Bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Gerry Pollet
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2089 2025–26 |
Taxes on loan interestDirects the revenue generated by the removal of the business and occupation (B&O) tax deduction into the Wildfire Response, Forest Restoration, and Community Resilience Account. | Shaun Scott (D-43) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 131, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 23, 2026 |
| HB 2264 2025–26 |
Unemployment ins./layoffsAllows a person to access unemployment insurance benefits when voluntarily participating in an employer-initiated layoff or reduction in force plan so long as their termination is the result of the plan. | Liz Berry (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 150, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 23, 2026 |
| HB 2296 2025–26 |
Distributed energy resourcesAllows electrical and natural gas companies to invest in and earn a return on energy conservation and efficiency programs for certain prioritized rental housing, and to recover such energy investments through customers' bills. | Zach Hall (D-5) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 136, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 23, 2026 |
| HB 2471 2025–26 |
Collective bargainingEstablishes collective bargaining provisions for the private sector if: (1) the federal law ceases to preempt state regulation of labor management relations of employees, employers, trades, or industries that had been subject... | Shaun Scott (D-43) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 130, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 23, 2026 |
| HB 2165 2025–26 |
Peace officer false ident.Establishes the gross misdemeanor offense of False Identification as a Peace Officer, which a person commits by claiming to be a peace officer or creating an impression that the person is a peace officer under specified circumstances | Edwin Obras (D-33) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 114, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 19, 2026 |
| HB 1570 2025–26 |
Academic employee bargainingGrants specified student employees at Western Washington University the right to collectively bargain. | Joe Timmons (D-42) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 113, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 18, 2026 |
| HB 2429 2025–26 |
Youth behavioral healthRequires the Governor, subject to the availability of nonstate funding, to maintain an executive coordination officer for the children and youth system of care for the purpose of monitoring the implementation of a strategic... | Lisa Callan (D-5) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 93, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 18, 2026 |
| HB 2495 2025–26 |
Removal of vehiclesAllows certain cities to have their authorized representatives direct the impoundment of vehicles obstructing streetcar operations, if the vehicle is within the right-of-way used for streetcar operations. | Brianna Thomas (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 99, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 18, 2026 |
| HB 2521 2025–26 |
Firearms background checksAllows the Washington State Patrol to set the fee for the Firearm Background Check Program to an amount calculated to cover total costs to administer the program. | Timm Ormsby (D-3) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 100, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 18, 2026 |
| HB 2238 2025–26 |
Statewide food securityAdds food security coordination and food system performance monitoring to the powers and duties of the Director of the Department of Agriculture (WSDA). | Kristine Reeves (D-30) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 83, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 17, 2026 |
| HB 2436 2025–26 |
Oil tanker escortRequires tugs used to escort oil tankers of between 40,000 and 125,000 deadweight tons to have an aggregate shaft horsepower of the greater of 3,000 deadweight tons or 5 percent of the deadweight tonnage of the escorted oil tanker. | Debra Lekanoff (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 64, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 16, 2026 |
| HB 2479 2025–26 |
Unpaid wage recoveryCreates the Wage Recovery Program and Wage Recovery Account to allow unpaid low-wage workers to receive disbursements if certain conditions are met. | Mary Fosse (D-38) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 53, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 14, 2026 |
| HB 1002 2025–26 |
PTSD/coroners & examinersAllows occupational disease workers' compensation claims for county coroners and medical examiner personnel based on mental conditions from posttraumatic stress disorders. | Peter Abbarno (R-20) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 1574 2025–26 |
Substance use/care, servicesExpands criminal legal system protections for people seeking medical assistance for individuals experiencing drug-related overdoses. | Nicole Macri (D-43) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 1742 2025–26 |
Urban design/environmentCreates the Center for Environmentally Sustainable Urban Design in the Department of Ecology (Ecology), contingent on Ecology securing sufficient funding, for the purpose of awarding grants for building design projects within... | Mary Dye (R-9) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 1923 2025–26 |
Passenger-only ferriesExpands entities eligible to form passenger-only ferry districts, and broadens locations they can be formed. | Greg Nance (D-23) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2095 2025–26 |
Public way vulnerable usersEstablishes a rebuttable presumption of negligence for certain tort claims arising from a vehicle collision that proximately causes the injury or death of a vulnerable user of a public way if the victim was injured or killed... | Julia Reed (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2120 2025–26 |
JLARC work plansEliminates recurring reporting requirements of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee on the use of lodging tax revenues and the Training Benefits Program. | Gerry Pollet (D-46) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2123 2025–26 |
Foreign nationals/electionsRemoves the requirement that candidates and political committees organized for the purpose of supporting or opposing candidates obtain a certification for contributions stating that no foreign national financed or was involved... | Joe Fitzgibbon (D-34) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2333 2025–26 |
Political violenceExpands the types of reimbursable out-of-pocket personal expenses for campaign and surplus funds to include expenses incurred to purchase a personal security. | Liz Berry (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2464 2025–26 |
Private detention/reportsRequires a private detention facility to report certain types of incidents to the Department of Health (DOH) and the local law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction in the area the facility is located in. | Lillian Ortiz-Self (D-21) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2510 2025–26 |
Community cust. supervisionRequires the Department of Corrections to supervise a person convicted of Stalking and sentenced to community custody. | Brian Burnett (R-12) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2515 2025–26 |
Large energy use facilitiesRequires each electric utility with an emerging large energy use facility (ELEUF) in its service territory to make available a tariff or policy to be approved by the Utilities and Transportation Commission for investor-owned... | Beth Doglio (D-22) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2636 2025–26 |
Public education reviewsEstablishes the Public Education Review Steering Committee. | Skyler Rude (R-16) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2088 2025–26 |
Dietitian licensure compactEnacts the Dietician Licensure Compact. | Mari Leavitt (D-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 18, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 11, 2026 |