Washington bills

Washington legislators · Data: Open States

State bill data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:08 AM.

3,413 bills

SB 5124 Became law
Establishing network adequacy standards for skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation hospitals.

Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2114 Became law
Concerning defective license plates issued by the department of licensing.

Mar 24, 2026: Effective date 1/1/2027.
SB 6110 Became law
Addressing electric-assisted bicycles and electric motorcycles.

Mar 23, 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 6134 Became law
Concerning notice to striking workers applying for unemployment insurance benefits of potential overpayment assessment upon receipt of retroactive wages.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 1155 Became law
Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/30/2027.
SB 5156 Became law
Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2296 Became law
Expanding the use of distributed energy resources.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
SB 5272 Became law
Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2475 Became law
Concerning language accessible public programs, activities, and services conducted, operated, or administered by state agencies.

Mar 23, 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 2192 Became law
Updating the role of the Washington traffic safety commission in identifying the risk factors that lead to roadway fatalities.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
SB 5938 Became law
Concerning the foreclosure prevention fee.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2334 Became law
Adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2385 Became law
Concerning the medicaid access program.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2124 Became law
Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2471 Became law
Concerning collective bargaining for employees not covered by the national labor relations act.

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.
SB 5185 Became law
Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
SB 6136 Became law
Promoting transparency in certain industrial insurance rate increases.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2089 Became law
Supporting wildfire mitigation by modifying RCW 82.04.29005, concerning taxes on loan interest.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 7/1/2026.
HB 1187 Became law
Protecting patients involved in motor vehicle accidents from delayed ambulance bills.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2178 Became law
Concerning court rules and procedures.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
SB 5395 Became law
Making improvements to transparency and accountability in the prior authorization determination process.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
SB 6248 Became law
Addressing travel insurance.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
HB 2451 Became law
Concerning local tax increment financing.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/2/2026.
HB 2664 Became law
Modifying requirements for service of unlawful detainer notices and other notices served in the same manner.

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.
SB 6162 Became law
Concerning property tax reform.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
SB 6309 Became law
Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
HB 2339 Became law
Concerning the regulation of nursing.

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 5969 Became law
Fulfilling high school and beyond plan requirements with individualized education program transition plans.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 1501 Became law
Concerning inquiries into association governance or operations by unit owners in common interest communities.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2179 Became law
Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan.)

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
HB 2274 Became law
Modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2229 Became law
Concerning the professional engineers' registration act.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
SB 5845 Became law
Modernizing and clarifying timely payment requirements for health carriers.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026*.
HB 2575 Became law
Reducing certain reporting obligations under environmental or energy laws.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 1302 Became law
Concerning utility connection charge waivers.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
SB 6269 Became law
Modernizing the definition of motor fuel in the motor fuel quality act.

Mar 23, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 1210 Became law
Concerning targeted urban area tax preferences.

Mar 20, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2525 Became law
Establishing the heritage orchard program.

Mar 20, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
HB 2104 Became law
Concerning aviation assurance funding in response to wildland fires.

Mar 20, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
SB 6194 Became law
Allowing payments to be made based on allowable costs for services provided by any rural hospital that is located on a federally recognized Indian reservation.

Mar 20, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.
SB 6132 Became law
Authorizing a narrow modification to indebtedness limits for select inland port districts to ensure continued eligibility for federal funding for rail, power, and other critical public infrastructure improvements.

Mar 20, 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.
HB 2348 Became law
Updating timber sale process efficiencies and adopting consistent language for the department's land sales.

Mar 20, 2026: Effective date 6/11/2026.