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State bill data last updated Oct 17, 2026, 4:17 AM.

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• SB 5458 In committee
  Concerning newspapers and eligible digital content.
  Jan 12, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5233 In committee
  Developing the Washington health trust.
  Jan 12, 2026: By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• SB 5001 In committee
  Implementing year-round Pacific standard time.
  Jan 12, 2026: By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• SB 5396 In committee
  Supporting the continued employment of pilots applying for federal aviation administration medical certificates.
  Jan 12, 2026: By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• SB 5412 Became law
  Providing temporary interfund loans for school districts.
  May 20, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5101 Became law
  Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents.
  May 20, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026.
• SB 5471 Became law
  Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities.
  May 20, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5217 Became law
  Expanding pregnancy-related accommodations.
  May 20, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2027.
• SB 5388 Became law
  Concerning department of corrections behavioral health certification.
  May 20, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5291 Became law
  Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission.
  May 20, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026*.
• SB 5232 Became law
  Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program.
  May 20, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5503 Became law
  Concerning public employee collective bargaining processes.
  May 20, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5041 Became law
  Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.
  May 19, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025*.
• SB 5033 Became law
  Concerning sampling or testing of biosolids for PFAS chemicals.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5284 Became law
  Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5463 Became law
  Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026.
• SB 5595 Became law
  Establishing shared streets.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5435 Became law
  Reorganizing and adding subchapter headings to public employees' collective bargaining statutes.
  May 16, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5509 Became law
  Concerning the siting of child care centers.
  May 13, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5525 Became law
  Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs.
  May 13, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5189 Became law
  Supporting the implementation of competency-based education.
  May 13, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5029 Became law
  Concerning the transportation of individuals released or discharged from the custody of the department of corrections.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5632 Became law
  Protecting the confidentiality of records and information that may be relevant to another state's enforcement of its laws.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5104 Became law
  Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 7/1/2025.
• SB 5528 Became law
  Concerning the installation of transportation electrification infrastructure.
  May 12, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026.
• SB 5110 Became law
  Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington’s community and technical colleges.
  Apr 29, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5557 Became law
  Codifying emergency rules to protect the right of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments.
  Apr 29, 2025: Effective date 4/29/2025.
• SB 5494 Became law
  Protecting Washington communities from lead-based paint.
  Apr 29, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SR 8659 Adopted
  Honoring Senator Bill Ramos.
  Apr 27, 2025: Adopted.
• SB 5065 Became law
  Prohibiting the use of certain animals in traveling animal acts.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5501 Became law
  Concerning employer requirements for driving.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5498 Became law
  Concerning contraceptive coverage.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026.
• SB 5391 Became law
  Concerning the sustainable farms and fields grant program.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5040 Became law
  Expanding the definition of uniformed personnel to all law enforcement officers employed by a city, town, or county.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5182 Became law
  Concerning programs and services for incarcerated parents at the department of corrections.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5149 Became law
  Expanding the early childhood court program.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5030 Became law
  Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5214 Became law
  Concerning mobile market programs.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 3/1/2026.
• SB 5459 Became law
  Concerning call center retention.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5163 Became law
  Modernizing the child fatality statute.
  Apr 22, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SR 8655 Adopted
  Honoring former Secretary of State Ralph Munro.
  Apr 21, 2025: Adopted.
• SR 8640 Adopted
  Honoring Karen Keiser.
  Apr 17, 2025: Adopted.
• SR 8646 Adopted
  Honoring Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney.
  Apr 10, 2025: Adopted.
• SR 8633 Adopted
  Honoring the workforce of forest products businesses.
  Apr 9, 2025: Adopted.
• SR 8649 Adopted
  Celebrating Paul Leroy Robeson.
  Apr 9, 2025: Adopted.
• SB 5106 Became law
  Establishing Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays.
  Apr 8, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5457 Became law
  Concerning broadcasters.
  Apr 4, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5118 Became law
  Updating the requirements for the clinical experience license for international medical graduates.
  Apr 4, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5244 Became law
  Providing an exemption for women, infants, and children program staff to perform hematological screening tests.
  Apr 4, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• SB 5128 Became law
  Concerning the provision of medical assistance to individuals in juvenile detention facilities.
  Apr 4, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.