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Washington legislators · Data: Open States

State bill data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

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• HB 1960 Became law
  Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities.
  Apr 1, 2026: Effective date 1/1/2028.
• HB 1903 Became law
  Establishing a statewide low-income energy assistance program.
  Mar 30, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2411 Became law
  Modifying shared leave provisions to authorize shared leave for victims of a hate crime and those whose absence is due to immigration enforcement actions against the employee or the employee's relative.
  Mar 30, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2105 Became law
  Concerning immigrant worker protections.
  Mar 30, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
• HB 2266 Became law
  Encouraging permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and indoor emergency shelters.
  Mar 27, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 1974 Became law
  Establishing land banking authorities.
  Mar 27, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 1750 Became law
  Creating guidelines for voter suppression and vote dilution claims under the Washington voting rights act.
  Mar 25, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2548 Became law
  Strengthening health care market standards.
  Mar 25, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2442 Became law
  Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility.
  Mar 25, 2026: Effective date 7/1/2026*.
• HB 1710 Became law
  Concerning compliance with the Washington voting rights act of 2018.
  Mar 25, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2416 Became law
  Concerning fair treatment of waste to energy facilities under the climate commitment act.
  Mar 25, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2225 Became law
  Concerning regulation of artificial intelligence companion chatbots.
  Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 1/1/2027.
• HB 1069 Became law
  Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.
  Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2091 Became law
  Requiring public employers under chapter 41.80 RCW to provide employee information to exclusive bargaining representatives.
  Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 1295 Became law
  Using evidence-based instructional practices in reading and writing literacy for public elementary students.
  Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2594 Became law
  Ensuring that unhoused children and youths in Washington have equal access to free, appropriate public education.
  Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2624 Became law
  Clarifying consumer protections regarding unsolicited real estate transactions for public purposes or by nonprofit land conservancies.
  Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 1128 Became law
  Establishing a child care workforce standards board.
  Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2384 Became law
  Increasing regulatory oversight of continuing care retirement communities.
  Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
• HB 2523 Became law
  Concerning the community reinvestment program.
  Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
• HB 1634 Became law
  Providing school districts and public schools with assistance to coordinate comprehensive behavioral health supports for students.
  Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2264 Became law
  Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for workers separated from employment as a result of employer-initiated layoffs or workforce reductions.
  Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2452 Became law
  Modifying requirements for service of rent increase notices.
  Mar 20, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2165 Became law
  Concerning false identification as a peace officer.
  Mar 19, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2610 Became law
  Ensuring nonprofit housing providers qualify for a property tax exemption when the property is temporarily used for certain community purposes other than affordable housing.
  Mar 18, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
• HB 2426 Became law
  Improving efficiency in appeals to the pollution control hearings board.
  Mar 18, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 1570 Became law
  Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education.
  Mar 18, 2026: Effective date 3/18/2026.
• HB 2495 Became law
  Addressing the removal of vehicles by certain cities when obstructing the operation of streetcar vehicles or jeopardizing public safety.
  Mar 18, 2026: Effective date 3/18/2026.
• HB 2238 Became law
  Concerning statewide food security.
  Mar 17, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2515 In committee
  Addressing emerging large energy use facilities.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• HB 2095 In committee
  Protecting vulnerable users of public ways.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• HB 2319 In committee
  Renaming certain state residential facilities for persons with developmental disabilities.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• HB 1574 In committee
  Protecting access to life-saving care and substance use services.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• HR 4715 Adopted
  Honoring Representative Tharinger.
  Mar 12, 2026: Adopted.
• HB 2073 In committee
  Funding health insurance premium assistance.
  Mar 12, 2026: Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
• HB 1759 In committee
  Designating the twelfth day of December as the day of the 12s.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• HB 2120 In committee
  Modifying joint legislative audit and review committee work plans to ensure efficient use of staff resources.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• HB 2244 In committee
  Adopting the recommendations of the public records exemptions accountability committee in its 2025 annual report.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• HB 1923 In committee
  Increasing the availability of passenger-only ferries by establishing the mosquito fleet act.
  Mar 12, 2026: Senate refuses to recede and insists on its position.
• HR 4713 Adopted
  Honoring John Michael Sattgast.
  Mar 12, 2026: Adopted.
• HR 4714 Adopted
  Honoring Representative Graham.
  Mar 12, 2026: Adopted.
• HB 1002 In committee
  Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorder as an occupational disease for county coroners, examiners, and investigative personnel.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• HB 2333 In committee
  Protecting elected officials and candidates, executive state officers, election officials, and criminal justice participants against threats and incidents of political violence.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• HB 2303 Became law
  Prohibiting employers from microchipping employees.
  Mar 11, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2107 Became law
  Concerning notice requirements of identified hazards at construction worksites.
  Mar 11, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2152 Became law
  Permitting the medical use of cannabis by qualifying patients in specified health care facilities.
  Mar 11, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2632 Became law
  Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States.
  Mar 11, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
• HB 2294 Became law
  Prohibiting negative use restrictions on real property that have the effect of limiting consumer access to food and medicine.
  Mar 11, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 1687 Became law
  Concerning social housing public development authorities.
  Mar 9, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• HB 2355 Became law
  Establishing labor protections for domestic workers.
  Mar 9, 2026: Effective date 7/1/2027.