Washington State Senate
	Introduction and First Reading of Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
	2025 Regular Session of the 69th Legislature

DENNY HECK, President of the Senate		STEVE CONWAY, President Pro Tem
SARAH BANNISTER, Secretary of the Senate		JOHN LOVICK, Vice President Pro Tem
February 7, 2025 - Friday		26TH DAY

	SB 5696	By Senator King Concerning the sales and use tax supporting chemical dependency and mental health treatment programs. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5697	By Senators Slatter and Dhingra Providing a property tax exemption for property owned by a qualifying nonprofit organization and loaned, leased, or rented to and used by any government entity to provide character-building, benevolent, protective, or rehabilitative social services. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5698	By Senator Ramos Concerning the compliance obligation under the climate commitment act for certain municipal gas utilities. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.
	SB 5699	By Senators Goehner and Short Concerning limited areas of more intensive rural development. Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
	SB 5700	By Senators King and Saldaña Concerning the medical cannabis authorization database. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	SB 5701	By Senator Ramos Expanding access to records for joint labor management committees for the purposes of enforcing prevailing wage laws. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	SB 5702	By Senators Ramos and Goehner Streamlining the toll rate setting process at the transportation commission. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 5703	By Senators Holy, Riccelli, Short, Christian, Fortunato and Lovelett Concerning fair treatment of municipal solid waste systems. Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
	SB 5704	By Senators Dhingra, Alvarado, Trudeau, Pedersen, Lovelett, Valdez, Saldaña, Krishnadasan, Wilson, C., Shewmake, Riccelli, Nobles, Ramos, Kauffman and Slatter Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	SB 5705	By Senators Liias, Holy, Lovick and King Improving traffic safety by modifying penalty amounts for certain traffic infractions. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 5706	By Senator Fortunato Determining child custody. Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.
	SB 5707	By Senators Short and Hansen Exempting email addresses of individuals who subscribe to regular communications and updates from local agencies. Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL AFFAIRS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5708	By Senators Frame and Wagoner; by request of Attorney General Protecting Washington children online. Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.
	SB 5709	By Senators Alvarado, Saldaña, Pedersen and Slatter Concerning county property tax levies for public health clinic purposes. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
	HB 1003	By Representatives Abbarno, Barkis, Jacobsen, Connors, Peterson and Hill Addressing service of notice by mail in cases involving forcible entry and forcible and unlawful detainer. Referred to Committee on HOUSING.
	HB 1018	By Representatives Shavers, Ryu, Barnard, Reed, Fitzgibbon, Leavitt, Bronoske, Tharinger, Gregerson, Peterson and Wylie; by request of Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.
	HB 1028	By Representatives Goodman, Eslick, Reed, Fey, Davis and Lekanoff Addressing child exposure to violence. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
	HB 1069	By Representatives Fosse, Low, Peterson, Griffey, Bronoske, Timmons, Nance, Goodman, Cortes, Volz, Ormsby, Scott, Mena, Davis, Macri, Stonier, Alvarado, Doglio, Bernbaum, Ryu, Ramel, Berry, Reed, Callan, Obras, Farivar, Ortiz-Self, Simmons, Street, Pollet, Fey, Berg, Lekanoff, Salahuddin, Reeves, Donaghy and Hill Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits. Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.
	SHB 1142	By House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce (originally sponsored by Representatives Macri, Ryu, Reed, Callan, Farivar, Simmons, Street, Ormsby, Lekanoff, Reeves, Hill and Tharinger; by request of Department of Social and Health Services) Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SHB 1209	By House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business (originally sponsored by Representatives Mena, Walen, Reed, Ryu, Berry, Alvarado, Macri, Farivar, Doglio, Pollet, Ormsby, Salahuddin and Hill) Protecting public health and safety by regulating the transfer of sodium nitrite. Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.
	HB 1234	By Representatives Simmons and Rule Concerning the mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and social workers advisory committee. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SHB 1253	By House Committee on Environment & Energy (originally sponsored by Representatives Ybarra and Doglio) Expanding the ability of consumer-owned utilities to enter into joint use agreements. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.
	HB 1270	By Representatives Bronoske, Ryu, Mena, Reed, Jacobsen, Paul, Duerr, Kloba, Macri and Simmons; by request of Department of Retirement Systems Concerning automatic deferred compensation enrollment for county, municipal, and other political subdivision employees. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	HB 1300	By Representatives Donaghy, Reeves and Ormsby; by request of Department of Licensing Transferring dedicated accounts for certain professional licenses to the business and professions account. Referred to Committee on BUSINESS, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADE.
	HB 1349	By Representatives Griffey, Bronoske, Bergquist, Couture, Rule, Ormsby, Hill and Nance; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board Concerning the purchase of pension service credit for authorized leaves of absence. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.