Lisa Wellman
Senator
· Democrat
· District 41
· most recent term 2025–26
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180
Bills as prime sponsor
34
of those became law
816
Bills co-sponsored
6,765
Recorded votes
2.0%
Absent or excused
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 5163 2025–26 |
Child fatalitiesModifies various provisions related to child mortality reviews, including renaming these as child fatality reviews, expanding these reviews to include children up to age 19, and requiring various entities to provide records... | Tina Orwall (D-33) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 123, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 22, 2025 |
| SB 5175 2025–26 |
Photovoltaic modulesDelays program implementation deadlines associated with the Photovoltaic (PV) Module Stewardship Program. | Sharon Shewmake (D-42) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 126, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 22, 2025 |
| SB 5214 2025–26 |
Mobile market programsCreates the mobile market program which provides increased nutrition access to participants of the Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program and the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program if federal funding is available. | Sharon Shewmake (D-42) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 127, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 22, 2025 |
| SB 5358 2025–26 |
Career & tech. ed./6th gradeSpecifies that school districts are allowed to enroll sixth grade middle school students in exploratory career and technical education (CTE) courses. | John Braun (R-20) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 134, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 22, 2025 |
| SB 5655 2025–26 |
Child care centers/buildingsRequires, when a child care center is operated in a dedicated space within an existing building that has more than one use, that the occupancy load calculation is based only on the areas of the building used for child care. | Deborah Krishnadasan (D-26) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 150, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 22, 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 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 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 6251 2023–24 |
Behavioral crisis coord.Authorizes behavioral health administrative service organizations (BHASOs) to develop protocols for optimizing crisis response in the regional service area, which must be submitted to the Health Care Authority. | Manka Dhingra (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 368, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| SB 6286 2023–24 |
Nurse anesthetist workforceRequires the Washington State Board of Nursing to develop and manage a grant program to precept nurse anesthesia residents in health care settings. | Senator (R-18) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 363, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| SB 5424 2023–24 |
Flexible work/peace officersAllows general and limited authority Washington law enforcement agencies to adopt flexible work policies. | John Lovick (D-44) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 319, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 5811 2023–24 |
Individual providers/familyBroadens exemptions from home care aide certification requirements for long-term care workers caring for their child or parent by specifying that the relationship may exist through marriage or domestic partnership. | Claudia Kauffman (D-47) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 322, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 5931 2023–24 |
Motorized vehicle tires/6PPDDesignates, under the Department of Ecology's Safer Products for Washington program, the chemical 6PPD as a priority chemical and 6PPD in motor vehicle tires as a priority consumer product. | Jesse Salomon (D-32) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 343, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 6059 2023–24 |
Mobile home community salesRevises requirements for notices of opportunity to compete to purchase a mobile home park or manufactured housing community (MHC). | Noel Frame (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 325, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 5774 2023–24 |
Fingerprint backgr. checksRequires, subject to appropriated funding, that the Department of Children, Youth, and Families maintain the capacity to roll, print, or scan fingerprints in at least seven of its early learning and child welfare offices for... | Andy Billig (D-3) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 300, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 26, 2024 |
| SB 5937 2023–24 |
Crime victims & witnessesModifies the eligibility for benefits, reimbursement for travel, and state payment of forensic examinations under the Crime Victims' Compensation Program. | Manka Dhingra (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 297, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 26, 2024 |
| SB 5985 2023–24 |
Firearms background checksUpdates statutes concerning firearms background checks to refer to the Washington State Patrol firearms background check program. | Drew Hansen (D-23) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 289, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 26, 2024 |
| SB 6009 2023–24 |
Hog-tyingProhibits peace officers from hog-tying a person or assisting in putting a person into a hog-tie. | Yasmin Trudeau (D-27) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 291, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 26, 2024 |
| SB 6246 2023–24 |
Firearm info./mental healthRequires a court to issue a firearms prohibition order when a person's felony charges are dismissed based on incompetency to stand trial and the person is not committed to a facility for treatment. | Manka Dhingra (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 290, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 26, 2024 |
| SB 5213 2023–24 |
Health care benefit managersChanges requirements relating to health care benefit managers. | Patty Kuderer (D-48) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 242, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 25, 2024 |
| SB 5798 2023–24 |
Insurance noticesExtends the time period for providing written notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of insurance policies, other than medical malpractice, private passenger automobile, and certain fire policies, from 45 days to 60 days. | Patty Kuderer (D-48) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 244, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 25, 2024 |
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