Sex Offenses and Offenders: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 27 bills from the 2025-26 session under Sex Offenses and Offenders. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and bills with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1049 · Pediatric sexual assault nurse examiners, establishing stipend program to defray training costs
- HB 1091 · Sexually violent predators, limiting compliance credit
- HB 1133 · Sexually violent predators, allowing attorney general to demand relevant documents or recordings
- HB 1180 · Failure to register, modifying sentencing and recommending diversion for first time kidnapping and sex offenders
- HB 1265 · Commercial sexual exploitation, redefining patronizing a prostitute and making a class C felony
- HB 1451 · Sexually violent predators, modifying less restrictive alternatives
- HB 1457 · Electronic monitoring, requiring for release to less restrictive alternative
- HB 1620 · Permanent parenting plans, modifying and restrictions on residence with an offender
- HB 1629 · Incarcerated persons, restricting assignment of certain inmates based on biological sex
- HB 2349 · Community notification for sexually violent predators
- HB 2403 · Additional penalties for repeat offenders and modifying failure to register
- HB 2493 · Victim protections in forensic examination and questioning
- HB 2506 · Offender registration compliance
- HB 2507 · Information included in registration expanded
- HB 2533 · Conditions for releasing sexually violent predators to less restrictive alternative placements
- HB 2635 · Supervision of offenders on probation
- HB 2665 · Notification requirements for properties used as less restrictive alternatives
- HB 2704 · Less restrictive alternatives to be operated by DSHS or contractor
- SB 5169 · Children, authorizing court testimony in certain circumstances
- SB 5295 · Sexual assault kits, granting certain rights to information and preservation for survivors
- SB 5312 · Registration of offenders, ending after five years for cases involving fictious minors
- SB 5575 · Permanent parenting plans, modifying and restrictions on residence with an offender
- SB 5846 · Community notification for conditional release
- SB 5854 · Conditions for releasing sexually violent predators to less restrictive alternative placements
- SB 6017 · Victim protections in forensic examination and questioning
- SB 6301 · Supervision of offenders on probation
- SB 6317 · Notification requirements for properties used as 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.