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State bill data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:16 PM.

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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 1392 Became law
  Creating the medicaid access program.
  May 19, 2025: Effective date 5/19/2025*.
• HB 1811 Became law
  Enhancing crisis response services through co-response integration and support.
  May 19, 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 1213 Became law
  Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.
  May 17, 2025: Effective date 1/1/2026.
• HB 1308 Became law
  Concerning access to personnel records.
  May 13, 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 1403 Became law
  Simplifying condominium construction statutes.
  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 1874 Became law
  Requiring training for cosmetologists, barbers, estheticians, and hair designers on the care, styling, and treatment of textured hair.
  May 2, 2025: Effective date 3/1/2026.
• HB 1012 Became law
  Authorizing the women's commission to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources.
  Apr 29, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• 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 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.
• 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 1391 Became law
  Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process.
  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 1858 Became law
  Eliminating the exemption for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the document recording fee and the covenant homeownership program assessment.
  Apr 21, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HB 1821 Became law
  Expanding the definition of "interested party" for the purposes of prevailing wage laws.
  Apr 21, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025*.
• HB 1112 Became law
  Removing the city residency requirement for judges pro tempore in municipalities with a population of more than 400,000 inhabitants.
  Apr 11, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HR 4661 Adopted
  Honoring Aysenur Ezgi Eygi.
  Apr 8, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4651 Adopted
  Honoring the East County Citizens' Alliance.
  Apr 8, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4659 Adopted
  Reaffirming the longstanding relationship between Washington and Canada.
  Apr 8, 2025: Adopted.
• HB 1142 Became law
  Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners.
  Apr 7, 2025: Effective date 7/27/2025.
• HR 4654 Adopted
  Honoring the life and career of sportscaster Tony Ventrella.
  Apr 7, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4635 Adopted
  Celebrating the holiday of Nowruz.
  Mar 19, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4626 Adopted
  Honoring Thomas H. Gray for his contributions to engineering.
  Feb 28, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4627 Adopted
  Honoring the Girl Scouts.
  Feb 28, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4619 Adopted
  Honoring Japanese-Americans who suffered relocation and internment during World War II.
  Feb 19, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4618 Adopted
  Observing Presidents' Day.
  Feb 17, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4617 Adopted
  Encouraging the celebration of Children's Day.
  Feb 17, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4611 Adopted
  Honoring the Washington National Guard.
  Jan 29, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4604 Adopted
  Celebrating Lunar New Year.
  Jan 28, 2025: Adopted.
• HR 4602 Adopted
  Recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  Jan 20, 2025: Adopted.