2023 Bill Tracker

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Updated March 24th, 2023
*Please note that bill statuses are subject to change. For the most up to date information check the bill page.
 

Healthcare

Bill # Description Status
HB 1222 Requiring coverage for hearing instruments.
IN THE SENATE –
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
HB 1281 Increasing access to the provisions of the Washington death with dignity act; companion to SB 5179. 

Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
HB 1313 Improving health care affordability for older adults and people with disabilities on medicare; companion to SB 5492. 

Referred to Appropriations. 
SB 5179 Increasing access to the provisions of the Washington death with dignity act; companion to HB 1281. 

IN THE HOUSE- Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
SB 5097 Creating an advisory council on rare diseases. 

Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means on 2/24 at 9:00 AM.
SB 5492 Improving health care affordability for older adults and people with disabilities on medicare; companion to HB 1313.

First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care on 1/20.

 

Behavioral Health

Bill # Description Status
HB 1134 Implementing the 988 behavioral health crisis response and suicide prevention program. 
IN THE SENATE- Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care on 3/23 at 10:30 AM
SB 5120 Establishing 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington State. 
IN THE HOUSE-
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness on 3/22 at 1:30 PM. Majority; do pass. 

 

Housing

Bill # Description Status
HB 1265 Establishing a property tax exemption for adult family homes that serve people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and are owned by a nonprofit; companion to SB 5302.  IN THE SENATE- Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
HB 1388 Protecting tenants by prohibiting predatory residential rent practices and by applying the consumer protection act to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act.  Referred to Appropriations.
SB 5302 Establishing a property tax exemption for adult family homes that serve people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and are owned by a nonprofit; companion to HB 1265.  Senate Rules “X” file.

 

Criminal Legal System

Bill # Description Status
HB 1024 Concerning labor and income of incarcerated persons.
Committee relieved of further consideration. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
HB 1077 Concerning courthouse facility dogs.  IN THE SENATE – Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice on 3/22 at 6:00 PM. Majority; do pass. 
HB 1189 Concerning the release of incarcerated individuals from total confinement prior to the expiration of a sentence.  IN THE SENATE – Referred to Ways & Means. 
HB 1087 Concerning solitary confinement; companion to SB 5135.  Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Appropriations on 2/13 at 4:00 PM.
HB 1345 Concerning the contribution to cost of privileges by incarcerated individuals.  IN THE SENATE-
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. 
HB 1432 Concerning juvenile justice; companion to SB 5474.  Public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning on 2/1 at 1:30 PM
SB 5046 Concerning postconviction access to counsel.  IN THE HOUSE – Referred to Appropriations. 
SB 5135 Concerning solitary confinement; companion to HB 1087.  Public Hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services on 1/23 at 10:30 AM. 
SB 5415 Concerning public defense services for persons committed as not guilty by reason of insanity. IN THE HOUSE – Referred to Appropriations. 
SB 5474 Concerning juvenile justice; companion to HB 1432.  Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means on 2/24 at 9:00 AM.

Policing

Bill # Description Status
HB 1025 Creating a private right of action for harm from violations of the state Constitution or state law by peace officers.  Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
HB 1445 Concerning law enforcement and local corrections agency misconduct through investigations and legal action.  Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
HB 1513 Improving traffic safety.  Referred to Rules 2 Review. 
HB 1579 Establishing a mechanism for independent prosecutions within the office of the attorney general of criminal conduct arising from police use of force. IN THE SENATE – Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice on 3/22 at 6:00 PM. Majority; do pass with amendment(s). Refer to Ways & Means. 

 

Human Services

Bill # Description Status
HB 1260 Accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity; companion to SB 5480. IN THE SENATE – Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means on 3/23 at 4:00 PM
HB 1407 Maintaining eligibility for developmental disability services.  IN THE SENATE – Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means on 3/21 at 4:00 PM
HB 1580 Creating a system to support children in crisis.  IN THE SENATE – Referred to Ways & Means. 
SB 5480 Accelerating stability for people with a work-limiting disability or incapacity; companion to HB 1260. Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means on 2/23 at 9:00 AM.

 

Voting and State Government

Bill # Description Status
HB 1048 Enhancing the Washington voting rights act; companion to SB 5047.  IN THE SENATE – Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections on 3/24 at 8:00 AM
HB 1174 Improving access and removing barriers to jail-based voting.  Referred to Appropriations. 
HB 1181 Improving the state’s response to climate change by updating the state’s planning framework. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means on 3/23 at 4:00 PM.
HB 1541 Establishing the nothing about us without us act.  IN THE SENATE-
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections on 3/24 at 8:00 AM
SB 5047 Enhancing the Washington voting rights act; companion to HB 1048.   Senate Rules “X” file. 
SB 5112 Updating processes related to voter registration; companion to HB 1229. 

 

IN THE HOUSE – Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation on 3/23 at 4:00 PM

 
SB 5117 Reforming the state building code council, its operations and procedures, and its statutory authority.  First reading, referred to State Government & Elections on 1/9. 

 

Education

Bill # Description Status
HB 1109 Providing funding for school districts for special education.
IN THE SENATE –
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means on 3/28 at 4:00 PM
HB 1211 Concerning special education funding formula; companion to SB 5311.  First reading, referred to Appropriations on 1/10. 
HB 1305 Improving access to and provision of a free appropriate public education for students with disabilities.  Returned to Rules Committee for second reading.
HB 1479 Concerning restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs.  IN THE SENATE –
Scheduled for executive session in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education on 3/27 at 1:30 PM
SB 5031 Concerning safety net award distributions.  IN THE HOUSE – Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations on 3/22 at 4:00 PM
SB 5237 Establishing complaint procedures to address noncompliance with certain state education laws.  Referred to Ways & Means.
SB 5311 Concerning special education funding formula; companion to HB 1211. 
IN THE HOUSE- Referred to Appropriations.
 
SB 5315 Concerning nonpublic agencies operating special education programs for students with disabilities.
IN THE HOUSE –
Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Education on 3/28 at 4:00 PM
SB 5523 Addressing the forensic pathologist shortage.  IN THE HOUSE – Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce on 3/24 at 8:00 AM 

Transportation

Indigenous Rights