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January 19, 2022
Please note that the following legislative actions have been taken:
House Bill 1716 — Concerning locations at which ballots may be cast
Substitute offered in the House on January 17, 2022
• Requires that county auditors open a voting center during a special election only when the county is conducting an election. • Requires the county auditor to open a voting center, rather than only conduct in-person voter registration, at certain locations, and narrows those locations to include the county auditor's office or the division of elections if located in a separate location from the auditor's office, rather than at both the county auditor's office and the division of elections if located in a separate city than the auditor's office. • Restricts certain political activity near voting centers, student engagement hubs, and ballot drop boxes during the specified voting period.
View House Bill 1716
House Bill 2024 — Concerning a sales and use tax deferral for projects to improve the state route number 520 corridor
Introduced by Rep. Jake Fey (Tacoma) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2024
House Bill 2025 — Amending types of nonprofit organizations qualified to engage in certain bingo gambling activities and changes to the number of occurrences for unlicensed bingo activities
Introduced by Rep. Kelly Chambers (Pierce County) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2025
House Bill 2026 — Implementing a per mile charge on vehicles
Introduced by Rep. Emily Wicks (Marysville) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2026
House Bill 2027 — Concerning the governance structure of the department of fish and wildlife
Introduced by Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (West Seattle) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2027
House Bill 2028 — Making full payment of deferred sales taxes regarding the Tacoma Narrows toll bridge project
Introduced by Rep. Jesse Young (Gig Harbor) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2028
House Bill 2029 — Concerning the safety and security of retail cannabis outlets
Introduced by Rep. Eric Robertson (Sumner) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2029
House Bill 2030 — Prohibiting the use of involuntary quarantine and isolation
Introduced by Rep. Jim Walsh (Aberdeen) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2030
House Bill 2031 — Concerning unemployment insurance, family leave, and medical leave premiums
Introduced by Rep. April Berg (Mill Creek) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2031
House Bill 2032 — Protecting the interests of minor children featured on for-profit family vlogs.(Video Postings)
Introduced by Rep. Emily Wicks (Marysville) (D) on January 18, 2022
Regulates social media influencers who market video content of their families, or "vloggers". Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2032
House Bill 2033 — Concerning safety measures for fire department vehicles and other vehicles using lights or other signals in emergency or work zones
Introduced by Rep. Brandy Donaghy (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2033
House Bill 2034 — Concerning juvenile records
Introduced by Rep. Noel Frame (Seattle) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2034
House Bill 2035 — Establishing a behavioral health prevention and equity impact framework for the Washington state liquor and cannabis board
Introduced by Rep. Lauren Davis (Shoreline) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2035
House Bill 2036 — Modifying the restrictions on the use and acquisition of certain equipment by law enforcement agencies
Introduced by Rep. Brad Klippert (Benton) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2036
House Bill 2037 — Modifying the standard for use of force by peace officers
Introduced by Rep. Roger Goodman (KirkLand) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2037
House Bill 2038 — Supporting children involved with child welfare services
Introduced by Rep. Michelle Caldier (Port Orchard) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2038
House Bill 2039 — Enhancing the regulation of vapor products
Introduced by Rep. Gerry Pollet (Seattle) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View House Bill 2039
House Resolution 4635 — Honoring Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior
Introduced by Rep. Laurie Jinkins (Tacoma) (D) on January 17, 2022.
Passed by voice vote in the House on January 17, 2022.
View House Resolution 4635
Senate Bill 5496 — Concerning health professional monitoring programs
Substitute offered in the Senate on January 17, 2022
• Updates references of substance abuse monitoring program to substance use disorder monitoring program. • Allows a disciplining authority to refer a licensee to a physician health program or voluntary substance use monitoring program in lieu of formal discipline if the disciplining authority determines that unprofessional conduct is the product of an applicable impairing or potentially impairing health condition. • Defines program records that are confidential and exempt from disclosures and expands circumstances for access to a participant's health monitoring program records.
View Senate Bill 5496
Senate Bill 5506 — Concerning the appointment process for the chairperson and vice chairperson of the joint administrative rules review committee
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on January 17, 2022
View Senate Bill 5506
Senate Bill 5512 — Designating a state nickname
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on January 17, 2022
View Senate Bill 5512
Senate Bill 5595 — Concerning prototypical school formulas for physical, social, and emotional support in schools
Substitute offered in the Senate on January 17, 2022
• Increases minimum allocations for school nurses, social workers, psychologists, and guidance counselors within the prototypical school model. • Provides that allocations for physical, social, and emotional support staff may only be used for salaries and benefits of physical, social, and emotional support staff.
View Senate Bill 5595
Senate Bill 5615 — Designating pickleball as the official state sport
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on January 17, 2022
View Senate Bill 5615
Senate Bill 5883 — Concerning an unaccompanied homeless youth's ability to provide informed consent for that minor patient's own health care
Introduced by Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (Tacoma) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5883
Senate Bill 5884 — Establishing behavioral health support specialists
Introduced by Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (Tacoma) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5884
Senate Bill 5885 — Concerning marine shoreline habitat
Introduced by Sen. Jesse Salomon (Shoreline) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5885
Senate Bill 5886 — Creating an advisory council on rare diseases
Introduced by Sen. Jeff Holy (Cheney) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5886
Senate Bill 5887 — Providing procedures for the legislature to convene a special session
Introduced by Sen. Phil Fortunato (Auburn) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5887
Senate Bill 5888 — Concerning cost-sharing fairness
Introduced by Sen. Ann Rivers (Vancouver) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5888
Senate Bill 5889 — Concerning insurance coverage for an annual mental health wellness exam
Introduced by Sen. Mona Das (Kent) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5889
Senate Bill 5890 — Clarifying eligibility for the presumption for workers' compensation for all personnel working at a radiological hazardous waste facility
Introduced by Sen. Karen Keiser (Kent) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5890
Senate Bill 5891 — Concerning warehouse distribution centers
Introduced by Sen. Steve Conway (South Tacoma) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5891
Senate Bill 5892 — Establishing pilot projects for utilizing high school student nursing assistant-certified programs to address the nursing workforce shortage and promote nursing careers in rural hospitals
Introduced by Sen. Sharon Brown (Kennewick) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5892
Senate Bill 5893 — Concerning tort modernization
Introduced by Sen. Mike Padden (Spokane Valley) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5893
Senate Bill 5894 — Integrating behavioral health in primary care through the use of health navigators and a primary care collaborative
Introduced by Sen. David Frockt (Seattle) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5894
Senate Bill 5895 — Concerning timing restrictions for remedial action grants to local government
Introduced by Sen. David Frockt (Seattle) (D) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5895
Senate Bill 5896 — Requiring the department of enterprise services to report on the use of electricity to recharge vehicles at state office locations
Introduced by Sen. Simon Sefzik (Whatcom County) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5896
Senate Bill 5897 — Concerning a temporary suspension of the state motor vehicle fuel tax
Introduced by Sen. Simon Sefzik (Whatcom County) (R) on January 18, 2022
Official Text and Analysis.
View Senate Bill 5897
Senate Resolution 8634 — Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Introduced by Sen. T'wina Nobles (Tacoma) (D) on January 17, 2022.
Passed by voice vote in the Senate on January 17, 2022.
View Senate Resolution 8634
