Legislative Update 1.31.2025

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

HB 1004

Property tax exemption

Increasing the personal property tax exemption.

H Rules R

Leavitt

Support

HB 1059 (SB 5463)

Industrial insurance/duties

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

H Labor & Workpl

Alvarado

Oppose

HB 1088

Residential landlord-tenant

Preparing for revisions to the residential landlord-tenant act by creating a task force and establishing a moratorium on new residential landlord-tenant regulations.

H Housing

Barkis

Support

HB 1089

Eviction reform

Concerning eviction reform and tenant safety.

H Housing

Barkis

HB 1095

Law enforcement funding

Incentivizing cities and counties to attract and retain commissioned law enforcement officers.

H Finance

Walen

Support

SHB 1096

Lot splitting

Increasing housing options through lot splitting.

H Approps

Barkis

Support

HB 1099

Tenant assistance program

Creating a tenant assistance program.

H Housing

Low

SHB 1108

Housing cost task force

Creating a task force on housing cost driver analysis.

H Approps

Klicker

Support

HB 1128 (SB 5062)

Child care workforce board

Establishing a child care workforce standards board.

H Labor & Workpl

Fosse

Oppose

HB 1181

Labor standards

Concerning labor standards and the Washington minimum wage act.

H Labor & Workpl

Mena

Oppose

HB 1184

Overtime exemption

Creating a narrow exemption from overtime provisions for certain nonprofits and small businesses.

H Labor & Workpl

Schmidt

Support

HB 1206

Multifamily tax exemption

Expanding eligibility to utilize the multifamily tax exemption program to all counties required or choosing to plan under RCW 36.70A.040.

H Finance

Low

Support

HB 1213 (SB 5539)

Paid family & medical leave

Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.

H Labor & Workpl

Berry

Oppose

SHB 1217 (SB 5222)

Residential tenants

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.

H Approps

Alvarado

Oppose

HB 1226 (SB 5160)

Transportation budget, supp.

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

H Transportation

Fey

HB 1227 (SB 5161)

Transportation budget

Making transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.

H Transportation

Fey

HB 1245

Business development

Concerning business development.

H Tech, Econ Dev 

Couture

Support

HB 1257 (SB 5253)

Special education services

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

H Education

Pollet

Support

HB 1276

Organized retail theft

Concerning organized retail theft.

H Community Safe

Leavitt

Support

HB 1280 (SB 5358)

Career & tech. ed./6th grade

Concerning career and technical education in sixth grade.

H Approps

Shavers

HB 1284

Investmnt income B&O deduct.

Eliminating the investment income business and occupation tax deduction for corporations and other business entities.

H Finance

Pollet

HB 1308 (SB 5345)

Access to personnel records

Concerning access to personnel records.

H Labor & Workpla

Reed

Oppose

HB 1310 (SB 5307)

Special education funding

Concerning special education funding.

H Approps

Pollet

Support

HB 1319

Wealth tax

Enacting a wealth tax on the ownership of stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible property.

H Finance

Street

Oppose

HB 1320

Business & occupation tax

Modifying business and occupation tax rates to fund programs and services to benefit Washingtonians.

H Finance

Street

Oppose

HB 1324 (SB 5550)

Transportation funding/CCA

Funding the state transportation system using climate commitment act revenues.

H Transportation

Barkis

Support

HB 1340

Prepared food sales tax

Exempting prepared food from sales tax.

H Finance

Manjarrez

Support

HB 1345

Detached ADU limits

Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas.

H Housing

Low

Concerns

HB 1357

Special education funding

Providing special education funding and support for inclusionary practices.

H Approps

Stonier

Support

HB 1376

Capital gains tax prepayment

Concerning the prepayment of capital gains taxes six months prior to the due date.

H Finance

Orcutt

HB 1377

Ferry system emergency decl.

Declaring the ferry system to be in a state of emergency to authorize expedient actions.

H Transportation

Caldier

Support

HB 1405

Complete streets obligations

Reducing the requirements of complete streets obligations for transportation projects.

H Transportation

Walsh

HB 1414

CTE careers work group

Improving access to career opportunities for students.

H Education

Connors

HB 1435 (SSB 5060)

Law enf. hiring grants

Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program.

H Approps

Abell

Support

HB 1436 (SB 5285)

Law enf. officers/increase

Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers.

H Finance

Abell

Support

HB 1452

Vehicle & retail theft

Addressing motor vehicle and retail theft offenses.

H Community Safe

Griffey

Support

HB 1456

Law enforcement personnel

Changing conditions, policies, and programs to support specified law enforcement personnel and help in recruiting and retaining law enforcement officers.

H Community Safe

Griffey

HB 1491

Transit-oriented housing dev

Promoting transit-oriented housing development.

H Housing

Reed

HB 1532

Sales tax sourcing impact

Authorizing funding tools to mitigate the impact of sales tax sourcing in certain cities that host industrial and warehousing industries.

H Finance

Stearns

Support

HB 1537

Roadway safety account use

Expanding access to funding from the multiuse roadway safety account for eligible cities and for the Washington state departments of natural resources and fish and wildlife for maintenance and guidance of motorized recreation on green dot roads.

H Transportation

Barkis

HB 1564

Child care assist./B&O tax

Supporting employers providing child care assistance to employees by establishing a business and occupation and public utility tax credit.

H Finance

Penner

HB 1592 (SB 5404)

Public defense services

Concerning public defense services.

H Civil R & Judi

Peterson

HB 1732 (SB 5496)

Home buying by entities

Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities.

H Housing

Thomas

HB 1777

Apprenticeship approval

Concerning the requirements and process for approving and registering apprenticeship programs.

Schmidt

Support

HJR 4200

Personal property taxation

Concerning the taxation of personal property.

H Rules R

Schmidt

Support

SB 5041

Unemp ins/strikes & lockouts

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.

S Labor & Comm

Riccelli

Oppose

SSB 5060 (HB 1435)

Law enforcement personnel

Creating a law enforcement hiring grant program.

S Ways & Means

Holy

Support

SB 5062 (HB 1128)

Child care workforce board

Establishing a child care workforce standards board.

S Labor & Comm

Stanford

Oppose

SB 5073

Motor vehicles sales tax use

Dedicating the sales tax on motor vehicles to highway uses.

S Ways & Means

Fortunato

Support

SB 5088

Public utility tax, counties

Authorizing counties to impose a public utility tax.

S Loc Gov

Chapman

Concerns

SB 5108 (HB 1006)

Service contracts

Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees.

S 2nd RdConsCal

Kauffman

Concerns

SB 5160 (HB 1226)

Transportation budget, supp.

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

S Transportation

Liias

SB 5161 (HB 1227)

Transportation budget

Making transportation appropriations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.

S Transportation

Liias

SB 5222 (SHB 1217)

Residential tenants

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.

S Housing

Trudeau

Oppose

SB 5253 (HB 1257)

Special education services

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

S EL/K-12

Cortes

Support

SSB 5263

Special education funding

Concerning special education funding.

S RecComm

Pedersen

Support

SB 5285 (HB 1436)

Law enf. officers/increase

Incentivizing cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers.

S Loc Gov

Holy

Support

SB 5307 (HB 1310)

Special education funding

Concerning special education funding.

S EL/K-12

Wellman

Support

SB 5314 (HB 1614)

Capital gains tax

Modifying the capital gains tax.

S Ways & Means

Stanford

SB 5345 (HB 1308)

Access to personnel records

Concerning access to personnel records.

S Labor & Comm

Saldana

Oppose

SB 5347

Organized retail theft

Concerning organized retail theft.

S Law & Justice

Fortunato

Support

SB 5348

Organized retail theft

Creating a sentencing enhancement for organized retail theft.

S Law & Justice

Fortunato

Support

SB 5367

Law enf. community grants

Concerning grant programs fostering community engagement through law enforcement-community partnerships and immersion.

S Law & Justice

Orwall

SB 5404 (HB 1592)

Public defense services

Concerning public defense services.

S Law & Justice

Trudeau

SB 5413

Detached ADUs

Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas.

S Housing

Lovelett

Concerns

SB 5470

Detached ADUs

Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside urban growth areas.

S Housing

Goehner

SB 5471

Middle housing

Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities.

S Housing

Goehner

SB 5518

Sales tax sourcing impact

Authorizing funding tools to mitigate the impact of sales tax sourcing in certain cities that host industrial and warehousing industries.

S Ways & Means

Kauffman

Support

SB 5529

ADU tax exemptions

Amending the county population threshold for counties that may exempt from taxation the value of accessory dwelling units to incentivize rental to low-income households.

S Ways & Means

Gildon

Support

SB 5539 (HB 1213)

Paid family & medical leave

Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.

S Labor & Comm

Alvarado

Oppose

SB 5548

Workers' compensation

Concerning workers' compensation benefits.

S Labor & Comm

Shewmake

Concerns

SB 5578 (HB 1764)

Labor standards

Concerning labor standards.

S Labor & Comm

Saldana

Oppose

SB 5604

Transit-oriented development

Promoting transit-oriented development.

S Housing

Liias

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

HB 1002

PTSD/coroners & examiners

Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorder as an occupational disease for county coroners, examiners, and investigative personnel.

H Labor & Workpl

Abbarno

Oppose

HB 1008

County local roads

Concerning county local roads.

H Local Govt

Low

HB 1010

Rural area ADUs

Authorizing accessory dwelling units in rural areas.

H Housing

Low

SHB 1015

Energy labeling/residential

Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings.

H Rules R

Duerr

Oppose

HB 1016

Veterans/employer incentives

Providing employer tax incentives for the support of veterans and military families.

H Finance

Abbarno

HB 1033

Child care local licensing

Authorizing local licensing and regulation of child care providers.

H EL & Human Svc

Couture

HB 1044

County REET admin. fees

Concerning county fees for administration of the real estate excise tax.

H Exec Action

Wylie

Oppose

HB 1070 (SB 5043)

PTSD/correctional workers

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

H Labor & Workpl

Davis

Oppose

HB 1082 (SB 5279)

Child care provider qualif.

Concerning qualifications for child care providers.

H EL & Human Svc

Senn

HB 1100

Local sales and use tax

Creating a local sales and use tax.

H Finance

Jacobsen

HB 1121

Work restrictions/age 16, 17

Concerning restrictions on the working conditions and hours of sixteen- and seventeen-year olds.

H Labor & Workpl

McClintock

Support

HB 1126 (SB 5315)

Local tax rate changes

Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department.

S Loc Gov

Walen

Support

HB 1155 (SB 5437)

Noncompetition agreements

Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements.

H Labor & Workpl

Berry

Concerns

SHB 1195 (SB 5497)

Housing & shelters

Concerning compliance with siting, development permit processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters.

H HOUSDPS

Peterson

SHB 1212 (SB 5509)

Child care center siting

Concerning the siting of child care centers.

H Approps

Alvarado

HB 1235 (SB 5148)

GMA housing element

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

H Housing

Peterson

HB 1273

Dual credit program access

Improving student access to dual credit programs.

H Education

Paul

Support

HB 1275 (SB 5381)

Self-insurer withdrawal

Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn.

H Approps

Scott

Oppose

HB 1285

Financial education

Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement in public schools.

H Education

Rude

Support

HB 1297

Child support/self-employed

Reporting self-employed workers to the division of child support.

H Civil R & Judi

Walen

Oppose

HB 1303 (SB 5380)

Environmental justice

Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions.

H Env & Energy

Mena

Oppose

HB 1328 (SB 5359)

Clean energy development

Accelerating the development of clean energy and transmission.

H Env & Energy

Doglio

HB 1332

Transp. network companies

Concerning transportation network companies.

H Labor & Workpl

Obras

HB 1335

Military spouse employment

Protecting military spouses from employment discrimination.

H Labor & Workpl

Richards

Concerns

HB 1338

School operating costs

Concerning school operating costs.

H Approps

Berg

Support

HB 1350 (SB 5500)

Child care reimburse. rates

Modernizing reimbursement rates for the working connections child care program.

H Approps

Alvarado

HB 1363

Child care licensing

Modifying licensing requirements for child care and early learning providers.

H EL & Human Svc

Caldier

HB 1374

Sales and use tax rate

Reducing the state sales and use tax rate.

H Finance

Orcutt

HB 1399 (SB 5364)

Sheriffs, chiefs, etc.

Modernizing, harmonizing, and clarifying laws concerning sheriffs, chiefs, marshals, and police matrons.

H Community Safe

Goodman

HB 1403

Condominium construction

Simplifying condominium construction statutes.

H Civil R & Judi

Taylor

HB 1407

Graffiti & property damage

Concerning offenses involving graffiti or other damage to property.

H Community Safe

Barkis

HB 1409

Clean fuels program

Concerning the clean fuels program.

H Env & Energy

Fitzgibbon

HB 1415 (SB 5291)

Long-term services trust

Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission.

H EL & Human Svc

Macri

HB 1494

Multiple-unit dwellings/tax

Concerning the property tax exemptions for new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers.

H Finance

Ramel

HB 1524

Isolated employees

Concerning workplace standards and requirements applicable to employers of isolated employees.

H Labor & Workpl

Obras

Concerns

HB 1529

Cities/county road resources

Increasing opportunities for cities to utilize county resources for road construction and maintenance.

H Local Govt

Griffey

HB 1702

Public utility tax, counties

Authorizing counties to impose a public utility tax.

H Finance

Wylie

Oppose

HB 1744

Gift card criminal conduct

Deterring criminal conduct involving gift cards.

H Community Safe

Obras

HB 1747 (SB 5549)

Job applicants and employees

Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act.

H Labor & Workpl

Ortiz-Self

HB 1749

SEPA considerations

Ensuring consideration of climate change, carbon sequestration, environmental health disparities, and treaty-protected and cultural resources in the state environmental policy act.

H Env & Energy

Pollet

SB 5023 (HB 1561)

Domestic workers

Providing labor market protections for domestic workers.

S Labor & Comm

Saldana

Concerns

SB 5043 (HB 1070)

PTSD/correctional workers

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

S Labor & Comm

Dhingra

Oppose

SB 5101

Worker leave/hate crimes

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

S Labor & Comm

Valdez

Concerns

SB 5104

Immigration status coercion

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

S Labor & Comm

Hasegawa

Concerns

SB 5130

Child care licensing fees

Eliminating child care licensing fees.

S Ways & Means

Wilson

SB 5142

Eminent domain purchase back

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.

S Law & Justice

Hasegawa

SB 5148 (HB 1235)

GMA housing element

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

S Housing

Bateman

SB 5208

Clean energy fund program

Establishing a new clean energy fund program.

S Environment, E

MacEwen

SB 5209

L&I law enforcement

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

S Rules 2

Lovick

Neutral

SB 5217

Pregnancy accommodations

Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations for all employers. Only impact for construction would be the provisions requiring payment for break or leave time if accommodations not made that can adapt in a way that works during work time. Changes this piece to a wage and hour issue.

S Labor & Comm

Nobles

SB 5251

Lodging tax revenues

Concerning lodging tax revenues.

S Business, Fin

Christian

SB 5275

Passport to careers program

Modifying funding and award levels for the passport to careers program and eligibility for the Washington college grant.

S Higher Ed & Wo

Nobles

SB 5291 (HB 1415)

Long-term services trust

Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission.

S Labor & Comm

Conway

SB 5292

Family & medical leave rates

Concerning paid family and medical leave rates.

S Labor & Comm

Conway

Oppose

SB 5315 (HB 1126)

Local tax rate changes

Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department.

S LGVDP

Gildon

Support

SB 5336

Isolated employees

Concerning protections for isolated employees.

S Labor & Comm

Orwall

Concerns

SB 5340

Sales tax exemptions

Exempting permanently from sales and use tax bottled water, prepared food, and clothing.

S Ways & Means

Fortunato

SB 5352 (HB 1404)

Free school meals

Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools.

S EL/K-12

Riccelli

SB 5358 (HB 1280)

Career & tech. ed./6th grade

Concerning career and technical education in sixth grade.

S EL/K-12

Braun

Support

SB 5360

Environmental crimes

Concerning environmental crimes.

S Environment, E

Trudeau

SB 5380 (HB 1303)

Environmental justice

Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions.

S Environment, E

Lovelett

Oppose

SB 5381 (HB 1275)

Self-insurer withdrawal

Establishing department authority to ensure payment is received from the self-insured employer after a self-insured group or municipal employer has their self-insurer certification withdrawn.

S Labor & Comm

Conway

Oppose

SB 5408

Wage and salary disclosures

Allowing for corrections to wage and salary disclosures.

S Labor & Comm

King

Support

SB 5437 (HB 1155)

Noncompetition agreements

Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements.

S Labor & Comm

Stanford

Oppose

SB 5496 (HB 1732)

Home buying by entities

Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities.

S Housing

Alvarado

SB 5497 (SHB 1195)

Housing & shelters

Concerning compliance with siting, development permit processes and standards, and requirements for permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, or indoor emergency shelters.

S Housing

Alvarado

SB 5509 (SHB 1212)

Child care center siting

Concerning the siting of child care centers.

S Loc Gov

Alvarado

SB 5525

Layoffs

Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs.

S Labor & Comm

Cleveland

SB 5549 (HB 1747)

Job applicants and employees

Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act.

S Labor & Comm

Saldana

Concerns

SB 5550 (HB 1324)

Transportation funding/CCA

Funding the state transportation system using climate commitment act revenues.

S Transportation

MacEwen

Support

SB 5580

Corp. homeowner registration

Concerning the registration of certain corporations and trusts that own single-family homes and condominium units.

S Housing

Orwall

SB 5587

Affordable housing dev.

Concerning affordable housing development in counties not closing the gap between estimated existing housing units within the county and existing housing needs.

S Housing

Cleveland

SB 5591 (HB 1717)

Affordable housing/sales tax

Creating a sales and use tax remittance program for affordable housing.

S Housing

Bateman

SB 5626 (HB 1773)

Wage replacement

Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance.

S Labor & Comm

Saldana

Oppose

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

SB 5107

Local gov. vehicle insurance

Concerning underinsured motorist coverage for local government employees.

S Loc Gov

Boehnke

Oppose

SB 5501

Employee driving requirement

Concerning employer requirements for driving.

S Labor & Comm

Stanford

SB 5540

Students/unemployment ins.

Concerning students' eligibility to receive unemployment insurance benefits.

S Labor & Comm

Hasegawa

Bill #

Abbrev. Title

Short Description

Status

Sponsor

Position

HB 1006 (SB 5108)

Service contracts

Regulating service contracts and protection product guarantees.

S Business, Fin S

Ryu

Concerns

HB 1025

LTSS trust exemptions

Reopening the exemption from the long-term services and supports trust program for employees who have purchased long-term care insurance.

H EL & Human Svc

Abbarno

HB 1026

LTSS trust spousal benefits

Protecting spouses by allowing the sharing of benefits under the long-term services and supports trust program.

H EL & Human Svc

Abbarno

HB 1035

Higher ed. traumatic stress

Creating policies and resources to address secondary traumatic stress in the higher education workforce.

H Postsec Ed & W

Ortiz-Self

HB 1040

Rental income/property tax

Concerning rental income received by people eligible for certain property tax exemption programs.

H Finance

Doglio

HB 1043

Commute trip reduction

Extending the commute trip reduction tax credit.

H Finance

Wylie

HB 1075

Affordable housing financing

Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments.

S Housing

Walen

HB 1076

Health technology assessment

Concerning the health technology assessment program.

H Exec Action

Walen

HB 1081

Solicited real estate

Establishing consumer protections for owners of solicited real estate.

H ConsPro&Bus

Donaghy

HB 1083

Aircraft fuel tax distrib.

Concerning the distribution of aircraft fuel tax revenue.

H Approps

Dent

HB 1097

Gov. services beyond UGA

Extending governmental services beyond the urban growth area in specific circumstances.

H Local Govt

Low

HB 1098 (SB 5544)

County local roads

Concerning county local roads.

H Transportation

Low

HB 1123 (SB 5083)

Health carrier reimbursement

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

H Approps

Macri

HB 1135

Local government planning

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

H Local Govt

Duerr

HB 1164

Urban growth area boundaries

Expanding urban growth area boundaries for residential development.

H Local Govt

Connors

HB 1167

Maritime careers task force

Directing the statewide career and technical education task force to consider educational opportunities for careers in maritime professions.

H Education

Shavers

SHB 1168

Artificial intelligence info

Increasing transparency in artificial intelligence.

H Approps

Shavers

SHB 1170

AI content notices

Informing users when content is developed or modified by artificial intelligence.

H Rules R

Shavers

HB 1197 (SB 5166)

Operating budget, supp.

Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations.

H Approps

Ormsby

HB 1198 (SB 5167)

Operating budget

Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.

H Approps

Ormsby

HB 1199 (SB 5331)

Insurance code violations

Strengthening consumer protection through increased insurer accountability for violations of the insurance code.

H ConsPro&Bus

Taylor

HB 1202 (SB 5194)

State gen. obligation bonds

Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.

H Cap Budget

Tharinger

HB 1208 (SSB 5155)

Salmon recovery projects

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

H Ag&Nr

Tharinger

HB 1210

Urban area tax preferences

Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences.

H Finance

Barnard

HB 1263 (SSB 5232)

Essential needs program uses

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

H Exec Action

Cortes

HB 1264

Ferry system salaries

Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units.

H Labor & Workpl

Fey

HB 1279

Postsecondary ed protections

Providing postsecondary education consumer protections.

H Postsec Ed & W

Pollet

HB 1289

Public school survey info.

Gathering survey information to improve the public school system.

H Education

McClintock

HB 1313

Mass layoffs

Addressing mass layoffs, relocations, and terminations.

H Labor & Workpl

Scott

Concerns

HB 1334

Property tax revenue growth

Modifying the annual regular property tax revenue growth limit.

H Finance

Pollet

HB 1353

ADU self-certification

Establishing a self-certification program for accessory dwelling unit project permit applications.

H Local Govt

Ramel

HB 1373

Senior citizens local tax

Imposing a local sales tax wholly credited against the state sales tax to support programs for senior citizens.

H Finance

Orcutt

HB 1375

Estate tax exclusion

Adjusting the estate tax exclusion amount for inflation.

H Finance

Orcutt

HB 1378 (SB 5333)

Eluding & resisting arrest

Concerning penalties related to eluding police vehicles and resisting arrest.

H Community Safe

Shavers

HB 1379 (SB 5084)

Health carrier reporting

Concerning health carrier reporting.

H Exec Action

Lekanoff

HB 1387 (SB 5293)

Prevailing wage/public works

Concerning the prevailing wages on public works.

H Labor & Workpl

Schmidt

HB 1388 (SSB 5214)

Mobile market programs

Concerning mobile market programs.

H Exec Action

Bernbaum

HB 1392 (SB 5372)

Medicaid access program

Creating the medicaid access program.

H Approps

Macri

HB 1393

Commencement/cultural exp.

Providing public school students with opportunities for cultural expression at commencement ceremonies.

H Education

McEntire

HB 1402

Job posting/driver's license

Concerning job postings requiring driver's licenses.

H Labor & Workpl

Scott

HB 1404 (SB 5352)

Free school meals

Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools.

H Approps

Berg

HB 1411

Assumed revenues

Limiting assumed revenues to projected revenues by the economic and revenue forecast council.

H Approps

Couture

HB 1418

PTBA governing body members

Adding two voting members that are transit users to the governing body of public transportation benefit areas.

H Transportation

Timmons

HB 1420

Textile producers

Establishing producer responsibility for textiles.

H Env & Energy

Reeves

HB 1437 (SB 5492)

Tourism promotion

Concerning sustainable state tourism promotion.

H Tech, Econ Dev 

Walen

HB 1438

Housing permit approval

Ensuring efficient approval of certain housing permit applications.

H Local Govt

Connors

HB 1445 (SB 5233)

Washington health trust

Developing the Washington health trust.

H HC/Wellness

Parshley

HB 1471 (SB 5392)

BSA transfers

Concerning budget stabilization account transfers.

H Approps

Ormsby

HB 1483 (SB 5423)

Digital electronics/repair

Supporting the servicing and right to repair of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable manner.

H Tech, Econ Dev 

Gregerson

HB 1538

Capital assistance/schools

Providing capital financial assistance to small school districts with demonstrated funding challenges.

H Cap Budget

McEntire

HB 1543 (SB 5514)

Clean buildings standard

Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard.

H Env & Energy

Doglio

HB 1554 (SB 5543)

College bound scholarship

Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship.

H Postsec Ed & W

Timmons

HB 1556 (SB 5542)

HS completers/CTC tuition

Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.

H Postsec Ed & W

Entenman

HB 1557 (SB 5308)

Guaranteed admissions prg.

Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications.

H Postsec Ed & W

Reed

HB 1560

Hospital exec. excise tax

Funding health care access by imposing an excise tax on the annual compensation paid to certain highly compensated hospital employees.

H Finance

Reed

HB 1565

Dual enrollment scholarship

Continuing the Washington dual enrollment scholarship.

H Postsec Ed & W

Paul

HB 1567

Health care administrators

Concerning licensure of health care administrators.

H HC/Wellness

Stonier

HB 1568 (SB 5402)

Financial aid eligibility

Modifying financial aid eligibility.

H Postsec Ed & W

Paul

HB 1569

Tax exemptions

Increasing tax exemption transparency and accountability.

H Approps

Pollet

HB 1572

Higher ed. accreditation

Modifying higher education accreditation standards.

H Postsec Ed & W

Pollet

HB 1575

Residential property

Concerning the defense of property rights.

H Civil R & Judi

Dufault

HB 1576

Historic landmarks/cities

Concerning the designation of historic landmarks by cities.

H Local Govt

Walen

HB 1578

Long-term care prg. repeal

Repealing the long-term care services and supports trust program.

H EL & Human Svc

Dufault

HB 1580

CTE/alt. learning exp. prgs.

Concerning career and technical education in alternative learning experience programs.

H Approps

Nance

HB 1582

Child care centers/buildings

Concerning child care centers operated in existing buildings.

H EL & Human Svc

Caldier

HB 1587

Partner promise scholarships

Encouraging local government partner promise scholarship programs within the opportunity scholarship program.

H Postsec Ed & W

Bergquist

HB 1589 (SB 5588)

Health carriers & providers

Concerning the relationships between health carriers and contracting providers.

H HC/Wellness

Bronoske

HB 1590

Self-resiliency skills

Supporting student success through instruction in self-resiliency skills.

H Education

Timmons

HB 1595

Economic development plan

Creating a five-year statewide economic development plan.

H Tech, Econ Dev 

Ryu

HB 1598 (SB 5515)

Community solar

Concerning fair access to community solar.

H Env & Energy

Bernbaum

HB 1610 (SB 5582)

Critical energy infra./PRA

Concerning the disclosure of critical energy infrastructure information.

H State Govt & T

Hunt

HB 1614 (SB 5314)

Capital gains tax

Modifying the capital gains tax.

H Finance

Thai

HB 1644

Working minors

Concerning the safety and health of working minors.

H Labor & Workpl

Fosse

HB 1648

Child care qualifications

Modifying child care provider qualifications.

H EL & Human Svc

Dent

HB 1649

Child care/community pathway

Redesigning the community-based training pathway for licensed child care providers.

H EL & Human Svc

Dent

HB 1650

Airport projects/local REET

Concerning the addition of airport capital projects as an allowable use of local real estate excise tax revenues.

H Finance

Dent

HB 1664 (SB 5606)

Long-term care ombud funding

Providing sufficient funding for the Washington state long-term care ombuds program.

H Approps

Zahn

HB 1665

Capital gains tax repeal

Repealing the capital gains income tax.

H Finance

Dufault

HB 1666

Estate tax repeal

Repealing the estate tax.

H Finance

Dufault

HB 1671

Personal data privacy

Protecting personal data privacy.

H Tech, Econ Dev 

Kloba

HB 1672

Employer technology use

Addressing technology used by employers in the workplace.

H Labor & Workpl

Kloba

HB 1673 (SB 5466)

Electric transmission system

Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state.

H Env & Energy

Ramel

HB 1675 (SB 5387)

Corp. practice of medicine

Concerning the corporate practice of medicine.

H HC/Wellness

Thai

HB 1682

Unemployment ins./part-time

Concerning part-time workers in the unemployment insurance system.

H Labor & Workpl

Ortiz-Self

HB 1694

City & county REET revenues

Concerning revenues from the excise tax on real estate transactions imposed by cities and counties under RCW 82.46.035.

H Finance

Thai

HB 1695

Unincorporated villages/GMA

Concerning unincorporated villages in the growth management act.

H Local Govt

Engell

HB 1696

Covenant homeownership prg.

Modifying the covenant homeownership program.

H Housing

Taylor

HB 1700

Comprehensive plan updates

Concerning the timing of updates for comprehensive plans and development regulations.

H Local Govt

Volz

HB 1703 (SB 5610)

Equine industry

Establishing an equine industry tax credit, allowing the horse racing commission to impose a fee, and using equine industry sales tax revenues for federal regulatory compliance.

H Finance

Stearns

HB 1708

Homelessness info. dashboard

Helping local governments provide information about the impacts of homelessness.

H Housing

Stuebe

HB 1715

Energy standard/comply cost

Regarding the costs of compliance with the state energy performance standard.

H Env & Energy

Dye

HB 1717 (SB 5591)

Affordable housing/sales tax

Creating a sales and use tax remittance program for affordable housing.

H Finance

Leavitt

HB 1722

Secondary career education

Reviewing state restrictions affecting students participating in secondary career and technical education programs and other state-approved career pathways.

H Labor & Workpl

Connors

HB 1729

State school levies

Providing property tax relief by reducing both parts of the state school levies.

H Finance

Orcutt

HB 1751

Course materials sales tax

Establishing a sales and use tax exemption for required course materials at public institutions of higher education.

H Finance

Timmons

HJR 4201

School district bonds

Amending the Constitution to allow a majority of voters voting to authorize school district bonds.

H Education

Stonier

SB 5061

Public works wages

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

S Labor & Comm

Conway

SB 5070

Interchange fees on tips

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

S Labor & Comm

Saldana

SB 5083 (HB 1123)

Health carrier reimbursement

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

S Health & Long-

Robinson

SB 5084 (HB 1379)

Health carrier reporting

Concerning health carrier reporting.

S Rules 2

Robinson

SB 5145

State spending prgs. review

Implementing the periodic review of state spending programs.

S Ways & Means

Gildon

SB 5151

Annual state spending growth

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

S Ways & Means

Gildon

SSB 5155 (HB 1208)

Salmon recovery projects

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

S RecComm

Salomon

SB 5166 (HB 1197)

Operating budget, supp.

Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium second supplemental operating appropriations.

S Ways & Means

Robinson

SB 5167 (HB 1198)

Operating budget

Making 2025-2027 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.

S Ways & Means

Robinson

SB 5173

County comprehensive plans

Concerning county comprehensive plans and development regulations.

S Loc Gov

Short

SB 5180

Schools/gender inclusive

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

S EL/K-12

Wilson

SB 5194 (HB 1202)

State gen. obligation bonds

Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.

S Ways & Means

Trudeau

SB 5197

Local government planning

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

S Loc Gov

Salomon

SSB 5214 (HB 1388)

Mobile market programs

Concerning mobile market programs.

S Rules 2

Shewmake

SB 5216

Green energy/community

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

S Environment, E

Shewmake

SB 5220

City small works rosters

Modifying small works roster requirements for cities.

S Loc Gov

Shewmake

SSB 5232 (HB 1263)

Essential needs program uses

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

S Rules 2

Wilson

SB 5233 (HB 1445)

Washington health trust

Developing the Washington health trust.

S Health & Long-

Hasegawa

SB 5293 (HB 1387)

Prevailing wage/public works

Concerning the prevailing wages on public works.

S Labor & Comm

King

SB 5308 (HB 1557)

Guaranteed admissions prg.

Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications.

S Higher Ed & Wo

Hansen

SB 5310

Child care subsidy rates

Concerning child care subsidy rates.

S Ways & Means

Braun

SB 5331 (HB 1199)

Insurance code violations

Strengthening consumer protection through increased insurer accountability for violations of the insurance code.

S Business, Fin

Cortes