Public Works: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 32 measures from the 2025-26 session under Public Works. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and measures with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1064 · Interagency, multijurisdictional system improvement team, eliminating expiration
- HB 1145 · Records, requirements for activity undertaken by counties
- HB 1256 · Contracting, requiring American manufacture of certain components
- HB 1387 · Prevailing wage, modifying calculation of
- HB 1408 · Community preservation and development authorities, receiving sales tax revenues from qualified facility
- HB 1419 · Interpreters, requiring background checks for certain services
- HB 1441 · Broadband, modifying project process including repair and replace
- HB 1529 · Cities, allowances for public roadway striping and paving performed by county resources
- HB 1549 · Contractors, modifying responsible bidder criteria including apprenticeship requirements
- HB 1633 · Subcontractors, licensing requirement
- HB 1726 · Lumber, prioritization of sourcing
- HB 1950 · Contractors, indemnification for Taft-Hartley trust contributions
- HB 1966 · Exigent public works, modifying for local governments including use of in-house personnel
- HB 1967 · Contractors, performance and payment bonds
- HB 2021 · Funding, permitting bond issuance
- HB 2390 · Fenestration products or systems and glazing certification
- HB 2420 · Small works roster limit increased
- HB 2566 · Minimum threshold for advertisement and competitive bidding requirements for procurement
- HB 2684 · Definition of "socially disadvantaged individuals"
- HR 4608 · Public works board, celebrating fortieth anniversary
- SB 5034 · Interagency, multijurisdictional system improvement team, eliminating expiration
- SB 5061 · Wages, adjusting contracted wages over time to meet prevailing wage rates
- SB 5176 · Contractors, requiring prompt payment
- SB 5220 · Public employees, increasing limit for allowable work by
- SB 5293 · Prevailing wage, modifying calculation of
- SB 5460 · Community preservation and development authorities, receiving sales tax revenues from qualified facility
- SB 5476 · Contractors, modifying responsible bidder criteria including apprenticeship requirements
- SB 5671 · Broadband service expansion grant and loan program, modifying eligibility
- SB 5773 · Transportation projects, new chapter for public-private partnerships, funding, and design-build procedure
- SB 6298 · Contracting, requiring American manufacture of certain components
- SB 6302 · Improper classification as independent contractor
- SB 6345 · Prevailing wages for projects on state-owned highways
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.