Sentencing: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 53 bills from the 2025-26 session under Sentencing. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and bills with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1000 · Fentanyl, distribution in violation of uniform controlled substances act as aggravating circumstance
- HB 1074 · First-time offender waiver, prohibiting for hit and run fatality cases
- HB 1113 · Public supporting accountability and fast, effective treatment act, allowing dismissal of certain misdemeanor charges
- HB 1178 · Enhancements, modifying treatment of enhancements for certain crimes
- HB 1180 · Failure to register, modifying sentencing and recommending diversion for first time kidnapping and sex offenders
- HB 1229 · Resentencing, procedure changes for persistent offenders or related situations
- HB 1246 · Juveniles, modifying juvenile sentencing including diversion agreements
- HB 1274 · Resentencing, retroactive removal of juvenile points
- HB 1276 · Organized retail theft, increasing sentences
- HB 1407 · Graffiti and property damage, instituting penalties and making repeat offenses a class C felony
- HB 1452 · Habitual property offenders, special allegation
- HB 1484 · Sexual assault, aggravating circumstances for pregnancy resulting from rape
- HB 1499 · Legal financial obligations, modifying including retroactive reduction
- HB 1548 · Cannabis retailers, special allegation for certain thefts from
- HB 1591 · Survivor defendants, authorizing reduction of penalties for survivors of certain forms of abuse
- HB 1596 · Intelligent speed assistance device, use of
- HB 1668 · Community custody, modifying crime of escape from
- HB 1801 · Sentencing guidelines commission, adding legislators
- HB 1815 · Prison riot offenses, adjusting sentencing
- HB 2209 · Enhancements for certain crimes of theft and stolen property
- HB 2217 · Deferral or suspended sentence options for certain first offenders
- HB 2231 · Special allegations of attempting to conceal identity during felony crimes at postsecondary institutions
- HB 2389 · Sentencing modifications for juveniles
- HB 2403 · Sex offenders, additional penalties for repeat offenders and modifying failure to register
- HB 2430 · Crime victim penalty assessments
- HB 2457 · Increasing crime victim penalty assessment by varying amount
- HB 2510 · Community custody supervision for individuals convicted of stalking
- HB 2558 · Mental health sentencing alternative restrictions
- HB 2595 · Motion for collateral attack on a judgment and sentence timeframe expanded
- HB 2654 · Residence proximity restrictions for less restrictive alternatives
- HB 2670 · Gross misdemeanor and assault in the 4th degree modified
- HB 2687 · Less restrictive alternative placement not to abut residence with minor
- HB 2693 · Less restrictive alternatives only in areas with high ratio of adults to children
- HB 2694 · Less restrictive alternative placement restrictions regarding certain facilities and schools
- HB 2698 · Less restrictive alternative, prosecutor recommendations regarding appropriateness of proposed housing
- HB 2704 · Less restrictive alternatives to be operated by DSHS or contractor
- SB 5133 · Mitigating circumstances, caregiver status as
- SB 5267 · Death penalty review panel, establishing for cases of aggravated first degree murder by incarcerated persons
- SB 5277 · Community transition services, repealing and modifying juvenile sentencing
- SB 5348 · Organized retail theft, increasing sentencing range
- SB 5366 · Sexual assault, aggravating circumstances for pregnancy resulting from rape
- SB 5530 · Theft, addition penalties
- SB 5715 · Resentencing, retroactive removal of juvenile points
- SB 5945 · Youth exclusion from "persistent offender" status and resentencing
- SB 6022 · JR-25 policy repealed
- SB 6062 · Sentencing modifications for juveniles
- SB 6074 · Parole petitions and establishment of parole implementation work group
- SB 6203 · Offender score and out-of-state convictions
- SB 6334 · Less restrictive alternative placement not to abut residence with minor
- SB 6336 · Less restrictive alternatives only in areas with high ratio of adults to children
- SB 6337 · Less restrictive alternative placement restrictions regarding certain facilities and schools
- SB 6338 · Less restrictive alternative, prosecutor recommendations regarding appropriateness of proposed housing
- SB 6340 · Residence proximity restrictions for less restrictive alternatives
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.