Foster Care: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026

Legislative staff filed 8 bills from the 2025-26 session under Foster Care. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and bills with a page of their own are linked.

• HB 1429 · Homelessness, establishing the extended foster care housing program
• HB 2455 · Extended foster care housing pilot program to provide rental assistance
• HB 2505 · Adult family home license exceptions for certain former foster care providers
• HB 2719 · EmpowerED scholarship program created
• SB 5082 · Homelessness, establishing the extended foster care housing program
• SB 5275 · Passport to careers program, modifying funding
• SB 5940 · Extended foster care housing pilot program to provide rental assistance
• SB 6036 · Adult family home license exceptions for certain former foster care providers

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.