Tribes and Tribal Members: Washington bills, 2025 and 2026
Legislative staff filed 39 measures from the 2025-26 session under Tribes and Tribal Members. Each one is listed below with the description staff wrote for it, and measures with a page of their own are linked.
- HB 1039 · Growth management, permitting cities and tribes in certain counties to agree to extend governmental services
- HB 1188 · Energy facility site evaluation council, requiring county and tribal approval of recommendations
- HB 1355 · Taxes, modifying revenue sharing with tribes under certain circumstances
- HB 1393 · Graduation ceremonies and events, wearing item or object of cultural significance
- HB 1435 · Hiring grant program, implementing to support local and tribal law enforcement
- HB 1525 · Motor vehicle sale, sales, tax exemption for sales to tribe or tribal member
- HB 1583 · Medicaid, coverage of traditional health care practices
- HB 1692 · Records, exempting from certain disclosure requirements
- HB 1737 · Apprenticeship programs, status of tribal-operated
- HB 1813 · Behavioral health administrative services, requiring operational plan for statewide organization
- HB 1829 · Warrants, specifying procedures for warrants of certified and non-certified tribes
- HB 1878 · Driver education, provision of young driver education and training
- HB 1946 · Boards of health, clarifying tribal membership
- HB 1960 · Biennial capacity grant program, establishing
- HB 1982 · Treaty rights, vacating convictions involving exercise of
- HB 2117 · Natural resources, board of, adding a tribal member
- HB 2281 · State agency restrictions and consultations for actions affecting tribal traditional culture
- HB 2435 · Legislative office on Indian affairs, established to provide informational resources
- HB 2555 · Medicaid, coverage of traditional health care practices
- HB 2572 · Electronic ballot portal for certain voter groups
- HB 2685 · Tribal data sharing and sovereignty
- HB 2741 · Tribal clean energy partnership work group created
- HR 4634 · Frank, Billy Jr.
- SB 5060 · Hiring grant program, implementing to support local and tribal law enforcement
- SB 5110 · Elders, permitting waiver for community and technical college tuition and fees
- SB 5247 · Naselle Youth Camp, transferring ownership to Chinook Indian Nation
- SB 5264 · Taxes, modifying revenue sharing with tribes under certain circumstances
- SB 5301 · Growth management, permitting cities and tribes in certain counties to agree to extend governmental services
- SB 5374 · Tribal governments, consultation for comprehensive transportation program
- SB 5466 · Tribal clean energy partnership work group established
- SB 5585 · Warrants, specifying procedures for warrants of certified and non-certified tribes
- SB 5695 · Driver education, provision of young driver education and training
- SB 5838 · Natural resources, board of, adding a tribal member
- SB 6034 · Indian affairs, office of, establishing
- SB 6035 · Ballot access for tribes including electronic ballot portal
- SB 6106 · Securing timely notification and benefits for laid-off employees act exceptions for tribal employers and certain records
- SB 6194 · Allowable cost payments eligibility for critical access hospitals on tribal land
- SB 6350 · Driver's license or other identification to indicate tribal membership
- SB 6355 · Tribal clean energy partnership work group created
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.