Javier Valdez
Senator
· Democrat
· District 46
· most recent term 2025–26
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75
Bills as prime sponsor
26
of those became law
1,245
Bills co-sponsored
5,846
Recorded votes
0.0%
Absent or excused
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 5414 2025–26 |
Social equity impact/auditsRequires performance audits to include social equity impact analysis of programs or services. | Bob Hasegawa (D-11) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 135, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 22, 2025 |
| SB 5459 2025–26 |
Call center retentionRequires certain call center employers to notify the Employment Security Department before moving operations to a foreign country. | Derek Stanford (D-1) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 114, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 22, 2025 |
| SB 5480 2025–26 |
Medical debtProhibits hospitals, physician groups, professional partners, and collection agencies from reporting medical debt to credit reporting agencies or credit bureaus. | Marcus Riccelli (D-3) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 145, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 22, 2025 |
| SB 5493 2025–26 |
Hospital price transparencyRequires hospitals to comply with federal hospital price transparency rules, as they existed on January 1, 2025, and submit data to the Department of Health. | Marcus Riccelli (D-3) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 146, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 22, 2025 |
| SB 5498 2025–26 |
Contraceptive coverageApplies the requirement that health plans reimburse for a 12-month supply of contraceptives to all prescriptions, instead of only refills. | Emily Alvarado (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 147, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 22, 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 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 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 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 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 6106 2023–24 |
DSHS workers/PSERSProvides membership in the Public Safety Employees' Retirement System for employees of eligible employers at institutions or residential sites that serve civilly committed residents, or serve patients under not guilty by... | Steve Conway (D-29) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 359, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 29, 2024 |
| SB 6228 2023–24 |
Substance use treatmentDirects behavioral health agencies to submit policies to the Department of Health (Department) related to the transfer or discharge of a person without the person's consent and requires the Department to adopt a model policy... | Manka Dhingra (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 366, 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 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 5778 2023–24 |
Employer political speechProhibits an employer from taking adverse action against an employee for refusal to attend or participate in an employer-sponsored meeting or refusal to listen to speech, the primary purpose of which is to communicate the... | Karen Keiser (D-33) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 357, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 5793 2023–24 |
Paid sick leaveAllows an employee or transportation network company driver to use paid sick leave or sick time when their child's school or place of care has been closed after the federal, state, or local government has declared a public emergency. | Rebecca Saldaña (D-37) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 356, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 5884 2023–24 |
Restitution/env. crimesAuthorizes the imposition of court-ordered restitution for violations of environmental criminal statutes. | Yasmin Trudeau (D-27) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 342, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 5904 2023–24 |
Financial aid termsExtends eligibility for awards under the Washington College Grant, College Bound Scholarship, and Passport to Careers Program to six years or 150 percent of the published length of the student's program, or the credit or... | T'wina Nobles (D-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 323, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 6053 2023–24 |
Education data sharingRequires the Washington Student Achievement Council to enter into data-sharing agreements with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to facilitate the transfer of high school student directory information for... | Jeff Holy (R-6) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 324, 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 6069 2023–24 |
Retirement savingsEstablishes Washington Saves, a state-facilitated automatic enrollment individual retirement savings account program. | Mark Mullet (D-5) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 327, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 6151 2023–24 |
UltrasoundProhibits an individual other than a licensed health care provider, or a person working under a health care provider's supervision, from providing an ultrasound. | Emily Randall (D-26) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 329, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 6157 2023–24 |
Civil serviceGrants the agency head in public employment hiring agencies the discretion to add a maximum of 15 percent to the passing mark, or rating, of applicants with specific qualifications including language fluency, education, and experience. | John Lovick (D-44) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 330, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 6175 2023–24 |
Existing structures/taxAllows a city to establish a retail sales and use tax deferral program for the conversion of underutilized commercial property to affordable housing. | Yasmin Trudeau (D-27) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 332, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
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