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Washington legislators · Data: Open States

State bill data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.

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• SB 5346 Became law
  Restricting mobile device usage by public school students.
  Mar 25, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 5420 Became law
  Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses.
  Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 5124 Became law
  Establishing network adequacy standards for skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals.
  Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 6244 Became law
  Extending an existing hazardous substance tax exemption for certain agricultural crop protection products that are temporarily warehoused but not otherwise used, manufactured, packaged, or sold in the state of Washington.
  Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 6248 Became law
  Addressing travel insurance.
  Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
• SB 5827 Became law
  Concerning the definition of a "qualifying discharge" for the Washington state veterans' preference program for civil service.
  Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 5841 Became law
  Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications.
  Mar 20, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 6066 Became law
  Establishing accident risk zones.
  Mar 20, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 6268 Became law
  Maintaining an online record of special education complaint decisions.
  Mar 17, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 5886 Became law
  Concerning forged digital likenesses.
  Mar 16, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 6087 Became law
  Concerning liability protections for donations of baby items that are less than five years old.
  Mar 14, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 6149 Became law
  Concerning the definition of "rural county" for purposes of public facilities funding.
  Mar 14, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 5552 Became law
  Concerning the creation of building codes for kit homes.
  Mar 14, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 5825 Became law
  Authorizing the Washington state leadership board to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources.
  Mar 14, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
• SB 5071 In committee
  Updating the endangerment with a controlled substance statute.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 6013 In committee
  Updating terminology related to ski areas and winter sports activities.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5840 In committee
  Making adjustments to the schedule for reporting campaign finance expenditure activity.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5877 In committee
  Making a technical correction to the surcharges authorized for certified anesthesiologist assistants.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5000 In committee
  Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5970 In committee
  Making the property tax exemption for multipurpose senior citizen centers permanent.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 6006 In committee
  Exempting food banks from the retail sales tax imposed on certain services.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5729 In committee
  Encouraging construction of affordable housing by streamlining the permitting process.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5971 In committee
  Establishing a green fertilizer incentive program to support the production and adoption of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer in Washington state.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SJM 8015 In committee
  Requesting Congress to ensure that federal wildfire response entities have the capacity to protect communities and infrastructure, limit impacts to natural resources and watersheds, and protect wildland firefighter health and safety.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 6297 In committee
  Making temporary staffing services provided to nonprofit behavioral health entities exempt from retail sales tax.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SR 8705 Adopted
  Honoring Senator Matt Boehnke.
  Mar 12, 2026: Adopted.
• SB 5912 In committee
  Reinstating the indigent defense task force.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5824 In committee
  Concerning fifth-wheel travel trailers.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5977 In committee
  Requiring publication of child near fatality reviews.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5268 In committee
  Classifying unlawful possession of a firearm as a violent offense.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5899 In committee
  Creating a license endorsement to allow qualified licensed chiropractors to perform chiropractic diagnosis and adjustments on nonhuman animals.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 6323 In committee
  Concerning medical insurance premium reimbursements for surviving spouses of line of duty deaths.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SR 8702 Adopted
  Honoring Senator Judy Warnick.
  Mar 11, 2026: Adopted.
• SR 8703 Adopted
  Honoring Senator Steve Conway.
  Mar 11, 2026: Adopted.
• SR 8704 Adopted
  Honoring Senator Rebecca Saldaña.
  Mar 11, 2026: Adopted.
• SR 8689 Adopted
  Acknowledging March as developmental disabilities awareness month.
  Mar 10, 2026: Adopted.
• SB 5932 In committee
  Providing certainty for the development of low-to-zero carbon alternative jet fuel production in Washington state.
  Mar 2, 2026: Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
• SB 6249 In committee
  Concerning department of corrections supervision of individuals convicted of stalking.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5046 In committee
  Designating kimchi day.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SJM 8003 In committee
  Requesting the transportation commission to designate a section of Interstate 82 as the Washington state patrol trooper Charles Frank Noble, Jr. memorial highway.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5170 In committee
  Concerning boundary line adjustments on public lands owned or managed by the department of natural resources.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SJM 8016 In committee
  Requesting Congress to determine that the closure of the Fairfax bridge and its immediate replacement be considered an emergency.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5328 In committee
  Establishing a new chapter for the licensing and regulation of businesses providing earned wage access services.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5979 In committee
  Improving state responses to dependent children and the risk of harm from high-potency synthetic opioids and caregiver substance abuse.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5839 In committee
  Concerning county ferry district authority.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 6082 In committee
  Safeguarding student financial aid from fraud.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SJR 8212 In committee
  Concerning qualifications of legislators.
  Feb 12, 2026: First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.
• SR 8672 Adopted
  Honoring Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting.
  Feb 12, 2026: Adopted.
• SR 8683 Adopted
  Honoring the Seattle Seahawks for excellence in professional football during the 2025 National Football League season.
  Feb 10, 2026: Adopted.
• SB 5898 In committee
  Directing the deposit of the proceeds from taxes on aircraft fuel to the aeronautics account.
  Feb 9, 2026: Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.