Alex Ramel
Representative
· Democrat
· District 40
· most recent term 2025–26
2025–26 · House · D · LD 402023–24 · House · D · LD 402021–22 · House · D · LD 402019–20 · House · D · LD 40
43
Bills as prime sponsor
11
of those became law
1,082
Bills co-sponsored
4,168
Recorded votes
0.0%
Absent or excused
| Bill | What it does | Prime sponsor | Status | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2323 2025–26 |
Traffic stops/blue envelopeEstablishes the Blue Envelope Program to enhance communication between individuals who are neurodiverse and officers during traffic stops. | Carolyn Eslick (R-39) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 90, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 18, 2026 |
| HB 2354 2025–26 |
Common interest communitiesExempts small middle housing common interest communities from most Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (WUCIOA) provisions. | Julia Reed (D-36) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 96, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 18, 2026 |
| HB 2238 2025–26 |
Statewide food securityAdds food security coordination and food system performance monitoring to the powers and duties of the Director of the Department of Agriculture (WSDA). | Kristine Reeves (D-30) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 83, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 17, 2026 |
| HB 2436 2025–26 |
Oil tanker escortRequires tugs used to escort oil tankers of between 40,000 and 125,000 deadweight tons to have an aggregate shaft horsepower of the greater of 3,000 deadweight tons or 5 percent of the deadweight tonnage of the escorted oil tanker. | Debra Lekanoff (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 64, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 16, 2026 |
| HB 2479 2025–26 |
Unpaid wage recoveryCreates the Wage Recovery Program and Wage Recovery Account to allow unpaid low-wage workers to receive disbursements if certain conditions are met. | Mary Fosse (D-38) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 53, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 14, 2026 |
| HB 2095 2025–26 |
Public way vulnerable usersEstablishes a rebuttable presumption of negligence for certain tort claims arising from a vehicle collision that proximately causes the injury or death of a vulnerable user of a public way if the victim was injured or killed... | Julia Reed (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2333 2025–26 |
Political violenceExpands the types of reimbursable out-of-pocket personal expenses for campaign and surplus funds to include expenses incurred to purchase a personal security. | Liz Berry (D-36) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2464 2025–26 |
Private detention/reportsRequires a private detention facility to report certain types of incidents to the Department of Health (DOH) and the local law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction in the area the facility is located in. | Lillian Ortiz-Self (D-21) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2515 2025–26 |
Large energy use facilitiesRequires each electric utility with an emerging large energy use facility (ELEUF) in its service territory to make available a tariff or policy to be approved by the Utilities and Transportation Commission for investor-owned... | Beth Doglio (D-22) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2590 2025–26 |
Limited equity cooperativesExempts limited equity cooperatives from the Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (WUCIOA). | Strom Peterson (D-21) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 2637 2025–26 |
PRA/personal informationExpands the types of personal information exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. | Mia Gregerson (D-33) | Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate |
Mar 12, 2026 |
| HB 1604 2025–26 |
Jail searches/genderRequires jails to adopt and implement policies and procedures for conducting searches of confined transgender or intersex individuals. | Osman Salahuddin (D-48) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 17, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 11, 2026 |
| HB 2272 2025–26 |
Ski areas and winter sportsUpdates equipment terms for ski lift devices that are inspected by the State Parks and Recreation Commission. | Zach Hall (D-5) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 23, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 11, 2026 |
| HB 2294 2025–26 |
Use restrictions/food, med.Prohibits agreements that impose negative use restrictions on real property that prevent or restrict the use of the real property for a grocery store or pharmacy. | Darya Farivar (D-46) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 24, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 11, 2026 |
| HB 2303 2025–26 |
Employee microchippingProhibits an employer from requesting, requiring, or coercing an employee to have a microchip implanted in the employee for any reason. | Brianna Thomas (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 25, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 11, 2026 |
| HB 2367 2025–26 |
Coal-fired electric plantSpecifies that the exemption from the Cap-and-Invest Program for emissions from a certain coal-fired electric generation facility (coal facility) applies only to those emissions before January 1, 2026. | Joe Fitzgibbon (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 37, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 11, 2026 |
| HB 2531 2025–26 |
Quality assurance feeDirects the Health Care Authority, beginning July 1, 2026, and continuing each state fiscal year thereafter, to annually set the quality assurance fee rate to the rate in effect as of July 4, 2025. | David Stuebe (R-17) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 31, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 11, 2026 |
| HB 2554 2025–26 |
Tribal fishing rightsRepeals statutes related to tribal treaty rights and the management of salmon and steelhead resources established by Initiative 456 passed in 1984. | Debra Lekanoff (D-40) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 16, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 11, 2026 |
| HB 2151 2025–26 |
Factory built structuresRequires the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) to consider certain national consensus standards published by the International Code Council when adopting rules for factory-built housing and commercial structures. | Deb Manjarrez (R-14) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 3, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 9, 2026 |
| HB 2199 2025–26 |
Derelict vesselsModifies the definition of a derelict vessel. | Adison Richards (D-26) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 8, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 9, 2026 |
| HB 2228 2025–26 |
Scissor stairsRequires the State Building Code Council (Council) to convene a technical advisory group to recommend changes to the State Building Code (Code) to allow scissor stairs to be used in certain occupancies. | Janice Zahn (D-41) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 4, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 9, 2026 |
| HB 2242 2025–26 |
Preventive health servicesAuthorizes the Department of Health (Department) to issue immunization recommendations and guidance. | Dan Bronoske (D-28) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 13, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 9, 2026 |
| HB 2304 2025–26 |
Condominium warrantiesAuthorizes a declarant or dealer to offer an express warranty of quality and express warranty insurance coverage, as an alternative to the implied warranty of quality under the Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act,... | Jamila Taylor (D-30) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 7, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 9, 2026 |
| HB 2355 2025–26 |
Domestic workersEstablishes labor protections for domestic workers, including any employee or independent contractor working in a private residence for four or more hours a month as a nanny, child care provider, home care worker, personal... | Brianna Thomas (D-34) | Enacted Enacted · Chapter 15, Laws of 2026 |
Mar 9, 2026 |
| HB 1152 2025–26 |
Firearm storageEstablishes secure storage requirements for firearms stored or left in vehicles or residences, subject to various exceptions. | Beth Doglio (D-22) | Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor |
Feb 19, 2026 |
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