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State bill data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 8:07 AM.

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• HB 2049 Became law
  Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities.
  May 20, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 2061 Became law
  Regarding concession fees by duty-free sales enterprises.
  May 20, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026.
• HB 1392 Became law
  Creating the medicaid access program.
  May 19, 2025: Effective date 5/19/2025*.
• HB 1427 Became law
  Concerning certified peer support specialists.
  May 19, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1483 Became law
  Supporting the servicing and right to repair of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable manner.
  May 19, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1902 Became law
  Convening a work group regarding the streamlining of permitting for transportation projects.
  May 19, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1837 Became law
  Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities.
  May 19, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1774 Became law
  Modifying allowable terms for the lease of unused highway land.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1462 Became law
  Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1733 Became law
  Increasing the reimbursement cap for moving and relocation expenses incurred by persons affected by agency displacements.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1264 Became law
  Concerning the salaries of ferry system collective bargaining units.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1497 Became law
  Improving outcomes associated with waste material management systems.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1670 Became law
  Increasing transparency regarding sewage-containing spills.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1878 Became law
  Improving young driver safety.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025*.
• HB 1154 Became law
  Ensuring environmental and public health protection from solid waste handling facility operations.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1539 Became law
  Addressing wildfire protection and mitigation.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1562 Became law
  Increasing the availability of baby diaper changing stations.
  May 13, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1491 Became law
  Promoting transit-oriented housing development.
  May 13, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1543 Became law
  Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard.
  May 13, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1621 Became law
  Authorizing superior courts to appoint housing court commissioners.
  May 13, 2025: Effective date 5/13/2025.
• HB 1308 Became law
  Concerning access to personnel records.
  May 13, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1533 Became law
  Allowing a specialty electrician to continue working under a valid specialty certificate of competency while enrolled in a journey level apprenticeship program.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026.
• HB 1332 Became law
  Concerning transportation network companies.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 9/1/2025*.
• HB 1418 Became law
  Adding two voting members that are transit users to the governing body of public transportation benefit areas.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026.
• HB 1232 Became law
  Concerning private detention facilities.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 5/12/2025.
• HB 1271 Became law
  Permitting early deployment of state fire service resources.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1009 Became law
  Adjusting the membership of the pharmacy quality assurance commission.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1395 Became law
  Streamlining the home care worker background check process.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1149 Became law
  Preventing cruelty to animals.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1186 Became law
  Expanding the situations in which medications can be dispensed or delivered from hospitals and health care entities.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1052 Became law
  Clarifying a hate crime offense.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1173 Became law
  Concerning wages for journeypersons in high-hazard facilities.
  May 9, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026.
• HB 1757 Became law
  Modifying regulations for existing buildings used for residential purposes.
  May 7, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1516 Became law
  Conducting a study of insurance coverage options for permanently affordable homeownership units.
  May 7, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1217 Became law
  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.
  May 7, 2025: Effective date 5/7/2025.
• HB 1644 Became law
  Concerning the safety and health of working minors.
  Apr 28, 2025: Effective date 7/1/2026.
• HR 4650 Adopted
  Honoring Representative Bruce Q. Chandler.
  Apr 26, 2025: Adopted.
• HB 1971 Became law
  Increasing access to prescription hormone therapy.
  Apr 25, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1068 Became law
  Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections.
  Apr 25, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1875 Became law
  Allowing the use of paid sick leave to prepare for or participate in certain immigration proceedings.
  Apr 25, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1791 Became law
  Increasing the flexibility of existing funding sources to fund public safety and other facilities by modifying the local real estate excise tax.
  Apr 24, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025*.
• HR 4664 Introduced
  Honoring Speaker Frank Chopp.
  Apr 24, 2025: Introduced.
• HB 1141 Became law
  Concerning collective bargaining for agricultural cannabis workers.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1696 Became law
  Modifying the covenant homeownership program.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1321 Became law
  Concerning the governor's authority to limit outside militia activities within the state.
  Apr 21, 2025: Effective date 4/21/2025.
• HB 1747 Became law
  Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act.
  Apr 21, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1540 Became law
  Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college.
  Apr 21, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1486 Became law
  Adding a student member to the state board for community and technical colleges.
  Apr 21, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1531 Became law
  Preserving the ability of public officials to address communicable diseases.
  Apr 21, 2025: Effective date 4/21/2025.
• HB 1879 Became law
  Concerning meal and rest breaks for hospital workers.
  Apr 21, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026.