2024 Priority Bills

SHB 1905– Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

SB 5894 – Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act. – DIED/ Companion bill SHB 1905 was Passed/Enacted

HB 2266 – Concerning sanitary conditions for construction workers who menstruate or express milk. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 2098 – Authorizing the women’s commission to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources. DIED

HB 2115 – Concerning prescription labels for medications used for abortion. PASSED/SIGNED ACTED

SB 6107 – Concerning sanitary conditions for construction workers who menstruate or express milk. – DIED/Companion bill HB 2266 was Passed/Enacted

SB 5580 – Improving maternal health outcomes. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 1877 – Improving the Washington state behavioral health system for better coordination and recognition with the Indian behavioral health system. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

SB 5937 – Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

SB 5950 – Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations. – WSWC received two additional Full-Time Equivalent Employees in the supplemental operating budget.

SHB 2230 – Promoting economic inclusion by creating the Economic Security for All (EcSA) grant program. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

SB 6151 – Concerning the provision of an ultrasound. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

SB 6038 – Reducing the costs associated with providing child care. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

SB 5853 – Extending the crisis relief center model to provide behavioral health crisis services for minors. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 2118 – Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 1903 – Reporting lost or stolen firearms. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 1999 – Concerning fabricated intimate or sexually explicit images and depictions. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 1958 – Concerning nonconsensual removal of or tampering with a sexually protective device. PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 1956 – Addressing fentanyl and other substance use prevention education. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 1954 – Harmonizing language relating to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

SB 5804 – Concerning opioid overdose reversal medication in public schools. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 2048 – Concerning supervision of domestic violence in criminal sentencing. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 2104 – Making 2023-2025 fiscal biennium supplemental operating appropriations. – WSWC received two additional FTEs in the supplemental operating budget.

SB 5904 – Extending the terms of eligibility for financial aid programs. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 1455 – Eliminating child marriage. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 2075 – Concerning licensing of Indian health care providers as establishments. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

HB 1895 – Modifying the working families’ tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process. – PASSED/GOVERNOR ACTED

SB 5960 – Concerning prescription labels for medications used for abortion. – DIED/Companion bill HB 2115 was Passed/Enacted.

SB 5839 – Modifying the working families’ tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process. – DIED/Companion bill HB 1895 was Passed/Enacted.

SB 5923 – Addressing fentanyl and other substance use prevention education. – DIED/Companion bill HB 1956 Passed/enacted.

SB 5819 / HB 1915 – Making financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education. – DIED

HB 2242 – Supporting sexual assault survivors at institutions of higher education. – DIED

HB 2058 – Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools. – DIED

HJR 4208 – Removing gendered terms from the Constitution. – DIED

SB 5873 – Providing adequate and predictable student transportation. – DIED

SB 5241 – Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace. (Keep our Care Act, KOCA) – DIED