Bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Javier Valdez
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 5663 2025–26 |
CTC online course offeringsAllows community and technical colleges to distribute information on their respective colleges outside their district if it pertains to entirely online course offerings. | Vandana Slatter (D-48) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5666 2025–26 |
Mental health internshipsEstablishes a grant program for educational service districts, and others, to attract and pay full-time school psychology interns. | Vandana Slatter (D-48) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5667 2025–26 |
Intercity passenger railEstablishes 2035 targets for the Department of Transportation's Amtrak Cascades service regarding travel time and reliability. | Javier Valdez (D-46) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5676 2025–26 |
Electronic admission ticketsRequires a ticket seller to immediately deliver an electronic admission ticket upon receiving confirmation of payment.? | Derek Stanford (D-1) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5683 2025–26 |
Health carrier payment timesRequires carriers to submit data to the Office of the Insurance Commissioner related to the timeliness of claims payments. | Vandana Slatter (D-48) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5684 2025–26 |
Electioneering/auditorsExpands the location where a person may not influence or interfere with a voter to the building that contains the division of elections for a county auditor's office and any adjacent parking lot. | Claudia Kauffman (D-47) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5697 2025–26 |
Social services/property taxExempts property owned by a nonsectarian nonprofit organization from property taxes if the organization loans, leases, or rents the property to any government entity, a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Washington,... | Vandana Slatter (D-48) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5701 2025–26 |
Prevailing wage/recordsRequires the Department of Labor and Industries to provide, upon request, a copy of an employer's certified payroll records to an interested party. | Bill Ramos (D-5) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5704 2025–26 |
Health care marketplaceConcerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. | Manka Dhingra (D-45) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5709 2025–26 |
Public health clinics/taxConcerning county property tax levies for public health clinic purposes. | Emily Alvarado (D-34) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5715 2025–26 |
Juvenile convictions/scoreConcerning retroactively applying the requirement to exclude certain juvenile convictions from an offender score regardless of the date of the offense. | Claudia Kauffman (D-47) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5717 2025–26 |
Driver course/work zonesRequires new driver's license applicants under the age of 26, beginning May 1, 2026, to pass an online work zone and first responder safety course. | John Lovick (D-44) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5722 2025–26 |
Local farming grant programCreates a grant program, administered by the Employment Security Department, for certain farmers of handpicked specialty crops. | Rebecca Saldaña (D-37) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5725 2025–26 |
Housing on college landsAuthorizes the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to enter into long-term leases for at least 50 years for development of affordable housing on underutilized community and technical college (CTC) land. | Vandana Slatter (D-48) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5735 2025–26 |
Imitation firearm labelingRequires imitation firearms manufactured after July 1, 2005, to be accompanied by safety-related advisories. | Jesse Salomon (D-32) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5738 2025–26 |
Retired employees/workExtends the expiration of expanded eligibility for retirement benefits during specified employment in the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS), the School Employees' Retirement System (SERS), the Public Safety Employees'... | Lisa Wellman (D-41) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5756 2025–26 |
Working minorsEstablishes minimum penalties for violations of restrictions governing the employment of minors. | Derek Stanford (D-1) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5768 2025–26 |
Working families' tax creditExtends the eligibility for the Working Families Tax Credit Program to individuals who were at least 18 by the end of the relevant tax year, regardless of the number of qualifying children they are applying with. | Rebecca Saldaña (D-37) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5770 2025–26 |
Primary residence/taxExempts a portion of assessed value with respect to the state property tax equal to the greater of $100,000 or 60 percent of the county median home value. | June Robinson (D-38) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5771 2025–26 |
WFTC increase/tenantsProvides an additional Working Families Tax Credit refund amount of up to $300 to persons who leased or rented their primary residence within the state of Washington for at least 183 days during the year for which the credit... | June Robinson (D-38) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5772 2025–26 |
Student enrollmentLimits the enrollment used to calculate Local Effort Assistance funding to when the district's Alternative Learning Experience enrollment exceeds a specific percentage. | Drew Hansen (D-23) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5779 2025–26 |
African diaspora heritageEstablishing African diaspora heritage week. | T'wina Nobles (D-28) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5795 2025–26 |
Sales and use tax rateReduces the state sales and use tax rate from 6.5 to 6.0 percent. | Deborah Krishnadasan (D-26) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5797 2025–26 |
Intangible assets taxEstablishes a tax at a rate of $5.00 per $1,000 of the true and fair value on certain financial intangible assets on the portion of assets owned by a Washington resident in excess of $50 million. | Noel Frame (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House |
Jan 12, 2026 |
| SB 5798 2025–26 |
Property taxExempts property owners qualifying under the Retired Persons Property Tax Relief Program from 100 percent of part one of the state levy. | Jamie Pedersen (D-43) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Jan 12, 2026 |