Legislative Action Updates – 2023 Session
The 45th LD Democrats Legislative Action Committee is tracking the bills listed below. The first table contains the bills that are currently active, followed by the table of bills that did not pass the house of origin. For full, up-to-the-minute status, click on the bill ID.
The Legislative Session Ends on April 23rd
The House is voting on bills that the Senate has passed. Once they are passed by the house, they will become law.
The status column will inform you when a bill has passed or failed. It will be updated daily until the end of the session. For a more immediate status, click on the bill’s link.
Keep an eye out for 45thLD tweets for more updates as these bills pass of fail.
the Following Bills Passed Their House of Origin
Pass/Fail | Category | ID | Title |
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Passed | Affordable Housing | HB 1046 | Expanding housing supply by supporting the ability of public housing authorities to finance affordable housing developments by rebenchmarking area median income limits. |
Passed | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1176 | Developing opportunities for service and workforce programs to support climate-ready communities |
Passed | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1181 | Improving the state’s response to climate change by updating the state’s planning framework. |
Passed | Behavioral Health | SB 5189 | Establishing behavioral health support specialists. |
Passed | Economic Equity | HB 1477 | Making changes to the working families’ tax credit. |
Fiscal Responsibility and Revenue Reform | SB 5303 | Creating the public works assistance revolving account. | |
Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1012 | Addressing the response to extreme weather events. | |
Passed | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1085 | Reducing plastic pollution. |
Passed | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1117 | Addressing the extent to which Washington residents are at risk of rolling blackouts and power supply inadequacy events. |
Passed | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1170 | Improving climate resilience through updates to the state’s integrated climate response strategy. |
Passed | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1216 | Concerning clean energy siting |
Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1391 | Concerning energy in buildings | |
Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1433 | Concerning energy labeling of residential buildings | |
Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1589 | Supporting Washington’s clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. | |
Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5094 | Adding a climate resilience element to water system plans. | |
Passed | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5104 | Surveying Puget Sound marine shoreline habitat. |
Passed | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5143 | Changing the name and membership of the commission on pesticide registration. |
Passed | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5144 | Providing for responsible environmental management of batteries. |
Passed | Behavioral Health | HB 1069 | Adopting the mental health counselor compact. |
Behavioral Health | HB 1109 | Providing funding for school districts for special education. | |
Passed | Behavioral Health | HB 1134 | Implementing the 988 behavioral health crisis response and suicide prevention system. |
Passed | Behavioral Health | SB 5120 | Establishing 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. |
Passed | Behavioral Health | SB 5228 | Providing occupational therapy services for persons with behavioral health disorders. |
Passed | Health Care & Wellness | SB 5300 | Concerning continuity of coverage for prescription drugs prescribed for the treatment of behavioral health conditions. |
Passed | Affordable Housing | HB 1110 | Increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing |
Affordable Housing | SB 5466 | Promoting transit-oriented development. | |
Passed | Affordable Housing | SB 5197 | Addressing landlord-tenant relations by providing technical changes to eviction notice forms and modifying certain eviction processes. |
Affordable Housing | SB 5334 | Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs. | |
Passed | Advisory Votes | SB 5082 | Encouraging electoral participation and making ballots more meaningful by abolishing advisory votes. |
Passed | Firearms Safety | HB 1240 | Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety. |
Passed | Reproductive Freedom | HB 1155 | Addressing the collection, sharing, and selling of consumer health data. |
Passed | Reproductive Freedom | HB 1469 | Concerning access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment in Washington state. |
The remaining bills did not pass the house of origin, so are assumed to be finished for this session. But it’s possible that some can still move based upon type of bill or leadership control.
Status | Category | ID | Title |
Blocked by Rules committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5093 | Improving climate resilience through updates to the state’s integrated climate response strategy. |
Blocked by Rules committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5057 | Creating a work group to evaluate the costs of the state energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings. |
Blocked by Rules committee | Reproductive Freedom | SJR 8202 | Amending the Constitution to address reproductive freedom. |
Blocked by Rules committee | Reproductive Freedom | SB 5489 | Concerning access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment in Washington state. |
Under Rules review | Affordable Housing | HB 1351 | Prohibiting the imposition of minimum parking requirements except under certain circumstances. |
Under Rules review | Rent Stabilization | HB 1124 | Protecting tenants from excessive rent and related fees by providing at least six months’ notice for rent increases over a certain amount, allowing tenants the right to terminate a tenancy without penalty, and limiting late fees. |
Under Rules review | Rent Stabilization | HB 1389 | Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act |
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Did not pass fiscal review | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5562 | Supporting Washington’s clean energy economy and transitioning to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. |
Did not pass fiscal review | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5651 | Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act |
In committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1076 | Encouraging salmon recovery through voluntary stewardship. |
In committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1123 | Supporting local and tribal control of clean energy facility siting by altering the authority of the energy facility site evaluation council |
In committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1190 | Concerning environmental leadership through outdoor recreation and climate adaptation investments. |
In committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5431 | Requiring and funding the purchase of zero emission school buses |
In committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1423 | Authorizing the department of natural resources to create and manage a trust land transfer program |
In committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | HB 1723 | Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act |
In committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5037 | Ensuring that the Washington state energy code may not prohibit the use of natural gas in buildings. |
In committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5146 | Removing regulatory restrictions on hydropower. |
In committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5167 | Eliminating expedited processing of alternative energy resource facilities fueled by solar or wind energy on certain designated lands before the energy facility site evaluation council. |
In committee | Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5168 | Modernizing the energy independence act to avoid regulatory duplication and overlap with other laws. |
In committee | Behavioral Health | HB 1041 | Authorizing the prescriptive authority of psychologists. |
In committee | Behavioral Health | HB 1348 | Establishing behavioral health support specialists. |
In committee | Affordable Housing | HB 1517 | Promoting transit-oriented development. |
In committee | Rent Stabilization | SB 5435 | Concerning residential rent increases under the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act |
In committee | Advisory Votes | HB 1158 | Encouraging electoral participation and making ballots more meaningful by abolishing advisory votes. |
In committee | Advisory Votes | HJR 4202 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for an automatic referendum on tax acts. |
In committee | Firearms Safety | HB 1180 | Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety. |
In committee | Firearms Safety | SB 5193 | Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety. |
In committee | Firearms Safety | SB 5265 | Establishing firearms-related safety measures to increase public safety. |
In committee | Reproductive Freedom | SB 5351 | Addressing the collection, sharing, and selling of consumer health data. |
Climate and Environmental Protection | SB 5057 | Creating a work group to evaluate the costs of the state energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings. |