Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2023 Regular Session of the 68th Legislature
DENNY HECK, President of the Senate KAREN KEISER, President Pro Tem
SARAH BANNISTER, Secretary of the Senate JOHN LOVICK, Vice President Pro Tem

January 17, 2023 - Tuesday 9TH DAY
SB 5408 By Senators Liias and Gildon

Establishing the ninth grade success grant program.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5409 By Senator Fortunato

Requiring voter identifier numbers to match driver's license or identicard numbers.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.

SB 5410 By Senator Stanford; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Establishing a task force of the geoduck comanagers to identify harvest opportunities to promote tribal treaty rights to geoduck and enhance state geoduck harvest opportunities.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 5411 By Senators Short and Randall

Increasing the scope of practice of naturopathic physicians.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5412 By Senators Salomon and Liias

Reducing local governments' land use permitting workloads.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LAND USE & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.

SB 5413 By Senator Wilson, C.

Concerning housing for essential needs and aged, blind, and disabled assistance programs.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5414 By Senators Wilson, J. and Fortunato

Providing voters with information regarding elections law violations within the voters' pamphlet.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.

SB 5415 By Senators Trudeau and Pedersen

Concerning public defense services for persons committed as not guilty by reason of insanity.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5416 By Senators Braun and Kuderer

Compelling the state building code council to expand residential building code classifications.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.

SB 5417 By Senators Keiser and Conway

Protecting the rights of workers to refrain from attending meetings or listening to their employer's speech on political or religious matters.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5418 By Senators Conway, Keiser, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Saldaña, Frame and Trudeau

Expanding the definition of public work.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.

SB 5419 By Senators Gildon and Billig

Removing a Washington state institute of public policy outcome evaluation requirement.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5420 By Senators Conway and Van De Wege

Concerning participating in insurance plans and contracts by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5421 By Senators Conway and Van De Wege

Exempting benefit enrollment information collected and maintained by the health care authority from public inspection and copying under the public records act.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.

SB 5422 By Senator Wilson, J.

Providing access to behavioral health services to children using licensed clinicians colocated within the school.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5423 By Senators Nobles and Frame

Providing eligibility for working connections child care benefits.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5424 By Senators Lovick and Holy

Concerning flexible work for general and limited authority Washington peace officers.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5425 By Senators Salomon, Keiser, Boehnke and Wilson, J.

Concerning fire protection sprinkler system contractors.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5426 By Senators Kauffman and Wilson, C.; by request of Department of Children, Youth and Families

Implementing the family connections program.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5427 By Senators Valdez and Billig

Concerning people who have been targeted or affected by hate crimes and bias incidents.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5428 By Senators Valdez and Wilson, J.; by request of Department of Enterprise Services

Modifying state procurement procedures for competitive, sole source, convenience, and emergency goods and services contracts.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.

SB 5429 By Senators Stanford and MacEwen

Concerning a motor carrier’s ability to access restroom facilities required by rules authorized under chapter 49.17 RCW.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.