State Agencies and Departments: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 56 measures from the 2025-26 session under State Agencies and Departments. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and measures with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1262 · Governor's council for health justice and equity, revising of interagency coordinating council on health disparities
- HB 1266 · Commission on boys and men, new chapter establishing
- HB 1440 · Civil forfeiture, new chapter governing
- HB 1664 · Long-term care ombuds, adequately funding
- HB 1852 · Real property, circumstances of sale, lease, or transfer
- HB 1877 · Elimination, all offices, agencies, programs, and services with no direct interaction with public school students
- HB 1959 · Equity, office of, eliminating
- HB 2001 · Reduction, sunsetting nonconstitutionally mandated agencies, commissions, boards, et al. absent reestablishment
- HB 2029 · Legal personhood, prohibiting government entities from granting in certain cases
- HB 2053 · Employees, limiting state employment to a certain percentage of the population
- HB 2281 · State agency restrictions and consultations for actions affecting tribal traditional culture
- HB 2299 · Office of the state senior independent living ombuds, creating
- HB 2342 · Religious liberty commission established
- HB 2396 · Conditions for direct review of agency decisions
- HB 2401 · Boys and men commission established
- HB 2419 · Administrative hearings, office of, designated addresses for judges and staff under threats of harassment
- HB 2461 · State commission on boys and men established
- HB 2466 · Board of governors for licensed social workers established
- HB 2468 · DSHS reorganization terminology alignment
- HB 2475 · Language accessibility and role of Office of equity in developing uniform guidelines
- HB 2520 · Emergency exemption for public meeting requirements
- HB 2556 · Washington state public bank established
- HB 2606 · Privacy and data protection, office of, duties modified
- HB 2631 · Certain agencies required to partner with Your Washington for improved customer service pilot project
- HB 2662 · State investment board to assess risks of investments contributing to violations of fundamental ethical norms
- HB 2667 · Artificial intelligence workplace advisory group created to report to artificial intelligence task force
- HB 2678 · Caseload forecast council forecasting for adult protective services system
- HB 2706 · Claims commission created within office of administrative hearings to adjudicate claims against DCYF
- HB 2714 · Caseload forecast council to forecast number individuals expected for food assistance programs
- HJM 4014 · Investigations of fraud in Washington state's taxpayer-funded programs
- SB 5145 · Spending, requiring expiration dates and performance statements for new spending programs
- SB 5146 · Spending, requiring portal for reporting services delivered in a duplicative, wasteful, or inefficient manner
- SB 5228 · Governor's council for health justice and equity, revising of interagency coordinating council on health disparities
- SB 5342 · Legislators, requiring facilities operated by certain agencies to provide access
- SB 5446 · Commission on boys and men, new chapter establishing
- SB 5466 · Electric transmission authority, new chapter establishing
- SB 5606 · Long-term care ombuds, adequately funding
- SB 5688 · Washington sovereignty act, right to refuse unconstitutional executive orders
- SB 5751 · Government service delivery, appointing responsible officials
- SB 5784 · Demographic data, requiring collection
- SB 5964 · Office of the state senior independent living ombuds, creating
- SB 6000 · Public meetings requirements during emergencies
- SB 6034 · Indian affairs, office of, establishing
- SB 6047 · Minor works spending restrictions and construction project predesign requirements
- SB 6059 · Board of governors for licensed social workers established
- SB 6063 · DSHS reorganization terminology alignment
- SB 6093 · Well Washington fund oversight and accountability board established in new Title
- SB 6109 · State investment board prohibited from investing in private detention facilities
- SB 6133 · Administrative hearings, office of, designated addresses for judges and staff under threats of harassment
- SB 6153 · Senior independent housing ombuds, office of, creating
- SB 6160 · Modifying and repealing certain requirements for reports to the legislature
- SB 6239 · Administrative hearings, office of, claims commission created within for claims against the state
- SB 6254 · AI used required to review and reform rules
- SB 6284 · Artificial intelligence workplace advisory group created to report to artificial intelligence task force
- SB 6304 · State investment board to assess risks of investments contributing to violations of fundamental ethical norms
- SB 6315 · Data disaggregation, office of equity standards and consultation for state agencies
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.