Manka Dhingra
Senator
· Democrat
· District 45
· most recent term 2025–26
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141
Bills as prime sponsor
54
of those became law
702
Bills co-sponsored
6,054
Recorded votes
0.5%
Absent or excused
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 5141 2025–26 |
Disability insurer filingsSpecifies rate filing requirements for experience-rated group disability income insurers. | Adrian Cortes (D-18) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 27, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 8, 2025 |
| SB 5209 2025–26 |
L&I law enforcementAdds the Department of Labor and Industry to the statutory list of limited liability law enforcement agencies. | John Lovick (D-44) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 28, Laws of 2025 |
Apr 8, 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 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 |
| 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 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 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 6308 2023–24 |
988 system timelineExtends timelines related to the development of platforms for an integrated 988 crisis response system. | Manka Dhingra (D-45) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 364, 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 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 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 5934 2023–24 |
Pollinator habitatAllows cities and counties to encourage permit applicants to include pollinator friendly plants in landscaped areas. | Mike Padden (R-4) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 337, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 6039 2023–24 |
Geothermal energy resourcesDirects the Washington Geological Survey to compile and maintain a publicly available comprehensive database of state subsurface geologic information. | Liz Lovelett (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 350, 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 6194 2023–24 |
Legislative employeesEstablishes which legislative employees have the right to collectively bargain. | Derek Stanford (D-1) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 333, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
| SB 6301 2023–24 |
Basic law enf. academyAuthorizes the Criminal Justice Training Commission to accept any money or property donated, devised, or bequeathed to it for the purpose of carrying out its statutory duties. | John Lovick (D-44) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 335, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 28, 2024 |
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