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 14, 2025 - Tuesday 2ND DAY
SB 5230 By Senator Wagoner

Providing exceptions for juvenile access to attorney.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5231 By Senator Hansen

Concerning reducing fees and expenses for services for people confined in state facilities.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5232 By Senator Wilson, C.; by request of Department of Commerce

Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5233 By Senator Hasegawa

Developing the Washington health trust.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5234 By Senator Shewmake; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission

Concerning snowmobile registration fees.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5235 By Senator Wellman

Repealing and reorganizing outdated statutes concerning public schools.

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

SB 5236 By Senator Slatter

Concerning emissions of greenhouse gases used for anesthetic purposes.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5237 By Senators Muzzall and Lovick

Concerning leaving a child unattended in a vehicle.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5238 By Senators Muzzall and Lovick

Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5239 By Senator Slatter

Concerning the retention of hospital medical records.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5240 By Senators Wellman and Slatter

Concerning anaphylaxis medications in schools.

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

SB 5241 By Senators Liias and Boehnke; by request of Energy Facilities Siting and Evaluation Council

Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5242 By Senators Orwall and Harris

Establishing an interactive screening program to improve access to behavioral health resources for health care providers.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5243 By Senator Hasegawa

Restricting the use of health care premiums for political lobbying.

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

SB 5244 By Senators Riccelli and Bateman; by request of Department of Health

Providing an exemption for women, infants, and children program staff to perform hematological screening tests.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5245 By Senators Krishnadasan and Valdez

Concerning the oath of office for members of the state legislature.

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

SB 5246 By Senator Shewmake

Facilitating predictable and timely application decisions by the energy facility site evaluation council.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5247 By Senator Wilson, J.

Transferring ownership of the Naselle Youth Camp property to the Chinook Indian Nation.

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

SB 5248 By Senator Wilson, J.

Creating a work group to make recommendations concerning bridge collisions by large commercial vessels.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5249 By Senator Wilson, J.

Concerning siting kit homes.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING.

SB 5250 By Senator Wilson, J.

Improving legal processes to deter squatters.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5251 By Senator Christian

Concerning lodging tax revenues.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

SB 5252 By Senator Shewmake

Removing the acreage limit on the property tax exemption for nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5253 By Senator Cortes; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22.

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

SB 5254 By Senators Orwall and Trudeau

Strengthening patients' rights regarding their health care information.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5255 By Senator Christian

Concerning juvenile detention pending disposition of a crime.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5256 By Senator Christian

Concerning victims' participation in hearings conducted by the indeterminate sentence review board.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5257 By Senator Christian

Modifying sentencing standards for juvenile firearm offenses.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5258 By Senator Gildon

Implementing state auditor recommendations for reducing improper medicaid concurrent enrollment payments.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 5259 By Senator Shewmake

Creating a sales and use tax exemption for bait purchased for commercial fishing.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5260 By Senator Christian

Concerning emergency measures for managing juvenile populations at state juvenile correctional institutions.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5261 By Senator Shewmake

Issuing water right permits for nonconsumptive hydropower use in water resource inventory areas in which minimum instream flows are not being met.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.

SB 5262 By Senators Kauffman and Wilson, J.; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Correcting obsolete or erroneous references in statutes administered by the insurance commissioner.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.

SB 5263 By Senators Pedersen and Braun

Concerning special education funding.

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

SB 5264 By Senator Robinson; by request of Department of Revenue

Modifying retail taxes compacts between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes located in Washington state by increasing the revenue-sharing percentages when a compacting tribe has completed a qualified capital investment.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5265 By Senator King

Expanding minimum requirements for electrical inspectors to include certain out-of-state experience.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5266 By Senators Frame, Wilson, J., Wilson, C., Trudeau, Orwall and Bateman

Concerning the indeterminate sentence review board.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5267 By Senator Wagoner

Ensuring that offenders who are incarcerated and commit murder may be charged with the death penalty.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5268 By Senators Wagoner and Dozier

Classifying unlawful possession of a firearm as a violent offense.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5269 By Senators Frame, Lovick, Valdez, Wellman, Hasegawa, Trudeau and SaldaƱa

Providing judicial discretion to modify sentences in the interest of justice.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SJM 8007 By Senator Hasegawa

Concerning nuclear war checks and balances.

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

SJM 8008 By Senators Krishnadasan and Pedersen

Rescinding prior applications for a constitutional convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

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