LEGISLATIVE BILL TRACKER

Washington legislators passed their 2021-2023 operating budget on April 26th, 2021 appropriating $10.6 billion in COVID-19 federal stimulus funds and $59 billion in state revenue

Operation Appropriation and Other Topics

SB 5092

Fiscal Appropriations

Making 2021-2023 fiscal biennium operating appropriations.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk to be signed into law on April 26th.

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SB 5237

Fairstart Bill

Expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk to be signed into law on April 26th.

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SB 5115

Health Emergency Labor Standards Act

Establishing health emergency labor standards.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk to be signed into law on April 26th.

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SB 5141

Healthy Environment For All (HEAL)

Implementing the recommendations of the environmental justice task force.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk to be signed into law on April 26th.

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HB 1129

Licensing International Medical Grads

Concerning the licensure of international medical graduates

Status: Delivered to the Governor to be signed into law on April 20th.

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HB 1372

Billy Frank Jr. Statue

Replacing the Marcus Whitman statue in the national statuary hall collection with a statue of Billy Frank Jr.

Status: Governor signed into law on April 14th. Effective date July 25, 2021.

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Police, Courts, and Prisons

HB 1090

Prohibiting Prisons for Profit

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Concerning private, for-profit detention facilities.

Status: Signed into law by the Governor on April 14th. Effective immediately (4/14/2021).

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HB 1072

Civil Legal Aid For All

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Removing only one of the restrictions on the use of civil legal aid funds.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk on April 13th.

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HB 1078

Restoring Voter Eligibility for Persons Convicted of a Felony

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Restoring voter eligibility for all persons convicted of a felony offense who are not in total confinement.

Status: Signed into law by the Governor on April 7th. Effective date January 1, 2022

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HB 1310

De-escalation/Use of Force

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Concerning permissible uses of force by law enforcement and correctional officers.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk to be signed into law on April 26th.

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SB 5051

Police Oversight and Accountability

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Concerning state oversight and accountability of peace officers and corrections officers.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk to be signed into law on April 26th.

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SB 5055

Law Enforcement's Collective Bargaining

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Concerning law enforcement personnel collective bargaining.

Status: Signed into law on April 7th. Effective date July 25, 2021.

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SB 5066

Police Officer’s Duty to Intervene

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Concerning a peace officer's duty to intervene.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk to be signed into law on April 26th.

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SB 1267

Independent Criminal Investigations

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Concerning investigation of potential criminal conduct arising from police use of force...

Status: Delivered to the Governor to be signed into law on April 22nd.

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HB 1054

Police Tactics

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Establishing requirements for tactics and equipment used by peace officers.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk to be signed into law on April 26th.

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SB 5263

Police Accountablity: Rights for wrongful death victims

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Concerning defenses in injury and wrongful death actions where the person injured/killed was committing a felony.

Status: Delivered to the Governor to be signed into law on April 20th.

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SB 5226

Eliminate the practice of suspending licenses for being in poverty

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Concerning the suspension of licenses for traffic infractions.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk to be signed into law on April 26th.

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HB 1089

Compliance audits of requirements for and law enforcement agencies

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Concerning compliance audits of requirements relating to peace officers and law enforcement agencies.

Status: Delivered to the Governor to be signed into law on April 20th.

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HB 1088

Compliance audits of requirements for and law enforcement agencies

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Concerning potential impeachment disclosures.

Status: Delivered to the Governor to be signed into law on April 20th.

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Farmworker and Labor Justice

SB 5172

Overtime pay rights for farm workers

Concerning the retroactivity of overtime claims in exceptional cases

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk to be signed into law on April 26th.

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HB 1297

Working Families Tax Recovery Rebate

Concerning working families tax exemption.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk on April 22nd.

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HB 1097

Worker Safety Bill

Increasing worker protections.

Status: Passed in the House and Senate. Was delivered to the Governor's desk on April 20th.

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HB 1076

Worker Protection Act

Allowing whistleblowers to bring actions on behalf of the state for violations of workplace protections.

Status: Died in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means

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