Bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Mike Chapman
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 5412 2025–26 |
Interfund loans/schoolsAllows school districts in binding conditions or under enhanced financial oversight to take a temporary, interest free interfund loan from its capital projects fund, subject to certain conditions. | June Robinson (D-38) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 384, Laws of 2025 |
May 20, 2025 |
| SB 5444 2025–26 |
Special license platesAuthorizes potentially up to 13 new special license plates. | Adrian Cortes (D-18) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 385, Laws of 2025 |
May 20, 2025 |
| SB 5471 2025–26 |
Middle housingAllows a fully planning county to authorize middle housing on each parcel that permits single-family residences in designated urban growth areas (UGAs) and limited areas of more intensive rural development (LAMIRDs). | Keith Goehner (R-12) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 386, Laws of 2025 |
May 20, 2025 |
| SB 5263 2025–26 |
Special education fundingIncreases special education excess cost multipliers for kindergarten through age 21 to 1.16. | Jamie Pedersen (D-43) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 368, Laws of 2025 |
May 19, 2025 |
| SB 5014 2025–26 |
Election securitySubjects systems or part of a systems used in the conduct of elections to secretary of state approval prior to use. | Matt Boehnke (R-8) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 329, Laws of 2025 |
May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5033 2025–26 |
Biosolids/PFAS chemicalsRequires the Department of Ecology (Ecology) to publish guidance on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals sampling requirements for certain biosolids by July 1, 2026. | Jeff Wilson (R-19) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 317, Laws of 2025 |
May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5192 2025–26 |
School district materialsIncreases allocations for materials, supplies, and operating costs (MSOC) in the prototypical school model. | T'wina Nobles (D-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 334, Laws of 2025 |
May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5212 2025–26 |
Water adjudication in WRIA 1Provides that notwithstanding any time restrictions in current law, an adjudication claim form filed in Water Resource Inventory Area 1 after June 1, 2023 satisfies statement of claim filing requirements. | Sharon Shewmake (D-42) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 318, Laws of 2025 |
May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5319 2025–26 |
Surface mine reclamationIncreases certain surface mine reclamation permit fees. | Sharon Shewmake (D-42) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 326, Laws of 2025 |
May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5334 2025–26 |
DNR civil enforcement appealProvides authority for the Pollution Control Hearings Board to hear appeals of civil penalties issued by the Department of Natural Resources for violations of burning permits or silvicultural burning. | Shelly Short (R-7) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 327, Laws of 2025 |
May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5370 2025–26 |
Port commissioner termsAllows port districts with three port commissioners that are not countywide, or that are countywide in a county with fewer than 100,000 people, to increase the length of the terms of office of the commissioners of the port... | Paul Harris (R-17) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 336, Laws of 2025 |
May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5463 2025–26 |
Industrial insurance/dutiesApplies the duty of good faith and fair dealing to all workers' compensation self-insurers and third-party administrators, rather than only self-insured municipal employers, self-insured private sector firefighter employers,... | Emily Alvarado (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 338, Laws of 2025 |
May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5653 2025–26 |
Fish and wildlife officersIncludes lieutenants and captains in the Department of Fish and Wildlife officers that are eligible for interest arbitration under the Public Employees' Collective Bargaining Act. | Mike Chapman (D-24) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 322, Laws of 2025 |
May 17, 2025 |
| SB 5556 2025–26 |
Adopt-a-highway programMakes the Washington State Department of Transportation's Adopt-a-Highway Program and its authorization to recognize Adopt-a-Highway Program participants with signs contingent on availability of appropriations. | Bill Ramos (D-5) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 291, Laws of 2025 |
May 16, 2025 |
| SB 5303 2025–26 |
Yakima basin water planExtends water supply milestones to implement the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2035. | Judy Warnick (R-13) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 285, Laws of 2025 |
May 15, 2025 |
| SB 5323 2025–26 |
Theft from first respondersExpands the conduct that constitutes Possession of Stolen Property and Theft in the first degree to include possessing stolen property or equipment, or committing theft of property or equipment, used by firefighters or... | Judy Warnick (R-13) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 286, Laws of 2025 |
May 15, 2025 |
| SB 5485 2025–26 |
Livestock identificationExtends the current livestock identification fees, the Livestock Identification Advisory Committee, and the Livestock Identification Program report from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2030. | Judy Warnick (R-13) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 287, Laws of 2025 |
May 15, 2025 |
| SB 5253 2025–26 |
Special education servicesRequires that special education and related services for students with disabilities be provided to the end of the school year in which a student turns age 22, or high school graduation, whichever occurs first. | Adrian Cortes (D-18) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 256, Laws of 2025 |
May 13, 2025 |
| SB 5142 2025–26 |
Eminent domain purchase backRequires school districts that acquire real estate through a condemnation action or threat of a condemnation action to offer the previous owner an opportunity to purchase it back before selling, transferring, or putting it to... | Bob Hasegawa (D-11) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 224, Laws of 2025 |
May 12, 2025 |
| SB 5281 2025–26 |
Vessel length/nonresidentIncreases the allowable maximum length of nonresident vessels that are commercially owned or intended for chartering purposes, for the purposes of obtaining a nonresident vessel permit from the Department of Licensing, from... | Mike Chapman (D-24) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 244, Laws of 2025 |
May 12, 2025 |
| SB 5317 2025–26 |
EFSEC/services by local gov.Specifies that any city or county entering into an agreement with the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council to provide technical assistance, review applications or plans, or inspect energy facilities is in compliance with... | Keith Goehner (R-12) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 246, Laws of 2025 |
May 12, 2025 |
| SB 5343 2025–26 |
NE WA wolf-livestock accountExpands the uses of the Northeast Washington Wolf-Livestock Account for wolf-livestock management and for grants to the sheriffs' offices of Stevens and Ferry counties to aid the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in... | Shelly Short (R-7) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 247, Laws of 2025 |
May 12, 2025 |
| SB 5351 2025–26 |
Dental insurance practicesProhibits dental-only plans from denying claims because the procedures were performed on the same day. | Curtis King (R-14) | Enacted (partial veto) Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 219, Laws of 2025 |
May 12, 2025 |
| SB 5716 2025–26 |
Transit conduct/ferriesAdds the Washington State Ferries to the list of places where the misdemeanor crime of Unlawful Transit Conduct can occur. | Deborah Krishnadasan (D-26) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 234, Laws of 2025 |
May 12, 2025 |
| SB 5036 2025–26 |
Statewide emissions dataRequires the Departments of Ecology and Commerce, beginning in 2026, to annually report to the Governor and Legislature the total emissions of greenhouse gases in Washington for the preceding year, instead of report every two... | Matt Boehnke (R-8) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 195, Laws of 2025 |
May 2, 2025 |