Joe Nguyen
Senator
· Democrat
· District 34
· most recent term 2025–26
2025–26 · Senate · D · LD 342023–24 · Senate · D · LD 342021–22 · Senate · D · LD 342019–20 · Senate · D · LD 34
79
Bills as prime sponsor
26
of those became law
1,006
Bills co-sponsored
4,183
Recorded votes
0.9%
Absent or excused
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 6025 2023–24 |
Predatory loansMakes any attempt to evade the Consumer Loan Act (Act) a violation of the Act. | Derek Stanford (D-1) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 249, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 25, 2024 |
| SB 6105 2023–24 |
Adult entertainment workersRequires adult entertainment establishments to provide mandatory training to employees on first aid, conflict de-escalation, and identifying and preventing human trafficking, sexual harassment, discrimination, and assault. | Rebecca Saldaña (D-37) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 250, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 25, 2024 |
| SB 5804 2023–24 |
Opioid overdose med./schoolsRequires all school districts, charter schools, and state-tribal education compact schools, not just school districts with 2,000 or more students, to obtain and maintain opioid overdose reversal medication in each school and... | Patty Kuderer (D-48) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 214, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 19, 2024 |
| SB 5812 2023–24 |
Electric vehicle firesDirects the Washington State Patrol to conduct a study of electric vehicle fires with a reporting date of January 1, 2025. | Jeff Wilson (R-19) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 189, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 19, 2024 |
| SB 5908 2023–24 |
Extended foster careRemoves the eligibility criteria for participation in extended foster care and allows any person who is dependent at age 18 to receive extended foster care until they turn 21 or withdraw their agreement to participate. | Claire Wilson (D-30) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 192, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 19, 2024 |
| SB 5938 2023–24 |
Community parenting alt./DOCAllows a person participating in the Residential Parenting Program at the Department of Corrections to serve up to the final 18 months of the person's term of confinement in partial confinement. | Claire Wilson (D-30) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 193, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 19, 2024 |
| SB 5955 2023–24 |
Large port districtsEstablishes, through July 1, 2029, a grant program managed by the Department of Commerce to provide assistance to port districts that undertake noise mitigation programs for expenses related to repairing or replacing noise... | Karen Keiser (D-33) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 194, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 19, 2024 |
| SB 6038 2023–24 |
Child care tax preferenceExpands the business and occupation tax exemption for child care services for children up to age 7 to children up to age 12 and children up to age 18 who have a verified special need or are under court supervision. | Claire Wilson (D-30) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 195, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 19, 2024 |
| SB 6100 2023–24 |
Budget stabilization accountAppropriates $21,143,000 from the Budget Stabilization Account for fire suppression costs incurred by the Department of Natural Resources during the 2023 fire season. | June Robinson (D-38) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 198, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 19, 2024 |
| SB 5462 2023–24 |
Inclusive learning standardsRequires the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) to include a screening for biased content in each development or revision of a state learning standard and ensure that the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion... | Marko Liias (D-21) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 157, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 18, 2024 |
| SB 5670 2023–24 |
Running start/rising juniorsAllows students who have completed their tenth grade year and not yet begun their eleventh grade year to enroll in Running Start courses during the summer academic term. | Senator (R-12) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 159, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 18, 2024 |
| SB 5838 2023–24 |
AI task forceCreates an Artificial Intelligence Task Force to assess uses, develop guiding principles, and make recommendations for the regulation of generative artificial intelligence. | Joe Nguyen (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 163, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 18, 2024 |
| SB 6098 2023–24 |
AccountsCreates four new dedicated accounts. | June Robinson (D-38) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 168, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 18, 2024 |
| SB 5808 2023–24 |
Safety telecom/interest arb.Provides interest arbitration for public safety telecommunicators employed by certain public employers. | Kevin Van De Wege (D-24) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 124, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 15, 2024 |
| SB 5973 2023–24 |
Heat pumps/CICsSpecifies requirements for an apartment, condominium unit, or homeowners' association (Association) regarding heat pump installation by property owners, including application fees, processing, and approval timeline. | Marko Liias (D-21) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 128, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 15, 2024 |
| SB 6007 2023–24 |
Grocery workersRequires a successor grocery employer to retain the incumbent grocery employer's employees for a 180-day transitional period, with certain exceptions. | Steve Conway (D-29) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 129, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 15, 2024 |
| SB 6088 2023–24 |
Baseball players/employmentSpecifies that "employee," as defined under minimum wage requirements and labor standards, does not include an individual who is contracted to play minor league baseball and who is compensated pursuant to the terms of a... | Steve Conway (D-29) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 132, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 15, 2024 |
| SB 6125 2023–24 |
Lakeland Village recordsDirects the Division of Archives and Records Management to work with the University of Washington Institute on Human Development and Disability, the Department of Social and Health Services, and the Department of Archaeology... | Claudia Kauffman (D-47) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 134, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 15, 2024 |
| SB 6173 2023–24 |
Housing sales tax/useAllows revenue from the affordable and supportive housing sales and use tax to be used on housing and services for persons at or below 80 percent of the median income of the county or city imposing the tax, instead of only for... | T'wina Nobles (D-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 136, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 15, 2024 |
| SB 6060 2023–24 |
Electronic signatures/PERCRequires the Public Employment Relations Commission to accept electronic signatures for new organization petitions to form a new bargaining unit of unrepresented workers or to add unrepresented workers to an existing bargaining unit. | Joe Nguyen (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 98, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 14, 2024 |
| SB 5805 2023–24 |
Dependency/attorney appt.Extends by one year the schedule for full statewide implementation of the right to appointed counsel for children and youth in dependency proceedings. | Noel Frame (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 25, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 13, 2024 |
| SB 5843 2023–24 |
Election security breachesRequires every county to install and maintain an intrusion detection system to monitor their network and to disclose certain malicious activity or breaches of security of information technology systems. | Joe Nguyen (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 28, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 13, 2024 |
| SB 5893 2023–24 |
Gate money/DOCRequires the superintendent of a state correctional facility to supply incarcerated persons with specified clothing, gate money, and transportation at the moment of certain transfers from total confinement to partial... | Claire Wilson (D-30) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 32, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 13, 2024 |
| SB 5917 2023–24 |
Bias-motivated defacementModifies the elements of a Hate Crime. | Andy Billig (D-3) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 34, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 13, 2024 |
| SB 5974 2023–24 |
Unenforceable LFOsRenders any judgments against a juvenile for legal financial obligations other than restitution that were imposed before July 1, 2023 (which are unenforceable), null and void, and considered satisfied and paid in full by July... | Noel Frame (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 38, Laws of 2024 |
Mar 13, 2024 |
Open in the full bill search → (includes bills co-sponsored)