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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2225. An artificial intelligence companion chatbot is a program that holds an ongoing, human-like conversation with a user. This law will set duties for the companies that offer one. The operator must say clearly that the chatbot is artificial and not human, at the start of a conversation and every three hours after that. Where the operator knows the user is a child, or the chatbot is aimed at children, the notice must come every hour. The operator must take reasonable steps to stop the chatbot producing sexually explicit or suggestive talk with a child. It must also stop it using methods that draw a child into a prolonged emotional relationship. Every operator must run a written method for spotting talk of suicide or self-harm, referring the user to crisis help, and blocking content that encourages it. That method, and the number of crisis referrals made last year, must be published. A breach counts as an unfair act under the state Consumer Protection Act. It became law as chapter 168 of the 2026 session laws and takes effect on January 1, 2027. The Washington House approved it 74-21.

March 11, 2026Supports AI Regulation

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1170. This law will make large artificial intelligence companies label what their systems produce. It covers a provider whose system has more than one million users a month. The system must be open to the public in Washington for personal use. Where it is reasonable to do so, the provider must mark any video, image or audio the system creates or greatly changes. The mark must show where the content came from, so a user can tell. The provider must also make that mark hard to remove. Video game and interactive products are not covered. Nor are state, local and tribal governments. It became law as chapter 167 of the 2026 session laws and takes effect on February 1, 2027. The Washington House approved it 55-38.

March 11, 2026Supports AI Regulation

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5981. Under a federal program called 340B, drug makers sell medicine at a discount to clinics and hospitals that serve many low-income patients. This law bars drug makers from blocking or limiting delivery of those discounted drugs to such clinics, their contract pharmacies or other sites they choose. Drug makers also may not demand claims or sales data as a condition, unless federal law requires it. Clinics and the Attorney General may sue, and courts may impose fines of up to $5,000 a day for each violation. Hospitals and health centers must report each year how much they save and how they use the savings. It became law as chapter 227 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 67-30.

March 6, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 2242. Washington law requires health plans to cover preventive care, such as screenings and vaccines, based on lists kept by federal health advisers. This law ties that coverage to those lists as they stood on June 30, 2025. The state insurance commissioner may update them, but not to cover less. Plans may no longer drop a preventive service just because a federal list removes it. For vaccines, plans must cover those recommended by the state Department of Health instead of the federal vaccine advisory committee. The department may issue its own vaccine advice, after weighing the federal committee's advice and other experts. The coverage rules apply to plans issued from April 1, 2026. It became law as chapter 13 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on March 9, 2026. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

February 11, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5083. From January 1, 2027, this law caps what the health plans for state and school employees pay most hospitals that take Medicaid. The cap is 200 percent of what Medicare would pay for care in the plan's network, and 185 percent outside it. Children's hospitals in King and Pierce counties have their own limits. Plans must pay at least 150 percent of Medicare for in-network primary care and some behavioral health care. Patients may not be billed for the rest of an out-of-network charge. Critical access and sole community hospitals, which serve rural areas, are exempt unless owned by a system with more than two hospitals. The Health Care Authority must report on the effects in 2030 and 2034. It became law as chapter 373 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

April 22, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 2041. It would shorten Apple Health coverage after pregnancy for people approved from July 1, 2026. Apple Health is the state's Medicaid program. It now covers people for 12 months after a pregnancy ends, even if their income rises. For people newly approved from that date, this continuous coverage would last six months instead. People approved before then would keep the full 12 months. The Washington House passed it 56-40. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

April 17, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1971. Hormone therapy is medicine that raises, lowers or replaces a hormone the body is not making at the right level. It is used for menopause, gender-affirming care, low testosterone, trouble conceiving, some cancers, thyroid disease and other conditions. From January 1, 2026, a health plan that covers hormone therapy must pay for a full year's supply picked up at one time. That holds only for medicine that keeps safely at room temperature. The plan may give less if the patient asks for less, or if the prescriber says so. It may also give less if the medicine is a controlled substance, in the last quarter of a plan year when a year's supply has already gone out, or during a shortage. Dispensing must follow clinical guidelines. It became law as chapter 171 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 58-38.

March 8, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1291. It would stop health plans from making patients meet their deductible before covering labor and delivery care. It would apply to plans issued or renewed from January 1, 2026, including plans for state and school employees. Any cost sharing a patient paid for that care would still count toward the deductible. Plans paired with a health savings account would set the lowest deductible federal tax rules allow. The Washington House passed it 56-39. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

March 3, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2215. Washington's cap-and-invest program makes large polluters buy permits for the greenhouse gas they emit. Fuel suppliers had to take part only above 25,000 metric tons of emissions a year. From 2027, this law lowers that line to 500 tons for suppliers of gasoline, diesel, biodiesel or propane that started in 2023 or later, with a narrow exception. The state may adjust the line by rule. From 2027, fuel sellers must be in the program, or show their fuel came from a supplier that is, to win state or local contracts. Emissions from lubricants are exempt from 2027. The governor vetoed only the clause that would have made it take effect at once. It became law as chapter 251 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 57-38.

March 12, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 2515. It would set rules for data centers that use 20 megawatts or more of power. Each would buy power under a utility rate plan meant to keep its costs from shifting to other customers, with contracts of at least 10 years and exit fees. Owners would publish reports on their water and energy use. New or expanded centers would have to get 80 percent of their power from new renewable or zero-emission sources by 2030, and all of it from renewable or zero-emission sources by 2045. Work on power plants they own on site would have to meet labor standards. The Washington House passed it 51-41. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

February 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 2367. Washington's cap-and-invest program limits greenhouse gas emissions. It makes large polluters buy permits, called allowances, for what they emit. Coal-fired power plants that were running by July 2011 were left out of it. This law ends that exemption for emissions from 2026 on. It also removes a limit that stopped the state setting further greenhouse gas rules for such a plant, or for coal power bought from one. And it repeals the sales and use tax breaks on coal burned to make electricity. It became law as chapter 37 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on March 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 63-33.

February 12, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1462. Hydrofluorocarbons are gases used in cooling equipment. They warm the planet far more than carbon dioxide does. This law caps how strong that warming effect may be for newly made bulk supplies. The cap is 1,500 times carbon dioxide from 2030, and 750 times from 2033. Reclaimed refrigerants, use in aircraft, and some uses allowed under federal rules are not covered. The Department of Ecology may excuse a firm that cannot meet the cap, but only if it follows a plan to get there. Ecology may also grant a 30-day emergency exemption. Breaking the rules carries the state Clean Air Act's civil and criminal penalties. It became law as chapter 313 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 58-39.

April 22, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1409. Washington's clean fuels program makes fuel sellers cut the carbon pollution from transportation fuels over time. This law speeds up the required cuts. Fuels must be 45 percent cleaner than 2017 levels by 2038, or 55 percent if the state finds progress falling short. It sets added cuts of 5 percent by 2026, 4 percent by 2027, and 3 to 4 percent a year after that. It ends a rule that paused cuts beyond 10 percent until more biofuel plants were built. But from 2030, the standard may not tighten past 20 percent until a new or larger biofuel plant gets a permit. The general Clean Air Act penalties are replaced by fines written for this program, such as up to $10,000 a day for missing reports. It became law as chapter 319 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 54-43.

April 21, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1154. This law tightens oversight of landfills and other solid waste sites. Local health departments still issue the permits, but the state Department of Ecology must now approve every landfill permit and renewal. From August 1, 2027, a landfill permit is not valid without that approval. Ecology may step in and enforce when a local department asks it to, or when the local response falls short. It falls short if the department fails to inspect a credible complaint within 45 days, misses the other set deadlines, or makes no real progress for 180 days. Ecology must usually give 30 days' notice first, unless there is an immediate danger to health or the environment. Either agency may suspend a permit. Either may fine an operator up to $5,000 a day, rising to $10,000 a day after 14 days. It became law as chapter 311 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

April 21, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5284. This law makes the companies that sell boxes, bottles, wrappers and other packaging and paper in Washington pay for a statewide recycling program. Each company must join a group that runs the program for its members under state oversight. They had to join by July 1, 2026, and sign up with the state Department of Ecology. From March 1, 2029, a company that has not signed up may not sell covered packaging here. The group sets the fees its members pay and must file a plan for the state to approve. Governments, nonprofits and small farms are exempt, and so are some goods, such as medicine and hazardous products. It became law as chapter 316 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 51-45.

April 14, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5494. Paint made before 1978 often contains lead, which is dangerous to children. This law has the Department of Commerce run a state program for renovation work on older homes and buildings used by children. Work on those buildings must be done by certified firms using certified workers, or people the certified workers have trained, and firms must meet standards Commerce sets. Commerce also runs the training and certification, and may set fees to cover the cost. The state rules must be at least as protective as the federal ones. Commerce may not fine someone for a violation the federal Environmental Protection Agency has already acted on. It became law as chapter 180 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 63-33.

April 11, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5175. A 2017 state law requires solar panel makers to pay for collecting and recycling old panels. This law pushes back its deadlines. Makers must now file their recycling plans by January 31, 2030, instead of July 1, 2024. The ban on selling panels without an approved plan now starts on January 31, 2031, instead of July 1, 2025. The state Department of Ecology must set up an advisory committee to recommend how the takeback system should work, and report to lawmakers by December 2028. It became law as chapter 126 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on June 30, 2025. The Washington House approved it 58-37.

April 10, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 1531. This law makes it state policy that public health responses to contagious disease follow the best available science on measures such as vaccines. State and local officials must carry out and promote such measures, within available resources. No state or local law, rule or policy may ban carrying out or promoting them, and any that does is void. The law says it does not create or change any requirement for a person to get a vaccine. It became law as chapter 105 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on April 21, 2025. The Washington House approved it 58-35.

March 8, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1155. This law makes every noncompete agreement in Washington void, including ones signed years earlier. A noncompete is a contract term that stops a worker taking a job with a competitor. An employer may not enforce one, threaten to enforce one, or tell a worker they are still bound by one. By October 1, 2027 employers must make a reasonable effort to tell current and former workers that their noncompete no longer binds them. A worker can sue for damages and legal fees. An agreement to repay out-of-pocket education costs does not count as a noncompete if it ends within 18 months of the worker's start date, only asks for the share of the cost that matches the time left in those 18 months, and is waived when the worker leaves for good cause under state unemployment rules. It became law as chapter 149 of the 2026 session laws and takes effect on June 30, 2027. The Washington House approved it 62-33.

March 9, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5847. This law protects an injured worker's choice of doctor under workers' compensation. Employers must tell injured workers they may pick their own provider for first or emergency care, and pick from the approved network after that. An employer may not pressure or threaten a worker to use a certain clinic. The state Department of Labor and Industries must look into complaints and can fine employers. If no network provider will treat the worker within 25 miles of home, the worker may see a provider outside the network. It became law as chapter 175 of the 2026 session laws, and most of it took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 67-28.

March 6, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 6188. People who work on asbestos jobs must be certified by the state Department of Labor and Industries. The department could write rules only as far as needed to match federal law. This law removes that limit. Its rules must now rest on the best evidence, best practices and national industry standards, and be no more burdensome than needed to address safety and health hazards. It became law as chapter 179 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 61-33.

March 3, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1570. This law lets student workers at Western Washington University form unions and bargain under the state law for public workers, if no other bargaining law covers them. It covers jobs such as dorm advisors, event and media helpers, and building managers. Talks may not cover firing for poor grades, tuition and fees, or the school calendar. Tuition waivers may be bargained. It became law as chapter 113 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on March 18, 2026. The Washington House approved it 58-35.

February 14, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 2355. This law sets work rules for domestic workers who work in private homes four or more hours a month. They include nannies, house cleaners, cooks, gardeners and home care aides. Whoever hires them must pay at least the minimum wage, and overtime after 40 hours a week. The hirer must give a written agreement with the pay and terms. Before ending the job, the hirer must give two weeks' notice or two weeks' pay, or four weeks for a live-in worker. A hirer may not keep a worker's passport or other papers, watch the worker in a bathroom or private room, or listen in on private calls. A hirer may not punish a worker for using these rights. The state Department of Labor and Industries enforces the law. Occasional babysitting, pet sitting and work by family members are not covered. It became law as chapter 15 of the 2026 session laws and takes effect on July 1, 2027. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

February 12, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1002. It would let county coroners and medical examiner staff get workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder caused by the job. Mental illness caused by stress is normally not covered. Staff hired after January 1, 2026, would qualify only if a mental health exam at hiring ruled out earlier trauma, or if no exam was offered. Covered staff would be those who respond to, look into or autopsy the cases these offices handle. The Washington House passed it 70-24. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

February 10, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 2411. State workers can donate leave to coworkers in need through a shared leave program. This law lets a state worker receive shared leave if they are the victim of a hate crime. It also covers time off when the worker or a close relative or household member is caught up in immigration enforcement, such as detention, a court hearing or deportation. For that reason, the worker must be legally allowed to work in the United States. An employer may ask for proof, but must tell the worker not to include details of anyone's immigration status. Any such details the worker gives stay confidential. It became law as chapter 241 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 60-36.

January 29, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass the final version of Senate Bill 5041 written by a joint House and Senate committee. Workers on strike could not get unemployment benefits for as long as the strike lasted. From January 1, 2026, this law lets striking workers collect benefits from the second Sunday after the strike begins, for up to six weeks. The usual one-week wait still applies. Workers must repay the benefits if a court finally finds the strike unlawful, or if they later get back pay for those weeks. Workers locked out by a group of employers bargaining together may also collect. Benefits paid to strikers are charged to that employer's unemployment account. The changes end on December 31, 2035, unless renewed. It became law as chapter 352 of the 2025 session laws. The Washington House approved it 51-45.

April 25, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1213. Washington's paid family and medical leave program pays workers part of their wages while on leave. This law lets workers claim leave in blocks as short as four hours, down from eight. It widens job protection, the right to come back to the same or an equal job. That right now reaches employers with 25 or more workers in 2026, 15 in 2027 and 8 from 2028. Workers qualify after 180 days on the job, instead of meeting an hours test. Employers must keep up health coverage during protected leave. Small employers can get a new $3,000 grant. It became law as chapter 304 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on January 1, 2026. The Washington House approved it 57-38.

April 19, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1332. Washington already requires ride-hailing companies to give drivers a receipt for each trip. This law replaces the rule on showing price multipliers with a rule to show any bonus or incentive paid for that trip. Weekly summaries must show all bonuses paid. On request, a company must give a driver a searchable file of all trip receipts from the past 24 months within three days. Companies must tell drivers which vehicles qualify for each ride class, such as premium rides. They must give 120 days' written notice before changing the vehicle age or model rules for a class. Vehicles dropped from a class for age or model in the 12 months before September 1, 2025, must be let back in for at least 12 months. It became law as chapter 229 of the 2025 session laws, and most of it took effect on September 1, 2025. The Washington House approved it 59-37.

April 17, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1308. This law sets what a worker's personnel file includes, where the employer keeps such records. The list is job application records, performance reviews, closed discipline records, leave and accommodation records, payroll records and employment agreements. A private employer must give a current or former worker a free copy of the file within 21 days of a request. When a former worker asks in writing, it must also give a signed statement of the date the job ended, whether the employer had a reason for the firing, and if so what it was. A worker may sue after giving five days' notice. Damages run from $250 if the file is late to $1,000 if it comes more than 35 days after the request. Public employers must provide the file under the public records law. It became law as chapter 273 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 56-40.

April 17, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5503. This law changes how the state Public Employment Relations Commission handles public-sector union cases. When workers petition to form a new union, both sides must explain early which workers they dispute. The commission may set hearing dates without both sides' consent. It may assume the worst about a party that ignores its subpoenas, though not when a union properly claims union privilege. Public employers may not make a worker give up legal claims to settle a grievance. It became law as chapter 387 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 59-36.

April 15, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5101. This law lets a worker take reasonable leave, or ask for a reasonable safety change at work, if the worker or a family member is the victim of a hate crime. The employer may ask for proof. An employer may not treat a worker worse or retaliate because the worker is a hate crime victim. A hate crime here means an assault, property damage or threat made because of how the attacker sees a person's race, gender, religion or other listed trait, including online. It became law as chapter 375 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on January 1, 2026. The Washington House approved it 59-38.

April 15, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5217. This law, called the Healthy Starts Act, widens workplace rights for pregnant and nursing workers. Employers must pay workers at their regular rate for breaks to pump breast milk. They must also pay for time spent getting to a private place when the only one at work is a bathroom. Workers may not be made to use paid leave for these breaks, which come on top of normal meal and rest breaks. The pregnancy accommodation rules now cover every employer with at least one worker, including nonprofit religious groups. Accommodations include flexible schedules for visits after birth. The state Department of Labor and Industries takes over enforcement from the Attorney General, and workers may also sue. A person nursing or pumping for a baby under 2 may be excused from jury duty. It became law as chapter 379 of the 2025 session laws and takes effect on January 1, 2027. The Washington House approved it 71-25.

April 14, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5104. This law bars employers from using threats about a worker's immigration status, or a family member's, to stop the worker from using rights under wage, labor and farm labor laws. The state Department of Labor and Industries takes complaints filed within 180 days and must finish within 90 days. Fines go up to $1,000 for a first violation, $5,000 for a second and $10,000 after that. Each threat against each worker counts as a separate violation. Personal details in a complaint stay confidential. It became law as chapter 236 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 1, 2025. The Washington House approved it 59-38.

April 14, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5040. Interest arbitration is a process where a neutral arbitrator settles a contract dispute when a union and a public employer cannot agree. Washington gives it to some uniformed workers, including police officers. Before this law, police officers counted only if they worked for a city or town of at least 2,500 people or a county of at least 10,000. This law removes those population limits, so police officers of any city, town or county can use interest arbitration. It also adds police officers who work for a city-run airport. It became law as chapter 113 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 59-35.

April 12, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5525. This law is Washington's own layoff notice law. An employer with 50 or more full-time workers must give 60 days' written notice before closing a site or laying off 50 or more full-time workers within 30 days. Notice goes to the workers, or their union, and to the state Employment Security Department. It must list the jobs and workers affected and say whether the work is being moved or contracted out. There are exceptions, such as sudden events the employer could not foresee and natural disasters. An employer that fails to give notice owes each affected worker back pay and benefits for up to 60 days. It became law as chapter 277 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 59-38.

April 9, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1141. This law gives workers who grow, harvest, dry and trim cannabis on licensed farms the right to form a union and bargain as a group. The state Public Employment Relations Commission oversees it. Employers may not interfere with, pressure or punish workers for organizing. A union can win recognition in a secret ballot election, or by a count of signed cards when more than half the workers back it. Both sides must bargain in good faith over wages, hours and working conditions. It became law as chapter 106 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 55-40.

March 11, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1644. This law toughens enforcement of child labor rules. Farms now face the same citations and fines as other employers for breaking the rules on working minors. Fines are set by type of violation. They start at $100 for a missing work permit or missing records. They are at least $15,000 for a violation that seriously hurts a minor and at least $71,000 for one that kills a minor, and those two may be doubled for willful or repeat violations. The state must take away an employer's permit to hire minors for at least 12 months after a violation that seriously hurts or kills a minor. Before letting a student learner do work usually barred at their age, the state must first check safety at the worksite. Fines rise with inflation from 2027. It became law as chapter 173 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 1, 2026. The Washington House approved it 60-35.

March 10, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1622. It would require most state and local public employers to bargain with their workers' unions before adopting or changing artificial intelligence tools that affect wages or performance reviews. State law now bars bargaining over technology for most state workers. Employers would not have to bargain over a vendor's update to technology already in use, if it does not meaningfully affect wages or reviews. The House version would have been void unless the 2025 budget paid for it. The Washington House passed it 58-38. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

March 8, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1821. Contractors on public works projects must pay the local prevailing wage and file payroll records with the state. This law lets two more kinds of groups get copies of those records from the Department of Labor and Industries. They are joint labor-management committees and benefit trusts run jointly by unions and employers. A committee may use the records only to file prevailing wage complaints, not for union organizing or business. It became law as chapter 99 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 59-38.

March 7, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1875. Washington employers must give workers paid sick leave. This law adds a reason a worker may use it: preparing for or attending an immigration hearing, their own or a family member's. If the absence runs beyond three days and the employer asks for proof, it must accept a letter from an advocate, lawyer, member of the clergy or other professional helping with the case. It must also accept the worker's own written statement. Neither may reveal anything about the immigration status of the worker or the family member, and handing one over does not waive legal privilege. Drivers for ride-hailing companies get the same right on the same terms. It became law as chapter 170 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 58-39.

March 6, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1068. Interest arbitration is a process where a neutral arbitrator settles a contract dispute when a union and a public employer cannot agree. This law gives it to members of the Washington Management Service who work for the Department of Corrections. These are managers in the state prison system. It became law as chapter 162 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 72-25.

March 3, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 2244. It would open more government records to the public. It would end rules keeping secret the state toxicologist's blood test results, some files from the state financial regulator's investigations, and state efficiency surveys. Accident reports could be released once names and other personal details were removed. Grand jury reports could name or criticize a person. Courts would lose a general power to seal family court files on grounds of public morals or harm to children. It would add one new exemption, for the locations of archaeological sites. The Washington House passed it 70-26. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

February 16, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2105. This law makes employers tell workers when federal agents ask to see employment records. From October 1, 2026, an employer has five days to post and hand out a notice. The notice must name the agency, the date and the records sought. It must also say how to reach a statewide immigrant and refugee rights group. It must be in English and the five most used other languages in the state. The Attorney General must publish a model notice by September 1, 2026. An employer that uses that model has met the rule. It became law as chapter 240 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 58-38.

March 11, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5068. Washington police and corrections officers must be certified by the state. Certification had required a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident, or a person in the federal program that defers deportation for people brought to the country as children. This law lets agencies hire anyone legally allowed to work in the United States to guard adults in prisons and jails. It does the same for deputy prosecutors. An agency is not liable for discrimination if it turns down someone whose permission to work is too limited to make hiring practical. A person barred from having a gun only because of immigration status no longer loses police or corrections certification automatically, if federal law would let them carry a gun on the job. It became law as chapter 103 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on March 18, 2026. The Washington House approved it 62-33.

March 6, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5714. Bail bond agents sell bonds that let people charged with crimes go free before trial, and bail recovery agents track down those who skip court. Both are licensed by the state. This law makes it misconduct, which can cost them their license, for a recovery agent to use the job to enforce a civil immigration warrant. It is also misconduct for an agent to share a defendant's immigration status with anyone outside the bail business. It became law as chapter 237 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 58-37.

April 10, 2025Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass House Bill 1875. Washington employers must give workers paid sick leave. This law adds a reason a worker may use it: preparing for or attending an immigration hearing, their own or a family member's. If the absence runs beyond three days and the employer asks for proof, it must accept a letter from an advocate, lawyer, member of the clergy or other professional helping with the case. It must also accept the worker's own written statement. Neither may reveal anything about the immigration status of the worker or the family member, and handing one over does not waive legal privilege. Drivers for ride-hailing companies get the same right on the same terms. It became law as chapter 170 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 58-39.

March 6, 2025Supports Immigration

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2156. This law has the Attorney General name investigators to look into economic and financial crimes. They count as limited peace officers, so they must meet state police training and background rules. They may send a search warrant to a business electronically once a judge approves it. They may not serve warrants in person, detain or arrest anyone, or carry weapons. Other police agencies' powers do not change. It became law as chapter 242 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 54-41.

March 11, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2165. This law creates the crime of falsely posing as a peace officer. A person commits it by claiming to be an officer, or acting to give that impression, when a reasonable person would believe it. Examples include using a vehicle, clothing or a badge. It covers state, local and federal officers. Any item with a word such as police, sheriff or trooper, or the name of a federal agency that employs officers, counts as a law enforcement insignia. The crime is a gross misdemeanor, the more serious class of misdemeanor. It does not reach retired officers keeping items their agency allows, items kept in memory of an officer who died, or use in art, satire and news. It replaces the part of an older impersonation crime that covered posing as an officer. It became law as chapter 114 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 66-29.

March 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5855. This law bars police officers, including federal officers, from wearing masks that hide their faces while dealing with the public on duty. Undercover officers, SWAT teams and safety gear that work safety law requires are exempt. Medical masks, clear face shields, helmets and religious head coverings are allowed. A person held by an officer in a banned mask may sue, unless the officer could still be readily identified as state law requires. It became law as chapter 115 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on March 19, 2026. The Washington House approved it 56-37.

March 3, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 2095. It would make it easier for people walking, cycling or riding scooters to win injury lawsuits against drivers. A driver who hit one of them on a sidewalk, shoulder, crosswalk, bike lane or path would be presumed careless unless the driver proved otherwise. This would not apply if the victim ignored traffic signals, ran a stop sign, or was impaired and broke right-of-way rules. On-duty emergency drivers would be exempt. The winning side could recover $1,500 in set damages plus legal fees. The Washington House passed it 53-44. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

February 17, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5375. Washington requires people in many jobs, such as teachers, nurses and police, to report suspected child abuse or neglect. This law adds clergy, meaning ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, elders and other religious leaders. Unlike others, clergy may not skip a report because they learned of the abuse in a privileged conversation. It became law as chapter 197 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. In October 2025 the state agreed to a permanent court order: it will not enforce the duty for what clergy of any faith learn only through confession or its equivalent. Clergy must still report abuse they learn of in any other way. The Washington House approved it 64-31.

April 11, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 1423. It would create a pilot program, running until July 1, 2028, for cameras that catch illegally loud vehicles. Cities of at least 2,000 people could use them only in zones they have set aside for street-racing camera enforcement. The cameras would record sound only just before, during and after a violation. Loud music could not be used as proof. By January 1, 2028, the state Traffic Safety Commission would report where the cameras were placed, the incomes and makeup of those areas, and the number of violations. The Washington House passed it 57-40. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

March 7, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1974. A land bank buys and holds land so it can later be used for housing people can afford. This law lets a city or county authorize a public corporation, housing authority or nonprofit to run one. A land bank may buy, hold, lease and sell property for affordable housing. It may sell to builders below market price in return for promises to keep the homes affordable. At least half of what it sells or leases must carry a deed rule keeping the homes affordable for at least 30 years. Rentals must be affordable at 80 percent of the area's median income, and owned homes at 120 percent. Counties must give land banks first chance at property taken for unpaid taxes. Land banks get tax breaks and must report each year. A nonprofit land bank may not build housing itself. It became law as chapter 233 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 59-37.

March 11, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2266. This law makes cities and counties allow shelter and supportive housing. Transitional housing and permanent supportive housing must be allowed anywhere inside an urban growth area where homes or hotels are allowed. Indoor shelters and emergency housing must be allowed wherever hotels are. They must be allowed in further zones if the local plan shows a need. Local governments may not force these buildings onto industrial land. A local government may not set harder conditions for these buildings than it sets for other lodging or housing in the same zone. It may still apply plain measurable rules such as height, setback and stormwater. Design review must be done by staff against stated standards, with no public hearing first. A city may ask the operator to certify notice to neighbors, public meetings, an emergency contact and written safety policies. It may ask for no other certification. But if a shelter would sit within 500 feet of a school or another shelter, the city may negotiate extra health and safety rules, and may deny the permit if no deal is reached within 180 days. Local rules must be updated within two years, and the state rule overrides any that conflict. It became law as chapter 232 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 56-39.

March 9, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 6026. This law makes cities allow homes on commercial land. A city or county of 30,000 or more people that plans fully under the state Growth Management Act may not shut housing out of land zoned for commercial or mixed use. Industrial land, land within 3,200 feet of a working oil or gas refinery, historic landmarks, shorelines and critical areas are among the places left out. A city may not require ground floor shops or offices as a condition of approving housing on more than 40 percent of its commercial and mixed-use acreage. It may not require them at all for publicly subsidized affordable housing. Each city must offer a way to ask for a waiver from a ground floor shop rule. Cities have 18 months to comply, after which the state rule overrides any local rule that conflicts with it. It became law as chapter 236 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 69-27.

March 5, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1687. A social housing public development authority is a public corporation set up by a city or county to build, own and run rental homes for people of any income. Some rents are kept low with public money. Others are kept low by charging higher-income tenants more. The law sets low income at up to 80 percent of the local median, moderate at 80 to 120 percent, and high at above that. The state and local governments could already help public housing authorities with land, money, loans, roads and zoning exceptions. This law lets them give the same help to social housing authorities. It became law as chapter 1 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 58-38.

February 10, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to approve the compromise version of House Bill 1217 worked out by negotiators from both chambers. This law limits how much a landlord may raise the rent in any 12-month period. For most rentals the limit is 7 percent plus inflation, or 10 percent, whichever is lower, and that limit ends on July 1, 2040. For manufactured home lots the limit is 5 percent, with no end date. No increase is allowed during the first year of a tenancy, and a landlord may set any rent once a tenant has moved out. The limit does not apply to buildings first occupied within the past 12 years, to public housing, or to some owner-occupied homes where the owner rents out no more than two units. It became law as chapter 209 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on May 7, 2025. The Washington House approved it 54-44.

April 27, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Prime-sponsored SHB 1177, a law on the child welfare housing assistance program, enacted as Chapter 163, Laws of 2025.

April 25, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 5686. Washington's foreclosure mediation program helps homeowners at risk of losing a home work things out with a lender. From January 1, 2026, this law opens it to owners in condominium and homeowner associations who fall behind on association dues. A housing counselor first brings the owner and the association together, then may refer them to mediation. The association must send notice of late dues within 30 days. It must then wait 15 days before other collection steps. Until then it may charge only mailing costs, a $10 fee and one late fee of no more than $50 or 5 percent. It became law as chapter 393 of the 2025 session laws. The Washington House approved it 56-41.

April 23, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1491. This law makes cities allow denser housing near transit. A rail station area is the land within half a mile walk of a light rail entrance, or of a commuter rail entrance in a city with more than 15,000 people. In smaller cities the commuter rail area is a quarter mile. A bus station area is the land within a quarter mile of a bus rapid transit stop that has permanent features, such as raised platforms or dedicated lanes. Cities that plan fully must allow new homes and mixed-use buildings at an average floor area ratio of at least 3.5 in rail areas and 2.5 in bus areas. Floor area ratio compares building floor space to lot size, so a higher number means more building per lot. A further 1.5 is allowed for a building that is entirely affordable, workforce or permanent supportive housing for at least 50 years. Cities may leave out shorelines, critical areas, landmarks, historic districts and a few other kinds of lot. It became law as chapter 267 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

April 22, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5184. This law stops cities and counties requiring as much off-street parking. They may not require more than half a parking space per apartment, more than one space per single-family home, or more than two spaces per 1,000 square feet of commercial space. They may not require any parking at all for affordable housing, senior housing, child care sites, homes under 1,200 square feet, commercial spaces under 3,000 square feet, ground-floor business space in mixed-use buildings, or a building changing from business to residential use. Accessible parking under the Americans with Disabilities Act is unaffected. Cities with 30,000 people or fewer are exempt. Cities and counties with 50,000 people or more had 18 months to comply, and those with between 30,000 and 50,000 had three years. It became law as chapter 204 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 64-31.

April 11, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5662. Cities and water and sewer districts charge builders a fee to connect a new building to their pipes. In an eastern Washington county of more than 500,000 people, this law lets them waive that fee for shelters and affordable housing without covering the lost money from other funds. The builder must record a deed rule limiting the property to shelter or affordable housing, with price and income limits. If the property later changes use, the owner must pay the fee then in effect. It became law as chapter 351 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 64-33.

April 9, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1183. This law changes local building rules so that homes cost less to build. A setback is the gap a building must leave between itself and the property line. Cities and counties that plan under the state Growth Management Act must let an insulated outside wall reach up to 8 inches into a setback. They must let a roof stand 8 inches higher to hold more insulation, and at least 48 inches higher for solar panels. Floor space is measured from the inside face of the outside wall. Cities may not require breaks in a building's front or stepped-back upper floors for affordable homes, conversions to housing, modular buildings, mass timber buildings, or very well insulated passive house buildings. They also may not require off-street parking for affordable homes, modular, mass timber, or passive house buildings. Parking may still be required where a study by qualified planners shows the change would be much less safe. Cities also may not set minimum sizes for low-income units above the stated limits. It became law as chapter 139 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 56-39.

March 11, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1696. The Covenant Homeownership Program helps first-time buyers with down payment and closing costs. It serves groups that a state study found were shut out of owning homes by racially restrictive deeds, which were recorded in Washington until 1968. This law raises the income limit from 100 to 120 percent of the county's median income. For buyers at or below 80 percent of median when the loan was made, the program may fully forgive the loan once it has been owed for five years. It became law as chapter 143 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

March 6, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1494. Washington lets cities give a property tax break to new apartment buildings that set aside homes at lower rents. This law widens it. Cities of at least 15,000 people that require affordable units in new buildings may offer the 20-year break within a mile of frequent transit. Large counties such as Clark, Kitsap and Snohomish may offer breaks in some areas near colleges or busy bus lines. A tenant keeps low-income status unless their income rises above 150 percent of the limit. Homes built for sale need a deed rule to stay affordable. Cities and counties may fine owners who fail to keep rents low, instead of only canceling the break. It became law as chapter 164 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 63-34.

March 5, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Sponsored a law requiring immediate license suspension for child care sites found with high-potency synthetic opioids or drug-making equipment, and allowing more mixed-age classroom time so staff can take breaks (House Bill 2219).

March 17, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1903. This law creates a statewide program to help low-income households pay their energy bills. The state Department of Commerce runs it with money the Legislature provides. Utilities choose whether to take part, and they pass the aid on as a credit on customers' monthly bills. Households with the greatest need get the most. Aid must start within 14 months after funding is provided. It adds to utilities' own low-income programs, which may not be cut because of it. The governor vetoed only the section that created an advisory group. It became law as chapter 252 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 70-26.

March 11, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass House Bill 2039. Families on cash welfare, called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, must sign over their child support to the state. Under the older rule the state passes on at most $50 a month for one child or $100 for more, and keeps the rest to repay the aid. A 2024 law was to pass on all current child support from January 1, 2026, and to stop counting it as income when setting a family's aid. This law delays both changes by three and a half years, to July 1, 2029. It became law as chapter 402 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 56-40.

April 17, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass House Bill 2040. The Aged, Blind, or Disabled program gives cash aid to low-income adults who are 65 or older, blind, or likely to qualify as disabled. Many get it while they wait for federal disability payments, called Supplemental Security Income. When those federal payments later cover the same months, the state treats the overlap as a debt and takes it back. A 2023 law was to end that repayment on October 1, 2025. This law pushes the end back three years, to October 1, 2028, so the state keeps collecting until then. It became law as chapter 403 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 56-39.

April 17, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5232. Washington's Housing and Essential Needs program helps some low-income adults pay for housing and basic needs. This law lets the state Department of Commerce keep helping elderly or disabled adults on federal Social Security who are leaving the program but still urgently need housing. Rent help referrals must be checked every 12 months. Aid may come as debit cards, travel vouchers, gift cards or payments to vendors. A 7 percent cap on administrative costs is replaced by the rate used in similar programs. The governor vetoed a section that would have loosened eligibility rules, including citizenship and residency rules, so current law on those stays. It became law as chapter 408 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 59-38.

April 14, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass House Bill 1177. The state's Child Welfare Housing Assistance Program gives housing vouchers, rent help and support services to families whose lack of housing keeps a child in foster care or puts a child at risk of it. This law requires the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to serve the families on the program's waiting list, with the aim of ending that list, within the money the Legislature provides. Help may go on after the department stops working with the family on child welfare. The department must set formal rules for the program. Its yearly report must now show the waiting list and how the money is spent. It became law as chapter 163 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 62-35.

March 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Sponsored a law that stopped the state from charging interest on unemployment insurance overpayments people were told to repay (House Bill 1975, Chapter 8, Laws of 2024).

March 7, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1795. This law limits how a school may restrain a student or shut one away alone. Staff may not use a mechanical restraint, a drug used as a restraint, or a hold that threatens life, restricts breathing, or cuts blood flow to the brain. Neither restraint nor isolation may be used any longer to protect property. They are left only for a real risk of serious harm to a person. A school may not write isolation into the support plan of a student who has a disability. It may write restraint into one only if the parent asks for it, a licensed health provider records in writing that it is needed, and the parent gives written consent. No new room may be built or set aside mainly to hold a student alone. The rules now cover every publicly funded provider of schooling, not school districts alone. The state must publish incident reports in a form that shows trends. It became law as chapter 169 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 58-37.

March 12, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Prime-sponsored ESHB 1651, a bill on teacher residency and apprenticeship programs; it was enacted as Chapter 309, Laws of 2025.

May 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Prime-sponsored SHB 1079 (Supporting remote testing options for students enrolled in online school programs), enacted into law as Chapter 251, Laws of 2025.

May 13, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Prime-sponsored 3SHB 1228 (Building a multilingual, multiliterate Washington through dual and tribal language education), enacted into law as Chapter 202, Laws of 2024.

March 19, 2024Supports Public Education Quality

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2320. This law extends Washington's bans on making guns to home machines and digital files. A three-dimensional printer builds an object layer by layer from a digital model. A computer numerical control mill cuts one from a solid block. Firearm code is the file that tells either machine what to make. Using such a machine to make a machine gun, a bump-fire stock, a gun that scanners cannot detect, or a shotgun or rifle with a shortened barrel, is a class C felony. Making a gun that carries no serial number draws a civil fine the first time, a misdemeanor the second time and a gross misdemeanor after that. The same steps apply to making a frame or receiver, the part of a gun that carries the serial number. The one exception is a maker who holds a federal license, or a dealer fixing a gun that already exists. Selling or passing on gun code to anyone without a federal license is banned. So is holding the code meaning to pass it on or to print a gun. It became law as chapter 203 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on March 24, 2026. The Washington House approved it 58-38.

March 11, 2026Supports Gun Control

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1163. This law will require a permit to buy a firearm in Washington. A dealer may not hand over a firearm until the buyer shows a valid permit. To get one, a person applies to the State Patrol, gives a full set of fingerprints, and shows they finished a certified firearms safety course in the past five years or are exempt from that course. A permit lasts five years. The State Patrol must refuse a permit to someone barred from having a firearm, someone under a court order about firearms, or someone with an outstanding warrant for an offense that makes them ineligible. It became law as chapter 370 of the 2025 session laws and takes effect on May 1, 2027. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

April 22, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 6182. This law creates a state grant program to keep abortion care available for people without enough money, such as those who are uninsured or whose insurance does not cover it. Using money the Legislature provides, the Department of Health must give at least 85 percent of the program's funds as grants. Grants go to abortion providers and abortion funds that work with the department, tribal health providers, and clinics serving underserved areas. The department may not reveal who works for or provides care through these groups, except as the program needs. It became law as chapter 228 of the 2026 session laws, and most of it took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 57-36.

March 11, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5917. This law widens who the Department of Corrections may supply with abortion medications. It may sell or deliver them to health care providers and health care groups. Those groups must use them for reproductive health care, which covers abortion and the care of early pregnancy loss. The department must work with the Department of Health to find suitable recipients. It must put bulk supply first, including to Indian health care providers. The old rule capped the price at list price plus a five dollar fee, and that cap is gone. The department need not charge at all. It became law as chapter 52 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on March 14, 2026. The Washington House approved it 57-36.

February 28, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5632. Washington's shield law protects people who give or get abortion and other reproductive care, and gender-affirming care. It limits how state and local officials may help other states take legal action over that care. This law says the protection also covers help such as money, rides and information. It applies the limits on officials to people acting for state and local agencies too. Some Washington phone, email and online firms may get a subpoena, warrant or court order about this care without the sworn statement the law requires. They must now tell the Attorney General, unless the law or a court forbids it. It became law as chapter 248 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 58-36.

April 12, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5093. This law ends the power of county coroners and medical examiners over deaths that result from a known or suspected abortion, a premature birth or a stillbirth. It repeals the crime of concealing a birth. From July 1, 2027, prisons, jails and private detention centers must report each year to the state Department of Health how many people had a miscarriage, stillbirth or other pregnancy loss while held there, without naming them. It became law as chapter 374 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 58-39.

April 9, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1215. Washington law offers a suggested form for a living will. This is a document that says whether a person wants life support withheld if they are dying or permanently unconscious. The form said that if the person had been found to be pregnant, and the doctor knew it, the directive had no effect during the pregnancy. This law removes that line from the suggested form. It became law as chapter 56 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 57-36.

February 13, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5892. This law tightens control of the state's list of registered voters. Counties may no longer hand out data from the list when asked. They must send people to the Secretary of State instead. An election worker who knowingly breaks that rule, or knowingly leaks data from the list, commits a felony. Voters' license and ID numbers, Social Security numbers and full birth dates are kept secret from all but election staff, unless the Secretary of State allows it. It became law as chapter 213 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on March 25, 2026. The Washington House approved it 57-36.

February 28, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 6346. This law creates a state income tax of 9.9 percent on high incomes, starting in 2028. Only individuals pay it, and the first returns are due in 2029. Each person may deduct $1 million a year, and a married or partnered couple shares one $1 million deduction, so only income above that is taxed. The deduction rises with inflation from 2030. Charitable gifts of up to $100,000 may also be deducted. Long-term capital gains stay under the existing capital gains tax. Tribal members' income from their own lands is exempt. Five percent of the money goes to child care and early learning. It became law as chapter 238 of the 2026 session laws. Lawsuits claiming it breaks the state constitution were still pending in 2026. The Washington House approved it 51-46.

March 9, 2026Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 6081. This law keeps records about a person's sex designation out of public view. Sex designation is the sex marker carried on a government record. The Department of Licensing may not show or pass on a record that a person changed that marker, except with the person's consent for a stated purpose. A driver's license or identity card issued after a change must carry only the current marker and no sign that a change happened. That also applies to the data sent on for voter registration. The same protection covers birth and other vital records held by the Department of Health and files transferred to the State Archives. Those records are shielded from subpoenas and other court demands as well. The Department of Health may refuse a data request when the information could reasonably be used to cause harm. It became law as chapter 56 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on March 16, 2026. The Washington House approved it 57-36.

March 3, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Voted to pass House Bill 2637. It would keep more personal information held by government agencies from release under the Public Records Act. It would cover a person's age, birth date, place of birth, language and home address. It would also cover precise location data, utility account data, and ID numbers such as Social Security, passport, driver's license and license plate numbers. Birth years in voter records, business addresses, and addresses in voter or property records would stay public. A law that requires release would still apply. The Washington House passed it 52-45. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

February 16, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Prime-sponsored 2SHB 2105 (Concerning immigrant worker protections), enacted into law as Chapter 240, Laws of 2026.

March 30, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Prime-sponsored SHB 2475, a bill on making public programs, activities, and services available in more languages. It was enacted as Chapter 142, Laws of 2026.

March 23, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1710. Washington's Voting Rights Act lets voters sue a local government whose election method waters down the votes of a racial or language minority. This law adds a step that comes first. The Attorney General must keep a list of local governments with a recent record of voting bias, and update it every two years. A government lands on the list if in the past 25 years it lost or settled a voting rights case, or made a change without the approval this law requires. A listed government must get written approval before it changes how its board is elected, its district lines, its form of government, or its rules on interpreters and ballot materials in other languages. Approval must be given if the change will not weaken the group's ability to elect its choice and breaks no other law. A refusal may be appealed to court. Voters and the Attorney General may sue a government that skips the step. It became law as chapter 211 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 57-39.

March 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1750. The Washington Voting Rights Act bars a local government from diluting or abridging the votes of a racial or language minority. Dilution means drawing districts or using at-large seats so the group cannot elect its choice. Abridgment means a rule that makes voting harder for the group. This law writes a separate test for abridgment claims. A local government breaks the rule if an election practice puts a materially heavier burden on a protected group's chance to vote or take part. The government has a defense only if it shows by clear and convincing evidence that the practice is narrowly drawn, meets a compelling need, and that no less burdensome option exists. Proof of intent to discriminate is not required. A court may not weigh how long the practice has been in use, whether other places use it, or how many members of the group were not burdened. It became law as chapter 215 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 58-38.

March 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 5520. People wrongly convicted of a felony and sent to prison can sue the state for money. This law makes that easier. A person counts as innocent if the full evidence, more likely than not, no longer supports the conviction. A claim may be filed on that same showing. New evidence that clears a person counts even if a court would not admit it. A guilty plea, or a false or illegally obtained confession, does not count as lying to cause the conviction. The Attorney General must concede most claims that meet these rules. To win in court, a person must still meet the higher clear and convincing standard. It became law as chapter 224 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 72-23.

March 6, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5925. This law lets the Attorney General's office demand papers, written answers and sworn statements before it files a civil lawsuit. It may do so when facts point to a breach of the U.S. or state constitution, wage laws, or the state law against discrimination. It may also do so for the state law that limits police help with federal immigration arrests, and the law on city and county jails. It may not use this power against federal agencies or their staff for their official work, or in criminal cases. A demand must be clear and relevant, and may not ask for more than a court could. It became law as chapter 243 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 56-41.

March 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 2464. It would require privately run jails and detention centers to report serious events to the state health department and local police by the end of the next business day. These would include claims of abuse or neglect, deaths, suicides, injuries that put someone in the hospital, and emergencies. The Attorney General could enforce it. From November 1, 2026, police with such a center in their area would report each year on calls there, whether they looked into them, and whether any case went to prosecutors. The Washington House passed it 58-38. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

February 16, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1604. This law sets rules for how local jails search people who are transgender or intersex. Jails must write policies that meet the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act and have them in place by September 1, 2026. A search may not be done for the sole purpose of finding out a person's genital status. Staff must be trained to carry out these searches in the least intrusive way that still meets security needs. A search by staff of a different gender is allowed only when an urgent threat to the jail's safety or order requires it, and being short of trained female staff does not count as urgent. It became law as chapter 17 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 56-39.

February 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Prime-sponsored E2SHB 1232, a bill on oversight of private detention facilities, enacted into law as Chapter 235, Laws of 2025.

May 12, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Wrote Washington's law giving cannabis farm workers the right to organize and bargain collectively, with the state Public Employment Relations Commission enforcing it. The House passed it 55-40 and it was signed in April 2025 (House Bill 1141).

April 22, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Prime-sponsored EHB 1747 (Expanding protections for applicants and employees under the Washington fair chance act), enacted into law as Chapter 71, Laws of 2025.

April 21, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1052. A hate crime in Washington is an assault, property damage, or a threat that targets someone because of a trait the law names. Before this law, that bias had to be the reason for the act. This law makes it enough that bias was part of the reason. The traits named are race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, and mental, physical, or sensory disability. It became law as chapter 249 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 59-38.

April 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1747. This law limits how an employer may use a person's criminal record. An employer may not rule out everyone who has a record. It must make a conditional job offer before it looks into an applicant's record. It may never reject, fire, suspend, discipline, demote or refuse to promote someone over an arrest record or a juvenile conviction. The only exception to that rule is an adult who is out on bail, or released on a promise to appear, while awaiting trial. For an adult conviction, the employer may act only if it has a legitimate business reason. The law does not cover jobs with unsupervised access to children or vulnerable adults, police and criminal justice agencies, jobs where federal or state law requires a record check, or work under a federal contract that bars people with records. It became law as chapter 71 of the 2025 session laws. It applies to employers with 15 or more employees from July 1, 2026, and to smaller employers from January 1, 2027. The Washington House approved it 56-40.

March 11, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Prime-sponsored 2SHB 1470 (Concerning oversight and standards for private detention facilities), enacted into law as Chapter 419, Laws of 2023.

May 11, 2023Supports Civil Rights

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 2548. Washington requires health care groups to give the Attorney General 60 days' notice before certain mergers and deals. This law adds more deals to that list. They include a change in majority ownership or control of a hospital, hospital system or provider group, and the sale of most of its assets, including selling a building and leasing it back. They also include turning a nonprofit hospital or provider group into a for-profit one. The notice must name anyone with majority ownership or control. The Attorney General must post pending and completed deals online every three months. If the Attorney General asks for more information, the deal must wait until 30 days after the parties certify they have complied. Parties must pay a filing fee. It became law as chapter 222 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 55-41.

March 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1155. This law makes every noncompete agreement in Washington void, including ones signed years earlier. A noncompete is a contract term that stops a worker taking a job with a competitor. An employer may not enforce one, threaten to enforce one, or tell a worker they are still bound by one. By October 1, 2027 employers must make a reasonable effort to tell current and former workers that their noncompete no longer binds them. A worker can sue for damages and legal fees. An agreement to repay out-of-pocket education costs does not count as a noncompete if it ends within 18 months of the worker's start date, only asks for the share of the cost that matches the time left in those 18 months, and is waived when the worker leaves for good cause under state unemployment rules. It became law as chapter 149 of the 2026 session laws and takes effect on June 30, 2027. The Washington House approved it 62-33.

March 9, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 2294. Some property deals include a clause that bars a future grocery store or pharmacy on the land, often to keep out a competitor. This law makes any new clause of that kind void and unlawful where local zoning would otherwise allow the store. It also covers clauses that cap how big such a store may be. Clauses already in force are not affected. A store that closes to move may still block a replacement for up to five years, if it reopens a similar or larger store within 2 miles and within two years. A shopping center may still limit how many grocery stores or pharmacies it holds, but not once a store there has been closed for over a year. Local governments may stretch those limits for good cause. Anyone who signs such a clause must tell the Attorney General within 10 days. The Attorney General and local governments may sue to enforce the ban. It became law as chapter 24 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 69-25.

February 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5313. This law bars certain terms in home rental agreements. A landlord may not make a tenant give up the right to sue the landlord, including in a class action. A landlord may not make a tenant sign a nondisclosure agreement about the lease, such as the rent, deposit, fees or move-in deals. A landlord may not make a tenant agree to arbitration unless the landlord pays all of its cost and the agreement is notarized. It applies to leases signed or renewed after it took effect. It became law as chapter 206 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 58-38.

April 15, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 5463. Some employers insure themselves for workers' compensation instead of buying state coverage. The law required only some of them, such as cities, to handle injured workers' claims in good faith. This law applies that duty to every self-insured employer and to the firms that run their claims. If one breaks the duty twice within three years, the state Department of Labor and Industries must put it on probation with corrective steps. Another violation during probation means it loses the right to insure itself, and so can a repeat pattern within ten years. Small or accidental errors do not count. It became law as chapter 338 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on January 1, 2026. The Washington House approved it 64-32.

April 11, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 5651. When a creditor collects a consumer debt through the courts, it can take money from the debtor's bank account. A set amount is protected automatically. This law raises that protected amount in bank accounts and investments from $1,000 to $2,000 and makes the protection permanent. From July 1, 2027, the state adjusts it for inflation every three years. Alimony and spousal support paid to the debtor are also protected, except when support owed is what is being collected. It became law as chapter 391 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 1, 2025. The Washington House approved it 61-34.

April 10, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5480. This law keeps medical debt off credit reports. A hospital, doctors' group, other medical provider or collection agency may not report medical debt to a credit bureau, and a credit bureau may not report it either. If anyone does report it, the debt becomes unenforceable, so it can no longer be collected. Medical debt here means money owed to a business whose main work is providing medical services, products or devices, and it counts even if the bill is not overdue or has been paid. Cosmetic surgery does not count, unless it repairs damage from an injury or disease. It became law as chapter 145 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 59-38.

April 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 5122. Large mergers must be reported to federal antitrust officials before they close, on what is called a Hart-Scott-Rodino filing. This law makes a company send the same filing to the Washington Attorney General at the same time if it is based in Washington, or if its Washington sales in the business involved reach 20 percent of the federal filing threshold. Health care providers doing business here must also file. The Attorney General must keep the filing confidential, with a few exceptions such as court cases and sharing with federal officials. A company that fails to file can be fined up to $10,000 a day. It became law as chapter 7 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 59-39.

March 26, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1232. This law tightens the rules for private detention facilities. Such a place is run by a private group under contract with a government. The law now covers non-profit operators as well as for-profit ones. The Department of Health must set rules on lighting, hot and cold running water, cleaning, and waste. It must also set rules on access for people who have a disability. Covered places must meet new duties on food service and staffing, staff training, private visits, and a free telephone on each floor. They must control the spread of infection, and put in writing how they guard against abuse and neglect. The department may inspect at any time and must publish what it finds. For a repeat or uncorrected fault it may set conditions, or fine the operator up to $10,000 each time, to a limit of $1 million. It became law as chapter 235 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on May 12, 2025. The Washington House approved it 56-38.

March 7, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1081. This law protects people approached by a buyer about a home that is not for sale. It covers any such deal signed from January 1, 2026, where the buyer made contact by advertising, letter, email, phone or in person. The owner has the right to an appraisal by a licensed appraiser of the owner's choosing, paid for by the buyer. An owner who takes the appraisal may cancel within four business days of getting it. An owner who does not may cancel within 10 business days of signing. The contract must state both rights in bold type, and the owner must sign to show they know them. Deals where either side has a licensed real estate agent are not covered. Breaking the rules can be enforced under the state Consumer Protection Act. It became law as chapter 77 of the 2025 session laws and took effect on July 27, 2025. The Washington House approved it 56-39.

March 4, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 10, 2026

Voted to pass House Bill 1080. It would require hotels and short-term rentals to include every mandatory fee in the room rate they advertise or show. Government taxes and fees could be left out of that rate, but they would have to appear in the total price before a guest books. Each violation could bring a civil fine of up to $10,000, enforced by a city attorney, county prosecutor or the Attorney General. The Washington House passed it 58-39. As of September 2026 the Senate had not voted on it, so it was not law.

March 3, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Prime-sponsored SHB 2226 (Collecting data on the H-2A agricultural worker program), enacted into law as Chapter 233, Laws of 2024.

March 25, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Prime-sponsored SHB 1217 (Concerning wage complaints and enforcement of wage payment requirements), enacted into law as Chapter 243, Laws of 2023.

May 4, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: app.leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 6355. This law creates the Washington Electric Transmission Authority, a public body to help build more high-voltage power lines in the state. Its first goal is reliable electric service. It must favor projects that connect renewable and other clean power, reach regional markets, cross utility lines, or would not otherwise be built. It may also upgrade existing lines. It must consult utilities and protect cultural and natural resources. It must try to buy land by agreement before using eminent domain, the power to take land for public use. It may not create state debt. It became law as chapter 249 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 66-27.

March 11, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Voted to pass Senate Bill 6309. Regional transit authorities, such as Sound Transit, build light rail and other transit. This law speeds up their permits. They may apply for land use and building permits before they own the land, if they notify the owner, and local governments must accept the applications. Rail lines may exceed local height and setback limits when needed, while following local rules as far as practical. Land bought for transit is exempt from subdivision rules. It became law as chapter 166 of the 2026 session laws and took effect on June 11, 2026. The Washington House approved it 56-38.

March 4, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 11, 2026

Served as Majority Caucus Chair of the Washington House Democratic Caucus, a caucus leadership position, per the official Legislature member page.

July 24, 2026

Source: leg.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026