Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2025 Regular Session of the 69th Legislature
DENNY HECK, President of the Senate STEVE CONWAY, President Pro Tem
SARAH BANNISTER, Secretary of the Senate JOHN LOVICK, Vice President Pro Tem

January 13, 2025 - Monday 1ST DAY
SB 5000 By Senators Wilson, J. and Chapman

Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5001 By Senators Wilson, J. and Dhingra

Implementing year-round Pacific standard time.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5002 By Senator Fortunato

Concerning federal immigration enforcement.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5003 By Senator Torres

Establishing the school security and preparedness infrastructure grant program.

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

SB 5004 By Senator Torres

Updating emergency response systems in public schools including panic or alert buttons.

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

SB 5005 By Senator Saldaña

Concerning transparency, public safety, and independent oversight of the city, county, and regional jail system in Washington state.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5006 By Senators Pedersen and Holy; by request of Washington State Bar Association

Making updates to Washington's corporation acts.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5007 By Senators Braun and Wellman

Supporting students who are chronically absent and at risk for not graduating high school.

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

SB 5008 By Senators Braun and Wellman

Supporting the use of assessment, diagnostic, and learning tools in public schools.

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

SB 5009 By Senators Braun and Wellman

Modifying the student transportation allocation to accommodate multiple vehicle types for transporting students.

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

SB 5010 By Senator Wilson, J.

Creating an election security camera grant program.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5011 By Senator Wilson, J.

Labeling ballot drop boxes.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5012 By Senator Fortunato

Concerning the organization of interscholastic athletics.

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

SB 5013 By Senators Wilson, J. and Valdez

Establishing a department of transportation map for the placement of campaign signage.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5014 By Senators Nguyen and Boehnke; by request of Secretary of State

Concerning election security.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5015 By Senator Boehnke

Increasing efficiency at the energy facility site evaluation council by removing the governor from the project approval process.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5016 By Senator Lovick

Concerning prearrangement funeral services.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

SB 5017 By Senator Nobles; by request of Secretary of State and Uniform Law Commission

Adopting national standards for uniformed and overseas civilian voting, including conforming amendments to existing statute.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5018 By Senator Wilson, J.

Concerning the geographic composition of county weed boards.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5019 By Senator Chapman

Concerning prepacked medication distribution.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5020 By Senator Fortunato

Providing property tax relief to senior citizens.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5021 By Senator Wagoner

Concerning retention of court exhibits.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5022 By Senators Lovick and Hansen

Concerning law enforcement agency and prosecutor offices hiring.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5023 By Senators Saldaña and Trudeau

Providing labor market protections for domestic workers.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5024 By Senators Warnick and Stanford

Providing a tax exemption for the first 20,000 gallons of wine sold by a winery in Washington.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5025 By Senators Lovick and Nobles

Concerning educational interpreters.

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

SB 5026 By Senator King

Dedicating the state sales tax on motor vehicles for transportation.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5027 By Senator Torres

Establishing a loan repayment program for public defense attorneys and prosecutors.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5028 By Senator Wagoner

Concerning unlawful camping.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5029 By Senator Wilson, C.

Concerning the transportation of individuals released or discharged from the custody of the department of corrections.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5030 By Senator Wilson, C.

Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation.

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

SB 5031 By Senator Wilson, C.

Concerning health care coordination regarding confined individuals.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5032 By Senator Wilson, C.

Expanding the duties of the office of the family and children's ombuds to include juvenile rehabilitation facilities operated by the department of children, youth, and families.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5033 By Senators Wilson, J. and Lovelett

Concerning sampling or testing of biosolids for PFAS chemicals.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5034 By Senators Boehnke, Wellman, Warnick, Short, Lovelett and Stanford; by request of Public Works Board

Eliminating the expiration of the interagency, multijurisdictional system improvement team.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5035 By Senators Chapman and Hasegawa; by request of Secretary of State

Concerning voter education during a period in which a jurisdiction is changing the method of selecting candidates.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5036 By Senator Boehnke

Strengthening Washington's leadership and accountability on climate policy by transitioning to annual reporting of statewide emissions data.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5037 By Senators Holy and Pedersen; by request of Uniform Law Commission

Enacting the uniform custodial trust act.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5038 By Senators Dhingra, Valdez, Salomon, Pedersen and Trudeau

Clarifying a hate crime offense.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5039 By Senators Conway, Saldaña and Stanford

Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5040 By Senators Stanford, Holy, Saldaña, Lovick and Wilson, J.

Expanding the definition of uniformed personnel to all law enforcement officers employed by a city, town, or county.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5041 By Senators Riccelli, Conway, Hasegawa, Saldaña, Salomon, Stanford, Dhingra, Nobles, Trudeau, Valdez, Bateman, Lovelett and Cleveland

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5042 By Senators Lovick, Conway, Bateman, Holy, Hasegawa, Saldaña, Valdez, Stanford, Nobles, Trudeau and Cleveland

Concerning vehicle and operator requirements for autonomous vehicles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5043 By Senators Dhingra, Nobles, Conway, MacEwen, Saldaña, Lovick, Salomon, Stanford, Wagoner, Wilson, J., Shewmake, Trudeau, Valdez, Bateman, Liias, Chapman, Lovelett and Cleveland

Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5044 By Senators Ramos, Saldaña, Nobles, Stanford, Robinson, Shewmake, Trudeau, Valdez, Liias, Bateman, Chapman, Lovelett and Cleveland

Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5045 By Senators Wilson, J., Dozier, Christian, McCune, Holy, Boehnke and Schoesler

Expanding the state battery stewardship program to include electric vehicle batteries.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5046 By Senators Wilson, J., Wagoner, Hasegawa, Kauffman, Dozier, Valdez and McCune

Designating kimchi day.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5047 By Senators Wilson, J., McCune, Christian, Wagoner, Holy, Dozier and Torres

Establishing protections for citizens participating in the initiative and referendum process.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5048 By Senators Wilson, J., McCune, Christian and Holy

Notifying legislators of initiative signature challenges.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5049 By Senators Wilson, J. and McCune

Concerning the public records exemptions accountability committee.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5050 By Senators Wilson, J., Christian, McCune, Schoesler, Holy, Dozier, Short and Torres

Concerning the privacy of party selections during presidential primaries.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5051 By Senators Bateman and Riccelli; by request of Washington State Board of Nursing

Consolidating regulatory authority for nursing assistants.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5052 By Senators Salomon and Dhingra

Modifying law enforcement ability to contact juvenile witnesses and victims not suspected of criminal involvement or activity.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5053 By Senator Warnick

Concerning public facilities district formation.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5054 By Senators Warnick and Stanford

Providing tax exemption for the first 20,000 gallons of wine sold by a winery in Washington.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5055 By Senators Warnick and Wagoner

Promoting agritourism in Washington.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5056 By Senator Wagoner

Concerning Washington state patrol providing firearm background checks when state record systems are unavailable.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5057 By Senator Wagoner

Concerning ownership of agricultural real estate.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5058 By Senators Chapman, Wellman, Harris and Boehnke

Implementing strategies to achieve higher recycling rates within Washington's existing solid waste management system.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5059 By Senators Liias, Wellman, Stanford and Chapman

Concerning Washington state ferries captains.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5060 By Senators Holy and Dhingra

Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5061 By Senators Conway, Saldaña, Riccelli, Liias, Valdez and Chapman

Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5062 By Senators Stanford, Wilson, C., Saldaña, Trudeau, Conway, Dhingra and Shewmake

Establishing a child care workforce standards board.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5063 By Senators Stanford, Wilson, J., Liias, Warnick, Chapman, Boehnke, Dozier, Shewmake and Harris

Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5064 By Senators Liias, Holy, Stanford, Wagoner, Lovick and Gildon

Creating an advisory council on rare diseases.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5065 By Senators Liias, Lovick and Stanford

Prohibiting the use of certain animals in traveling animal acts.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5066 By Senators Hansen, Lovick, Wellman, Trudeau, Hasegawa and Saldaña

Concerning law enforcement and local corrections agency misconduct through investigations and legal actions.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5067 By Senators Lovick and McCune; by request of Washington Traffic Safety Commission

Concerning impaired driving.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5068 By Senators Lovick and Hansen

Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5069 By Senators Valdez and Dozier; by request of Secretary of State

Requiring the secretary of state to print and distribute a voters' pamphlet for the primary in each even-numbered year and for the general election every year.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5070 By Senators Saldaña and Hasegawa

Concerning prohibiting fees on certain acts of commerce to protect tipped wages for workers while reducing the financial burden on employers.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5071 By Senators Braun and Dhingra

Updating the endangerment with a controlled substance statute.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5072 By Senators Warnick and Lovick

Concerning abandoned vehicles sold at auctions conducted by registered tow truck operators.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5073 By Senator Fortunato

Dedicating the sales tax on motor vehicles to highway uses.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5074 By Senator Boehnke

Concerning the payment of turfgrass seed contracts.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.

SB 5075 By Senators Muzzall and Cleveland

Concerning cost sharing for prenatal and postnatal care.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5076 By Senator Muzzall

Establishing a Puget Sound nonspot shrimp pot fishery license.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.

SB 5077 By Senators Valdez and Riccelli

Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5078 By Senator Boehnke

Concerning ownership of agricultural real estate.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5079 By Senator Muzzall; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Addressing the burden of unintentional overpayments on older adults and adults with disabilities served by the department of social and health services.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5080 By Senators Valdez and Cortes; by request of State Treasurer

Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement.

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

SB 5081 By Senator Fortunato

Revising the provisions around unattended motor vehicles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5082 By Senator Wilson, C.

Creating a housing assistance program for youth enrolled in extended foster care.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5083 By Senator Robinson; by request of Health Care Authority

Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5084 By Senators Robinson and Muzzall

Concerning health carrier reporting.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5085 By Senator Robinson

Concerning three of Washington state's closed retirement plans.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5086 By Senator Robinson

Consolidating the public employees' benefits board and the school employees' benefits board.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5087 By Senator Torres

Establishing legal education programs at community and technical colleges.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5088 By Senator Chapman

Authorizing counties to impose a public utility tax.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5089 By Senator Chapman

Concerning funding rural county coroners and medical examiners.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5090 By Senators Liias and Chapman; by request of Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

Updating the professional engineers' registration act.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5091 By Senators Boehnke, Chapman, MacEwen, Wilson, J., Dozier, Fortunato, Harris, Schoesler, Goehner, Short, Braun, Warnick and Muzzall

Concerning motor vehicle emission standards for Washington.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5092 By Senator Boehnke

Providing a sales and use tax exemption for qualifying farm machinery and equipment.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.

SB 5093 By Senators Dhingra, Wellman, Cleveland, Bateman, Pedersen and Wilson, C.

Concerning dignity in pregnancy loss.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5094 By Senators Dhingra, Wagoner, Holy, Salomon, Wellman, Trudeau, Cleveland, Bateman, Wilson, C. and Chapman

Concerning sexually explicit depictions of minors.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5095 By Senators Dhingra, Wellman, Riccelli, Cleveland and Pedersen

Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction.

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

SB 5096 By Senators Dhingra, Riccelli, Cleveland, Bateman, Pedersen and Wilson, C.

Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5097 By Senators Warnick and Short

Safeguarding competitiveness in girls' interscholastic athletic activities.

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

SB 5098 By Senators Valdez and Saldaña

Restricting the possession of weapons on the premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground facilities where children are likely to be present, and county fairs and county fair facilities.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5099 By Senators Lovick and Pedersen

Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5100 By Senator Bateman; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5101 By Senators Valdez and Hansen

Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5102 By Senator Hasegawa

Establishing a public records exemption for the proprietary information of public risk pools.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5103 By Senator Hasegawa

Expediting review of sentences when there exists a pending deportation proceeding.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5104 By Senator Hasegawa

Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5105 By Senator Orwall

Concerning offenses involving fabricated depictions of minors.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5106 By Senators Trudeau and Warnick

Establishing Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5107 By Senator Boehnke

Concerning underinsured motorist coverage for local government employees.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5108 By Senators Kauffman and Dozier

Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

SB 5109 By Senators Kauffman and Stanford

Concerning the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

SB 5110 By Senator Kauffman; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington’s community and technical colleges.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5111 By Senators Chapman and Dozier

Concerning the excise tax treatment of amounts received by title and escrow businesses from clients for remittance to a county filing office for the purpose of recording documents.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5112 By Senators Bateman, Harris, Shewmake, Trudeau, Conway, Nobles, Riccelli, Wilson, C. and Robinson

Establishing a prescribing psychologist certification in Washington state.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5113 By Senator Boehnke; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5114 By Senator Boehnke; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Paying state retirement benefits until the end of the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5115 By Senators Valdez and Trudeau

Creating the Washington dream act service incentive program.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5116 By Senators Christian and Riccelli

Concerning the immediate use of marriage licenses for medical necessity.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5117 By Senator Muzzall

Protecting agriculture.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.

SB 5118 By Senators Valdez and Orwall

Updating the requirements for the clinical experience license for international medical graduates.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5119 By Senators Nobles and Stanford

Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5120 By Senators Nobles and Riccelli; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Expanding the learning assistance program.

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

SB 5121 By Senators Frame and Cleveland

Concerning health plan coverage of fertility-related services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5122 By Senators Trudeau and Pedersen; by request of Uniform Law Commission

Enacting the uniform antitrust premerger notification act.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5123 By Senators Nobles and Wilson, C.

Expanding protections for certain students to promote inclusivity in public schools.

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

SB 5124 By Senator Muzzall

Establishing network adequacy standards for skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5125 By Senator Lovick

Calculating the provider rate for certain community residential services.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5126 By Senators Nobles and Cortes; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Establishing a statewide network for student mental and behavioral health.

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

SB 5127 By Senators Lovick and Fortunato; by request of Department of Licensing

Creating additional requirements for collector vehicle and horseless carriage license plates to improve compliance and public safety.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5128 By Senator Wilson, C.

Concerning the provision of medical assistance to individuals in juvenile detention facilities.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5129 By Senators Pedersen and Harris

Concerning common interest communities.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING.

SB 5130 By Senator Wilson, C.

Eliminating child care licensing fees.

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

SB 5131 By Senator Wilson, C.

Accommodating religious foods in state correctional facilities.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5132 By Senators Wagoner and Salomon

Concerning requisites of notice in small claims actions.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5133 By Senators Wilson, C. and Trudeau; by request of Administrative Office of the Courts

Concerning departures from the guidelines for caregiver status.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5134 By Senators McCune and Trudeau

Requiring public schools to commemorate the contributions of Chinese Americans and Americans of Chinese descent.

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

SB 5135 By Senator McCune

Concerning school districts' authority to establish their curriculum.

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

SB 5136 By Senator McCune

Protecting the rights of parents and guardians by using students' given names in public schools.

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

SB 5137 By Senator McCune

Requiring parental or legal guardian approval before a child participates in comprehensive sexual health education.

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

SB 5138 By Senator Saldaña

Concerning public facilities districts.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5139 By Senator Wilson, C.; by request of Department of Commerce

Concerning reentry council.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5140 By Senators Liias and Valdez

Enhancing requirements relating to the purchase, transfer, and possession of firearms.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5141 By Senator Cortes

Requiring that experience-rated group disability income insurers include all applicable rating factors and credibility formulas in rate manual filings with the insurance commissioner.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

SB 5142 By Senator Hasegawa

Providing owners of real estate taken through eminent domain by school districts, or sold under threat of eminent domain, the opportunity to purchase the real estate back when it is not put to intended public use.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5143 By Senators Gildon and Pedersen; by request of Legislative Ethics Board

Concerning the ethics in public service act.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5144 By Senator Gildon

Providing oversight of state agency tortious conduct through legislative hearings.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5145 By Senator Gildon

Implementing the periodic review of state spending programs.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5146 By Senator Gildon

Creating a portal to identify opportunities for increased government efficiency.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5147 By Senator Torres

Reviewing laws related to criminal insanity and competency to stand trial.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5148 By Senator Bateman

Ensuring compliance with the housing element requirements of the growth management act.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING.

SB 5149 By Senator Cortes

Expanding the early childhood court program.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5150 By Senator Gildon

Concerning juvenile access to an attorney.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5151 By Senator Gildon

Limiting annual state spending growth to median worker wage growth, with excess revenues dedicated to property tax relief.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5152 By Senator Warnick

Concerning state employee access to peer-reviewed journals.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5153 By Senator Gildon

Transferring certain individuals from the department of children, youth, and families to the department of corrections at age 18.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5154 By Senators Goehner and Bateman

Clarifying the duties of county auditors.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5155 By Senators Salomon and Shewmake

Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5156 By Senators Salomon and Bateman

Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING.

SB 5157 By Senators Salomon and Chapman

Concerning the direct sale of valuable materials for habitat restoration projects.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.

SB 5158 By Senators Valdez and Boehnke

Concerning student athlete insurance.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5159 By Senators Shewmake and Frame

Establishing trick-or-treat day.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5160 By Senators Liias and King; by request of Office of Financial Management

Making supplemental transportation appropriations for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5161 By Senators Liias and King; by request of Office of Financial Management

Making transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5162 By Senators Lovick and Saldaña

Concerning workplace violence in health care settings.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5163 By Senators Orwall, Shewmake, Dhingra, Conway, Cleveland, Wellman, Hasegawa, Riccelli and Saldaña

Modernizing the child fatality statute.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5164 By Senators Nobles, Hansen, Dhingra, Trudeau, Saldaña, Nguyen, Valdez, Liias, Kauffman, Chapman, Bateman, Stanford, Wilson, C. and Salomon

Providing student navigational supports to increase postsecondary enrollment.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5165 By Senator Short

Concerning compensation in frontier counties for deer and elk damage.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.

SB 5166 By Senator Robinson; by request of Office of Financial Management

Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5167 By Senator Robinson; by request of Office of Financial Management

Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5168 By Senator Robinson

Concerning the appointment, removal, and salary of the state actuary.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5169 By Senators Nobles and Dhingra

Concerning testimony of children.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5170 By Senator Short

Concerning boundary line adjustments on public lands owned or managed by the department of natural resources.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.

SB 5171 By Senator Short

Concerning livestock damage due to wolf predation.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.

SB 5172 By Senators Christian and Chapman

Concerning fire protection district civil service systems.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5173 By Senator Short

Concerning county comprehensive plans and development regulations.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5174 By Senator Shewmake; by request of Department of Ecology

Concerning wood burning devices.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5175 By Senator Shewmake; by request of Department of Ecology

Concerning the photovoltaic module stewardship and takeback program.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5176 By Senators Valdez and Wilson, J.

Implementing prompt pay recommendations from the capital projects advisory review board.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5177 By Senators Nobles and Wilson, C.

Considering the experiences of historically marginalized and underrepresented groups when identifying professional development resources on certain topics.

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

SB 5178 By Senators Trudeau and Harris

Protecting public health and safety by regulating the transfer of sodium nitrite.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5179 By Senators Wilson, C. and Lovelett

Establishing a complaint process to address noncompliance with certain state education laws.

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

SB 5180 By Senators Wilson, C. and Liias

Securing the rights of students to have a safe, civil, and respectful learning community.

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

SB 5181 By Senators Wilson, C. and Pedersen

Amending the parents rights initiative to bring it into alignment with existing law.

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

SB 5182 By Senators Nobles and Frame

Concerning programs and services for incarcerated parents at the department of corrections.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5183 By Senators Nobles, Lovick, Harris, Wellman, Dhingra, Trudeau, Valdez, Liias, Stanford, Orwall and Robinson

Prohibiting the sale of certain tobacco and nicotine products.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5184 By Senators Bateman and Trudeau

Concerning minimum parking requirements.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING.

SB 5185 By Senators Saldaña, Cortes, Cleveland, Wellman, Stanford, Nguyen, Chapman, Orwall, Dhingra, Valdez and Riccelli

Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5186 By Senators Krishnadasan, Wellman, Orwall, Riccelli, Chapman, Hasegawa, Frame, Hansen, Liias and Saldaña

Concerning school district elections.

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

SB 5187 By Senators Wellman, Dhingra, Conway, Shewmake, Bateman, Salomon, Riccelli, Hasegawa and Saldaña

Providing adequate and predictable student transportation.

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

SB 5188 By Senators Wellman, Hansen, Lovick and Kauffman

Concerning broadband infrastructure repair loans.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5189 By Senators Wellman, Dhingra, Harris, Nobles, Wilson, C. and Kauffman

Supporting the implementation of competency-based education.

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

SB 5190 By Senators Wellman, Conway, Shewmake, Bateman, Riccelli, Hasegawa, Saldaña and Lovick

Allowing school districts to request extensions to state energy performance standard deadlines for K-12 school buildings.

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

SB 5191 By Senator Conway

Concerning paid family leave premium collection for dockworkers.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5192 By Senators Nobles and Wellman

Concerning school district materials, supplies, and operating costs.

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

SB 5193 By Senator Cortes

Supporting remote testing options for students enrolled in online school programs.

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

SB 5194 By Senators Trudeau and Schoesler; by request of Office of Financial Management

Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5195 By Senators Trudeau and Schoesler; by request of Office of Financial Management

Concerning the capital budget.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5196 By Senator Conway; by request of Gambling Commission

Concerning public inspection and copying of proprietary financial and security information submitted to or obtained by the gambling commission.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5197 By Senators Salomon and Liias

Ensuring that local government planning complies with the growth management act.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5198 By Senators Valdez and Holy; by request of Department of Licensing

Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5199 By Senator Wilson, C.

Providing compensation to members of the department of children, youth, and families oversight board with direct lived experience.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5200 By Senator Wagoner

Concerning veterans' medical foster homes.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5201 By Senators Salomon, Nobles, Bateman, Trudeau, Lovelett, Frame, Chapman, Hasegawa and Wellman

Concerning access to psychedelic substances.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5202 By Senators Salomon and Cortes

Ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5203 By Senators Salomon, Shewmake and Cortes

Ensuring connectivity for Washington wildlife through safe passages.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5204 By Senators Salomon and Trudeau

Concerning ibogaine-assisted therapy.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5205 By Senators Conway and Nobles

Concerning Washington college grant award amounts.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5206 By Senator MacEwen

Concerning cannabis retailer advertising.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5207 By Senator MacEwen

Requiring refunds to consumers for early cancellation of term-based subscriptions to electronic media services.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

SB 5208 By Senator MacEwen

Establishing a new clean energy fund program.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5209 By Senators Lovick and Holy; by request of Department of Labor & Industries

Explicitly listing the department of labor and industries in the definition of limited authority Washington law enforcement agency while not granting new enforcement authority.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5210 By Senators Liias and Harris

Establishing the ninth grade success grant program.

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

SB 5211 By Senators Frame and Harris

Authorizing payment for parental caregivers of minor children with developmental disabilities.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5212 By Senators Shewmake and Short

Concerning filing of adjudication claims for precode uses of groundwater and surface water in the water resource inventory area 1 water rights adjudication.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.

SB 5213 By Senator McCune

Penalizing the possession of fentanyl.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5214 By Senators Shewmake, Harris, Wellman, Kauffman, Stanford, Chapman, Riccelli and Saldaña

Concerning mobile market programs.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5215 By Senators Shewmake, Wellman, Bateman, Trudeau, Valdez, Chapman, Saldaña, Stanford, Orwall, Dhingra, Cleveland and Frame

Concerning debris escaping from vehicles on public highways.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5216 By Senators Shewmake and Chapman

Concerning green energy community funds to support school districts and nonprofit organizations that service the communities where renewable energy projects are located.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5217 By Senators Nobles and Lovelett

Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5218 By Senators Nobles and Goehner; by request of Department of Licensing

Modifying motor vehicle and driver licensing laws to align with federal definitions, making technical corrections, and streamlining requirements.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5219 By Senator Wilson, C.; by request of Office of the Governor

Concerning partial confinement eligibility and alignment.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5220 By Senator Shewmake

Modifying small works roster requirements for cities.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5221 By Senator Bateman

Simplifying processes and timelines related to personal property distraint.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5222 By Senators Trudeau and Chapman

Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING.

SB 5223 By Senators Wagoner and Holy; by request of Washington State Patrol

Concerning criminal offense fingerprinting.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5224 By Senator Lovick; by request of Criminal Justice Training Commission

Concerning officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5225 By Senators MacEwen and Liias

Concerning candidate filing requirements.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SB 5226 By Senators Nobles and Stanford

Establishing funding for physician residency positions dedicated to international medical graduates.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5227 By Senators Orwall and Holy

Concerning offenses involving child sex dolls.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5228 By Senators Riccelli and Hasegawa; by request of Governor’s Interagency Council on Health Disparities

Updating the governor's interagency coordinating council on health disparities.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5229 By Senator Wagoner

Facilitating civil commitment for treatment for a person requiring revival by opioid overdose reversal medication.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SJM 8000 By Senators Kauffman, Lovelett, Valdez, Wellman, Liias, Orwall, Hasegawa, Frame, Riccelli, Nobles and Nguyen

Extending the naming of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SJM 8001 By Senator Hasegawa

Calling on Congress to exercise its authority under Article V of the United States Constitution to regulate money spent on elections.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.

SJM 8002 By Senator Hasegawa

Concerning Medicare.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SJM 8003 By Senators Torres and Lovick

Requesting the transportation commission to designate a section of Interstate 82 as the Washington state patrol trooper Charles Frank Noble, Jr. memorial highway.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SJM 8004 By Senator Hasegawa

Concerning Universal Health Care.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SJM 8005 By Senator Hasegawa

Requesting that Congress enact legislation that would reinstate the separation of commercial and investment banking functions that were in effect under the Glass-Steagall act.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

SJM 8006 By Senator Torres

Concerning the limited license legal technician program.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SJR 8200 By Senators Cortes, Wellman, Dhingra, Shewmake, Riccelli, Bateman, Hasegawa, Lovelett, Conway, Orwall, Pedersen, Salomon, Saldaña and Wilson, C.

Amending the Constitution to allow 55 percent of voters voting to authorize school district bonds.

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

SCR 8400 By Senators Riccelli and Short

Convening a joint session for the purpose of receiving the State of the Judiciary message.

HELD AT THE DESK.

SCR 8401 By Senators Riccelli and Short

Adopting joint rules.

Placed on SECOND READING CALENDAR.

SCR 8402 By Senators Riccelli and Short

Convening a joint session for the purpose of receiving the State of the Judiciary message.

Placed on SECOND READING CALENDAR.