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 23, 2023 - Monday 15TH DAY
SB 5502 By Senators Gildon and Boehnke

Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5503 By Senators Robinson, Cleveland, Mullet, Holy and Randall

Establishing requirements for uniform clinical placement hours for nursing education programs.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5504 By Senator Saldaña

Addressing open motor vehicle safety recalls.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5505 By Senators Hawkins and Wellman

Addressing learning loss by expanding the school year.

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

SB 5506 By Senators Kauffman and Dhingra

Establishing an enhanced behavior support homes model.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5507 By Senators Liias and Hasegawa

Increasing tenure-track faculty at the public baccalaureate institutions.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5508 By Senator Short

Promoting local agriculture through greenhouses.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.

SB 5509 By Senators Kuderer and Lovelett

Creating the Washington state public infrastructure bank.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, GAMING & TRADE.

SB 5510 By Senator Braun

Addressing the current backlog of vehicle inspections.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5511 By Senator Braun

Enhancing and improving the equity of K-12 education funding.

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

SB 5512 By Senators Holy, Liias, Rivers, Salomon, Wilson, J., Schoesler, Torres, Wilson, L., MacEwen, Dozier, Wagoner, Warnick, Gildon, McCune, Short, King, Braun, Muzzall and Nguyen

Adding financial transparency reporting requirements to the public four-year dashboard.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5513 By Senators Liias and Randall

Concerning mental health counseling at community and technical colleges.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5514 By Senators Lovick, Saldaña, Frame, Stanford and Liias

Prohibiting drivers from making a right turn within proximity of certain facilities.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5515 By Senator Dhingra

Protecting children from child abuse and neglect.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5516 By Senators Fortunato and Rolfes

Exempting clay targets from sales and use tax.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5517 By Senators Warnick and Van De Wege

Enacting recommendations from the joint legislative task force on water resource mitigation.

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

SB 5518 By Senators Boehnke, Stanford, MacEwen, Muzzall and Fortunato

Concerning the protection of critical constituent and state operational data against the financial and personal harm caused by ransomware and other malicious cyber activities.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5519 By Senator Robinson

Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5520 By Senators Liias and Wilson, J.

Establishing the fire service policy board and improving fire service training and mobilization.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.

SB 5521 By Senators Conway and King

Addressing the purchase and distribution of insignia to manufacturers of recreational vehicles and/or park trailers.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5522 By Senators Liias and Nobles

Adding a stipend to the Washington college grant program.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5523 By Senator Dhingra

Addressing the forensic pathologist shortage.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5524 By Senators Van De Wege, Keiser and Lovick

Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5525 By Senator MacEwen

Maintaining the safety of children who have been removed from a parent based on abuse, neglect, or abandonment.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.

SB 5526 By Senators Van De Wege and Muzzall

Concerning nursing facility rates.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5527 By Senator Mullet

Adding additional courses to the list of courses approved as a graduation pathway option.

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

SB 5528 By Senator Stanford

Concerning the retainage percentage withheld by prime contractors.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5529 By Senators Trudeau and Saldaña

Removing the exclusion of certain domestic workers from certain worker protections.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5530 By Senator Gildon

Creating a work group to develop a "Whole WA" digital experience that will connect Washington residents to services.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5531 By Senators King and Shewmake

Concerning special use permits for milk product haulers.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5532 By Senators King and Cleveland

Providing enhanced payment to low volume, small rural hospitals.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5533 By Senators Lovick and Randall

Concerning the creation of a model vehicle pursuit policy.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5534 By Senators Randall and Holy

Concerning workforce education investment accountability and oversight board staffing changes.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5535 By Senators Stanford and Valdez

Protecting human health from excessive air pollution.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5536 By Senators Robinson, Lovick, Rolfes, Mullet, Dhingra and Billig

Concerning controlled substances, counterfeit substances, and legend drug possession and treatment.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5537 By Senators Cleveland, Rivers, Dhingra, Mullet and Muzzall

Establishing the Washington state hospital patient care unit staffing innovation collaborative.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5538 By Senators Cleveland and Dhingra

Concerning postretirement employment in nursing positions for a state agency.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5539 By Senators Cleveland, Wilson, L., Mullet, Boehnke, King and Liias; by request of State Treasurer

Making technical corrections to the local tax increment financing program.

Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, GAMING & TRADE.

SB 5540 By Senators Cleveland and Rivers

Concerning medicaid managed health care system reprocurement.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SJM 8004 By Senators Rivers, Fortunato, Muzzall, Wilson, J., Dozier, Boehnke, Schoesler, Wagoner, Wilson, L., Warnick and Torres

Applying for a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution relating to fiscal restraints on the federal government, the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit terms of office for federal officials and for members of congress.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & ELECTIONS.