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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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March 5, 2024 | WA | SB 6058 | Amends State Carbon Markets to Align with the California-Quebec Carbon Market | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 19) |
Feb. 13, 2024 | WA | SB 6092 | Establishes New Regulations for Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19) |
Feb. 13, 2024 | WA | SB 5906 | Requires the Department of Health to Develop a Drug Overdose Prevention Campaign | Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 0) |
Feb. 13, 2024 | WA | SB 5906 | Requires the Department of Health to Develop a Drug Overdose Prevention Campaign | Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 0) |
May 16, 2023 | WA | SB 5536 | Establishes Possession of a Controlled Substance as a Gross Misdemeanor | Bill Passed - Senate (43 - 6) |
April 22, 2023 | WA | SB 5440 | Establishes Timely Competency Evaluations and Restoration Services to Persons Suffering from Behavioral Health Disorders | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (43 - 6) |
April 19, 2023 | WA | HB 1756 | Amends Tax Rules Concerning Clean Energies and Increased Revenue to Local Governments, Schools, and Communities | Bill Passed - Senate (33 - 15) |
April 17, 2023 | WA | SB 5371 | Authorizes Protections for Orca Whales | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (30 - 18) |
April 14, 2023 | WA | SB 5144 | Requires Battery Producers to Implement Battery Stewardship Programs | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (40 - 6) |
April 12, 2023 | WA | HB 1626 | Requires the State Health Care Authority to Provide Coverage for Colonoscopies | Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 9) |
April 12, 2023 | WA | HB 1626 | Requires the State Health Care Authority to Provide Coverage for Colonoscopies | Bill Passed - Senate (39 - 9) |
April 11, 2023 | WA | HB 1238 | Expands Washington's Free School Lunch Program | Bill Passed - Senate (44 - 5) |
March 1, 2023 | WA | SB 5120 | Establishes 23-Hour Mental Health and Substance Use Crisis Relief Centers | Bill Passed - Senate (47 - 0) |
March 1, 2023 | WA | SB 5120 | Establishes 23-Hour Mental Health and Substance Use Crisis Relief Centers | Bill Passed - Senate (47 - 0) |
Feb. 28, 2023 | WA | SB 5242 | Prohibits Cost-Sharing for Patients Seeking Abortion Care | (29 - 19) |
March 10, 2022 | WA | HB 1099 | Expands Policies Regarding Climate Change | (28 - 21) |
March 3, 2022 | WA | HB 1812 | Amends Clean Energy Goals | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 20) |
March 1, 2022 | WA | HB 1851 | Expands and Codifies Abortion Protections into State Law | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21) |
April 10, 2021 | WA | HB 1127 | Increases Security and Privacy for COVID-19 Health Data Collected by Private Entities | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 20) |
April 8, 2021 | WA | SB 5126 | Requires the State to Reach 0 Carbon Emissions by 2050 | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 24) |
March 4, 2021 | WA | SB 5203 | Authorizes the State Health Care Authority to Purchase Generic Prescription Drugs | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21) |
March 1, 2021 | WA | SB 5141 | Establishes the Environmental Justice Council | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21) |
Feb. 17, 2021 | WA | SB 5140 | Prohibits Hospital Policies that Restrict Necessary Miscarriage Treatment | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 20) |
Feb. 17, 2021 | WA | SB 5140 | Prohibits Hospital Policies that Restrict Necessary Miscarriage Treatment | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 20) |
March 12, 2020 | WA | HB 2965 | Appropriates Funds for COVID-19 Coronavirus Response | Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 0) |
March 9, 2020 | WA | SB 5323 | Establishes Standards for the Use of Plastic Bags at Retail Establishments | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (33 - 15) |
March 9, 2020 | WA | SB 6088 | Establishes a Prescription Drug Affordability Board | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (31 - 17) |
March 5, 2020 | WA | HB 2311 | Requires State Greenhouse Gas Emissions be Reduced to Zero by 2050 | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21) |
Feb. 18, 2020 | WA | SB 6087 | Establishes Cost-Sharing Requirements for Coverage of Insulin Products | Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14) |
April 27, 2019 | WA | SB 5526 | Establishes a Public Option for Health Care Coverage | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (27 - 21) |
April 27, 2019 | WA | HB 1652 | Establishes a Paint Stewardship Program | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 22) |
April 25, 2019 | WA | SB 5993 | Increases the State Hazardous Substance Tax | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 22) |
April 24, 2019 | WA | HB 1155 | Requires Uninterrupted Breaks for Health Care Workers | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (32 - 16) |
April 22, 2019 | WA | SB 5135 | Authorizes the Department of Ecology to Ban Certain Chemicals in Consumer Products | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 22) |
April 19, 2019 | WA | SB 5001 | Authorizes Composting of Human Remains | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (38 - 11) |
April 17, 2019 | WA | HB 1638 | Prohibits Parental Exemptions of the Measles Vaccine | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 22) |
April 16, 2019 | WA | HB 1087 | Establishes a Long-Term Care Program | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 22) |
April 12, 2019 | WA | HB 1578 | Requires Tug Boat Escorts for Certain Oil Barges | Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 13) |
March 13, 2019 | WA | SB 5822 | Establishes a Work Group to Study Universal Health Care | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21) |
March 1, 2019 | WA | SB 5116 | Increases State Clean Energy Efforts to be 100 Percent Carbon Free by 2045 | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 19) |
March 3, 2018 | WA | SB 6219 | Requires State Insurer Coverage of Abortion and Contraception | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (27 - 22) |
Feb. 10, 2018 | WA | SB 6199 | Authorizes Privatization of Home-Care Workforce | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 21) |
April 12, 2017 | WA | HB 1234 | Requires Coverage for 12-Month Refills of Contraceptive Drugs | Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 1) |
April 12, 2017 | WA | HB 1234 | Requires Coverage for 12-Month Refills of Contraceptive Drugs | Bill Passed - Senate (48 - 1) |
April 11, 2017 | WA | HB 1493 | Regulates Commercial Use of Biometric Data | Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 12) |
March 2, 2017 | WA | SB 5223 | Prohibits Localities from Permitting Heroin Injection Sites | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 23) |
March 9, 2015 | WA | SB 5735 | Establishes Carbon Reduction Investment as Alternative to Meeting Renewable Energy Targets | Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 23) |
March 2, 2015 | WA | SB 5987 | Increases Gas Tax and Amends Transportation Funding | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 22) |
April 12, 2013 | WA | HB 1001 | Establishes a Liquor License for Small Theaters | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 21) |
March 13, 2013 | WA | SB 5802 | Authorizes a Carbon Emissions Reduction Study | Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 12) |
April 11, 2012 | WA | SB 5940 | Amends Public School Employees Retirement Benefits | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 20) |
March 1, 2012 | WA | HB 2319 | Requirements for Health Benefit Exchange | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 22) |
May 25, 2011 | WA | SB 5942 | State Liquor Sales | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (26 - 19) |
March 29, 2011 | WA | SB 5251 | Electric Vehicle Registration Fees | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 16) |
March 5, 2011 | WA | SB 5769 | Coal-Fired Power Plants | Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 13) |
March 5, 2011 | WA | SB 5039 | Tobacco Cessation Treatment | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21) |
March 5, 2011 | WA | SB 5039 | Tobacco Cessation Treatment | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 21) |
April 12, 2010 | WA | HB 2493 | Cigarette Tax Increase | Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 17) |
March 5, 2008 | WA | HB 2815 | Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 19) |
Feb. 18, 2008 | WA | SB 6305 | Use of Federal Sex Education Grants | Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 11) |
Feb. 18, 2008 | WA | SB 6777 | Halting Mining on Maury Island | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 23) |
Feb. 18, 2008 | WA | SB 6305 | Use of Federal Sex Education Grants | Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 11) |
Jan. 30, 2008 | WA | SB 5261 | Health Insurance Rate Oversight | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 18) |
April 3, 2007 | WA | HB 1024 | Prohibition of PBDEs | Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 8) |
April 3, 2007 | WA | HB 1024 | Prohibition of PBDEs | Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 8) |
March 7, 2007 | WA | Sub SB 5297 | Sexual Health Education | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 19) |
March 8, 2006 | WA | 2nd Sub HB 2572 | Health Insurance for Small Businesses | Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 23) |