Past bills
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1720 2025–26 |
Community care/Rx assistanceExpands the authority for persons who are not practitioners to assist persons with prefilled insulin syringes to apply to setting up diabetic devices for self-administration and handing injectable medications to the person for... | Joe Schmick (R-9) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 26, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 7, 2025 |
| SB 5006 2025–26 |
Corporation actsModifies the composition, powers, and limitations of corporate and nonprofit board committees. | Jamie Pedersen (D-43) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 4, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 4, 2025 |
| SB 5051 2025–26 |
Nursing assistant regulationConsolidates regulatory authority relating to competency evaluation, disciplinary authority, and credentialization for nursing assistants under the Board of Nursing. | Jessica Bateman (D-22) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 5, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 4, 2025 |
| SB 5084 2025–26 |
Health carrier reportingDirects the Office of the Insurance Commissioner to consider the existing primary care definition and data reporting requirements developed by the Health Care Authority when determining the form and content of health carrier... | June Robinson (D-38) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 6, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 4, 2025 |
| SB 5118 2025–26 |
International medical gradsMakes changes to limited licenses for international medical graduates. | Javier Valdez (D-46) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 3, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 4, 2025 |
| SB 5122 2025–26 |
Uniform antitrust premergerCreates a process for the Attorney General to receive federal pre-merger notification forms and additional documentary material. | Yasmin Trudeau (D-27) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 7, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 4, 2025 |
| SB 5128 2025–26 |
Juvenile detention, medicalSpecifies that Medicaid suspension provisions apply to persons confined in institutions and facilities operated by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families but not county juvenile detention facilities. | Claire Wilson (D-30) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 12, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 4, 2025 |
| SB 5244 2025–26 |
WIC hematological screeningExempts a program staff member, who is working at a Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program clinic and administering hematological screening tests and evaluations, from being required to register or certify as a medical... | Marcus Riccelli (D-3) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 8, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 4, 2025 |
| SB 5457 2025–26 |
BroadcastersClarifies the definition of radio and television broadcasting for purposes of the business and occupation tax. | Noel Frame (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 9, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 4, 2025 |
| SB 5462 2025–26 |
Vehicle inspection backlogExempts all-terrain vehicles, wheeled all-terrain vehicles, and utility-type vehicles from most VIN inspection requirements. | John Braun (R-20) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 10, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 4, 2025 |
| SB 5577 2025–26 |
HIV antiviral drugs/medicaidRequires Medicaid coverage for all federal Food and Drug Administration-approved HIV antiviral drugs without prior authorization or step therapy. | Marko Liias (D-21) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 11, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 4, 2025 |
| SB 5781 2023–24 |
Law student rural PD programRequires the Office of Public Defense to administer a law student rural defense program placing law students or recent law school graduates, or both, as interns with experienced public defenders in underserved areas and rural... | Nikki Torres (R-15) | Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee |
Feb 28, 2025 |
| HB 1851 2023–24 |
First approach skills prog.The First Approach Skills Training program is added to the funding model for the Partnership Access Line and Psychiatry Consultation Line programs. | Lisa Callan (D-5) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 358, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| HB 1946 2023–24 |
Behav. health scholarshipEnacts the Behavioral Health Scholarship Program under the Washington Health Corps. | Carolyn Eslick (R-39) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 369, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| HB 2088 2023–24 |
Crisis teams/liabilityProvides covered entities and personnel with immunity from civil liability for negligent acts and omissions while providing: (1) specified crisis care services under clinical supervision to persons experiencing a behavioral... | Tina Orwall (D-33) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 370, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| HB 2247 2023–24 |
Behavioral health providersChanges licensing requirements, practice settings, and reimbursement requirements for various behavioral health professions. | Jessica Bateman (D-22) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 371, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| HB 2256 2023–24 |
Children behavioral healthModifies membership and requirements for the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group (work group). | Lisa Callan (D-5) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 372, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| HB 2320 2023–24 |
High THC cannabis productsProvides intent to fund the Department of Health (DOH) annually to issue requests for proposals and contract for targeted public health messages and social marketing campaigns related to high-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)... | Lauren Davis (D-32) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 360, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| HB 2348 2023–24 |
County hospital fundingAuthorizes counties that establish hospitals to use county money, levy taxes, and issue bonds to pay, finance, or refinance capital expenses related to the hospital. | Chipalo Street (D-37) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 361, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| SB 5184 2023–24 |
Anesthesiologist assistantsCreates a license for anesthesiologist assistants and establishes anesthesiologist assistants as a new health profession in the state. | Senator (R-18) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 362, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| SB 5588 2023–24 |
Mental health sentencing altProvides that, when a Mental Health Sentencing Alternative (MHSA) has been imposed, the court or correctional facility may delay the defendant's release from total confinement in order to facilitate adherence to the... | T'wina Nobles (D-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 373, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| SB 5660 2023–24 |
Mental health adv directivesDirects the Health Care Authority to convene a work group for the purpose of creating recommendations for effective implementation of mental health advance directives. | Matt Boehnke (R-8) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 374, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| SB 5790 2023–24 |
Medical equipment in schoolsRequires school districts, charter schools, and state-tribal education compact schools to maintain and make available certain bleeding control equipment and acquire and maintain at least one semiautomatic external... | Manka Dhingra (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 365, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| SB 5853 2023–24 |
Behav crisis services/minorsAuthorizes 23-hour crisis relief centers to serve nonadult clients, and establishes guidelines for centers serving this population. | Manka Dhingra (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 367, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| SB 5949 2023–24 |
Capital budget, supplementalMakes supplemental capital budget appropriations for the 2023-25 biennium. | Mark Mullet (D-5) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 375, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |