Bill Topics
Healthcare |
Behavioral Health |
Housing |
Criminal Legal System |
Support Services |
Voting and State Government |
Education |
Policing |
Transportation |
|
Indigenous Rights |
|
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 |