Electric transmission office, new chapter establishing including electric transmission advisory board
- HB 1721 · Zero emission vehicles, establishing grant program for technician training and charging infrastructure
- HB 1800 · Homeless housing and assistance grant programs, accountability requirements for grantees
- HB 1808 · Affordable homeownership revolving loan fund program, new chapter establishing
- HB 1810 · Seismic risk, requiring study to reduce burden associated with seismic retrofit of unreinforced masonry buildings
- HB 1836 · Local news journalism corps program, establishing
- HB 1844 · Renewable fuels, office of, establishing alternative jet fuels infrastructure competitive grant program
- HB 1847 · Distributed energy priorities, requiring matching grant program to encourage
- HB 1866 · Nonprofit grant performance, pilot program to advance funds to improve
- HB 1889 · Senior independent living ombuds, office of state, creating for oversight of continuing care retirement communities
- HB 1903 · Statewide low-income energy assistance program, establishing including advisory group
- HB 1927 · Rent credit reporting pilot program, reporting participant tenants' information to consumer reporting agencies
- HB 1942 · Artificial intelligence, promoting economic development through innovative uses of
- HB 1945 · Crime victims advocacy, office of, role in creating office of crime victims ombuds
- HB 1960 · Renewable energy development local investment distribution program established
- HB 2047 · Washington employee ownership program, funding requirements
- HB 2129 · Agritourism authorized for land zoned for agriculture
- HB 2150 · Various programs made contingent on quarterly greenhouse gas reporting
- HB 2185 · Office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs advisory committee membership
- HB 2186 · Letters of support and scoring criteria for applications for federal funds
- HB 2267 · Model urban forestry ordinance required for local governments
- HB 2299 · Office of the state senior independent living ombuds, creating
- HB 2330 · Campus energy upgrades committee created to prioritize capital projects
- HB 2368 · State quantum technology strategy, developing
- HB 2370 · Transitional or permanent supportive housing grant requirements including substance abuse assessment
- HB 2446 · State quantum technology strategy, developing
- HB 2523 · Community reinvestment plans updated regularly and study required
- HB 2575 · Certain utility reporting requirements eliminated or made biennial
- HB 2579 · Digital equity program created for digital access and adoption resource coordinators
- HB 2587 · Pilot program to provide advance funding to grant recipients
- HB 2647 · Homeless housing and assistance grant programs, accountability requirements for grantees
- HB 2739 · Washington institute for scientific advancement established
- HB 2741 · Tribal clean energy partnership work group created
- SB 5139 · Reentry council, expanding membership with new requirements
- SB 5208 · State energy office, establishing the clean energy fund act
- SB 5222 · Online landlord resource center, creating to distribute information
- SB 5297 · Early learning facilities grant and loan program, modifying including expenditures for matching funds
- SB 5359 · Clean energy development office, new chapter establishing to provide leadership and coordination
- SB 5367 · Community engagement grant program, removing expiration
- SB 5400 · Local news journalism corps program, establishing
- SB 5451 · Quantum technology, establishing grant program and advisory committee
- SB 5466 · Electric transmission office, new chapter establishing including electric transmission advisory board
- SB 5497 · Growth management, facilitating resolution of disputes regarding applications for certain housing projects
- SB 5592 · Zero emission vehicles, establishing grant program for technician training and charging infrastructure
- SB 5601 · Renewable fuels, office of, establishing alternative jet fuels infrastructure competitive grant program
- SB 5613 · Residential development, creating stakeholder work group
- SB 5648 · Achieving a better life experience (ABLE) program, providing funding to individual accounts
- SB 5652 · Aviation mitigation grant program
- SB 5659 · Housing shortage, determining local governments' proportional share
- SB 5677 · Associate development organizations, modifying
- SB 5691 · Senior independent living ombuds, office of state, creating for oversight of continuing care retirement communities
- SB 5731 · Tenant assistance program, creating
- SB 5746 · Electric vehicle charger infrastructure, requiring committee to address crime
- SB 5821 · Contribution soliciting for nuclear power strategic framework
- SB 5938 · Foreclosure prevention fee exceptions
- SB 5957 · Office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs advisory committee membership
- SB 5964 · Office of the state senior independent living ombuds, creating
- SB 6028 · Revolving loan fund created to provide loans to eligible organizations for mixed-income development
- SB 6124 · Feasibility study for affordability index for appliances
- SB 6153 · Senior independent housing registration and requirements
- SB 6245 · Pilot program to provide advance funding to grant recipients
- SB 6275 · Community reinvestment plans updated regularly and study required
- SB 6289 · Statewide economic development and competitiveness strategic plan required
- SB 6321 · Washington institute for scientific advancement established
- SB 6354 · Instant rebate program to incentivize electric vehicles to be implemented
- SB 6355 · Tribal clean energy partnership work group created
All topics · All 2025-26 Washington State bills
Source: the Washington State Legislature’s Topical Index. OlympiaTrack is an independent bill-tracking service and is not affiliated with the Legislature.