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Washington legislators · Data: Open States

State bill data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

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• SB 5974 Became law
  Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned officers, and police matrons.
  Apr 1, 2026: Effective date 4/30/2026*.
• SB 6346 Became law
  Establishing a tax on millionaires.
  Mar 30, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
• SB 5346 Became law
  Restricting mobile device usage by public school students.
  Mar 25, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 5105 Became law
  Concerning offenses involving fabricated depictions of minors.
  Mar 25, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 6076 Became law
  Streamlining consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects.
  Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 6162 Became law
  Concerning property tax reform.
  Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 5855 Became law
  Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers.
  Mar 19, 2026: Effective date 3/19/2026.
• SB 5292 Became law
  Concerning paid family and medical leave rates.
  Mar 18, 2026: Effective date 1/1/2028.
• SB 5068 Became law
  Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.
  Mar 18, 2026: Effective date 3/18/2026.
• SB 6091 Became law
  Prohibiting real estate brokers from marketing residential properties to an exclusive group of prospective buyers or real estate brokers.
  Mar 16, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 6014 Became law
  Concerning pregnancy-related accommodations.
  Mar 16, 2026: Effective date 1/1/2027.
• SB 5467 Became law
  Concerning the sale of surplus property by water-sewer districts.
  Mar 14, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
• SB 5917 Became law
  Improving access to abortion medications.
  Mar 14, 2026: Effective date 3/14/2026.
• SB 5286 In committee
  Concerning policing costs driven by proximity to state hospitals.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5500 In committee
  Modernizing reimbursement rates for the working connections child care program.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5061 In committee
  Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5956 In committee
  Addressing artificial intelligence, student discipline, and surveillance in public schools.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 5098 In committee
  Restricting the possession of weapons on the premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground facilities where children are likely to be present, and county fairs and county fair facilities.
  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 5906 In committee
  Establishing data and personal safety protections within areas of public accommodation for all Washington residents.
  Mar 12, 2026: By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
• SB 6086 In committee
  Strengthening security for Washington state judicial officers and court personnel.
  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 6234 In committee
  Regulating sewage grinder pumps for new residential buildings.
  Mar 10, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5950 In committee
  Celebrating Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, and Vaisakhi.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 6233 In committee
  Concerning penalties for sale of covered animal species.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SJR 8200 In committee
  Amending the Constitution to allow 55 percent of voters voting to authorize school district bonds.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5338 In committee
  Concerning the veterans affairs advisory committee.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5907 In committee
  Expanding access to the early childhood education and assistance program for military families.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SR 8680 Adopted
  Recognizing and honoring Ramadan.
  Feb 26, 2026: Adopted.
• SB 5708 In committee
  Protecting Washington children online.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5746 In committee
  Creating an advisory committee on electric vehicle charger infrastructure property crime.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 6172 In committee
  Eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5095 In committee
  Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction.
  Feb 26, 2026: Senate Rules "X" file.
• SB 5965 In committee
  Reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments.
  Feb 23, 2026: Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• SB 6286 In committee
  Concerning the state's ability to fine private detention facilities that deny entry to the department of health for an inspection.
  Feb 19, 2026: Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
• SR 8665 Adopted
  Recognizing February as Black History Month.
  Feb 16, 2026: Adopted.
• 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 6015 In committee
  Concerning permit-ready residential building plans.
  Feb 9, 2026: Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
• SB 5043 In committee
  Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers.
  Feb 9, 2026: Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
• SB 6105 In committee
  Raising the exemption from garnishment of earnings for judgments arising from medical debt.
  Feb 2, 2026: Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• SB 5852 In committee
  Concerning immigrant worker protections.
  Feb 2, 2026: Referred to Ways & Means.
• SB 6175 In committee
  Concerning ticket sales.
  Jan 28, 2026: Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
• SR 8668 Adopted
  Recognizing the National Guard.
  Jan 28, 2026: Adopted.
• SR 8667 Adopted
  Honoring Monica Alexander.
  Jan 21, 2026: Adopted.
• SB 6119 In committee
  Concerning 6PPD and regrettable 6PPD substitutes in tires.
  Jan 20, 2026: Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
• SB 6207 In committee
  Maintaining hatchery production of salmonids.
  Jan 19, 2026: First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources.