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

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
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.