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2024: CVSO Program / Peer Support Services
The 2025 Legislative Session begins on January 13, 2025. Below are lists of bills that may impact Veterans, Families or Military Members. (This list is not an endorsement of any proposal by WDVA.)
Visit https://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/ for more detailed bill information. To watch committee hearings, visit Home - TVW.
| Bill Number | Title | Sponsor (Combined) | Status | Bill Summary | Hearing Dates | |
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| SHB 1023 | Cosmetology compact | APP(Ryu) | S Labor & Comm | HB: Enacts the cosmetology licensure compact. |
Mar 24, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 28, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| E2SHB 1102 | Veteran support and services | APP(Shavers) | S State Gov/Trib | E2SHB: Requires the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) to provide information to recently discharged veterans about veterans benefits and services. Expands county eligibility for the WDVA's Veterans Service Officer Program (Program) to counties where the percentage of veterans receiving benefits is below the national average. Prioritizes counties with the lowest percentage of veterans receiving benefits for the Program. Requires the WDVA to provide reports every two years including county-specific information about the number of resident veterans and services available. |
Mar 21, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 28, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| EHB 1106 | Disabled veterans/prop. tax | (Barnard) | S Ways & Means | EHB: Reduces the combined service-connected evaluation rating percentage for disabled veterans from 80 percent to 40 percent incrementally each year by 20 percent beginning in 2026 in order to qualify for the Senior Citizens Property Tax Exemption Program |
Feb 11, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Finance at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 18, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Ways & Means at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| HB 1114 | Respiratory care compact | (Leavitt) | S Rules 2 | HB: Enacts the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact. |
Mar 18, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 20, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SHB 1371 | Veteran parking privileges | TR(Orcutt) | S 2nd Reading | (companion SB 5410) Establishes eligibility for parking privileges for people with disabilities for veterans who have received a qualifying discharge with a 70 percent disability rating or higher from the United States (US) Armed Forces or the US Department of Veterans Affairs and who use a service animal. |
Jan 29, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Transportation at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 17, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate Transportation at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| ESHB 1541 | Veterans affairs adv. comm. | TEDV(Abell) | S State Gov/Trib | ESHB: SHB: Modifies the membership of the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee by allowing the Governor to appoint members from state veterans' homes, a federally recognized tribe, a current or former Washington National Guard member, and individuals with certain lived experiences. |
Mar 25, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 28, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| HJM 4002 | Medal of Honor Bridge | (Dent) | S Transportation | Requests the Washington State Transportation Commission to commence proceedings to designate the bridge that carries Interstate 90 over the Columbia River near Vantage, Washington as the "Medal of Honor Bridge" to show respect and remember Medal of Honor recipients. |
Feb 6, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Transportation at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 20, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Transportation at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SSB 5017 | Uniformed & overseas voting | SGTE(Nobles) | H State Govt & Tr | By request of Secretary of State: SSB: Adopts the Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act (UMOVA) to extend to state elections law protections found in federal law to military and overseas voters and to bring greater uniformity to the military and overseas voting processes in state law. Updates provisions throughout the Revised Code of Washington for consistency with UMOVA. |
Jan 17, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 14, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:15 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| ESSB 5200 | Veteran medical foster homes | HLTC(Wagoner) | H Exec Action | ESSB: Provides an exemption from the state's Adult Family Home licensure requirements for a Medical Foster Home that meets certain requirements |
Mar 18, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 25, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SSB 5338 | Veterans affairs adv. comm. | SGTE(Nobles) | H Rules R | SSB: Reconfiguring the membership of the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee. |
Mar 18, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 21, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SB 5420 | Veteran benefits access | (Lovick) | H Approps | Ensuring access to state benefits and opportunities for veterans, uniformed service members, and military spouses. |
Mar 18, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 21, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SSB 5545 | Family home prov./military | EDU(Riccelli) | H EL & Human Svc | SSB: Exempts family home providers located in the surrounding metropolitan area of a federal military reservation that is overseen and currently certified by a federal military service from child-care licensing by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. |
Mar 26, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 28, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SGA 9212 | DAVID PUENTE JR. | () | S Confirmed | Gubernatorial Appointment for David Puente Jr. |
Feb 18, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Feb 21, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
| Bill Number | Title | Sponsor (Combined) | Status | Bill Summary | Hearing Dates | |
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| HB 1197 | Operating budget, supp. | (Ormsby) | H Approps | Jan 13, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Appropriations at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| HB 1198 | Operating budget | (Ormsby) | H Approps | Mar 25, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Appropriations at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 27, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Appropriations at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| E2SHB 1213 | Paid family & medical leave | APP(Berry) | S Labor & Comm | (Companion to SB 5539) 2SHB: Extends employment protection rights in the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program to any employee who began employment with their current employer at least 180 calendar days before taking leave. Allows employers to prevent stacking of certain employment protection rights by extending employment protection in the PFML Program to periods of unpaid leave protected by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. Requires employers to provide notice to employees estimating the expiration of employment protection. Expands health care coverage protection during any period in which an employee receives PFML Program benefits and is also entitled to employment protection. |
Mar 24, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 28, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| HB 1216 | Capital budget | (Tharinger) | H Cap Budget | Jan 16, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Capital Budget at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| HB 1287 | Health info./coordination | (Rule) | S Rules 2 | HB: Allows a client's written acknowledgement of a disclosure statement provided by certain behavioral health providers, as well as information obtained from the client in a professional capacity in order to render professional services, to be disclosed under the Uniform Health Care Information Act. |
Mar 14, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 21, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SHB 1308 | Access to personnel records | LAWS(Reed) | S Labor & Comm | Companion to SB 5345: SHB: Requires a private employer to provide an employee or former employee with a copy of the employee's personnel file within 21 days of a request, and requires a public employer to do so in accordance with the requirements and procedures of the Public Records Act. Requires a private employer to provide to a former employee, upon request, a statement of the employee's discharge date and reasons, if any, for the discharge. Creates a private cause of action with statutory damages for enforcing the requirements for private employers to disclose personnel files and provide written discharge statements. |
Mar 24, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 28, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SHB 1402 | Job posting/driver's license | APP(Scott) | S Labor & Comm | HB: Prohibits, under certain circumstances, an employer from including a statement in a job posting that an applicant must have a driver's license. |
Feb 25, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Appropriations at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Feb 27, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Appropriations at 9:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| 2SHB 1427 | Peer support specialists | APP(Davis) | S Health & Long-T | HB: Changes the name of the profession of certified peer specialists to "certified peer support specialists." Makes other changes to existing statute. |
Feb 27, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Appropriations at 9:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 25, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| HB 1476 | Nursing home rate rebase | (Ormsby) | H Approps | (companion to SB 5407) |
Feb 22, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Appropriations at 9:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| ESHB 1562 | Diaper changing stations | LG(Hunt) | S Loc Gov | ESHB: Requires a baby diaper changing station in both a restroom accessible to women and a restroom accessible to men, or in a gender-neutral restroom, in each newly constructed public building in which a public restroom is required and in any existing public building when a permit is issued for the renovation of a public restroom in the building with an estimated cost of $15,000 or more, with certain exceptions. Allows a required baby diaper changing station to be removed if it is no longer usable to manufacturer standards. Provides that a first violation of the diaper changing station requirement is subject to a warning, with any subsequent violation classified as a class 2 civil infraction. |
Mar 24, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Local Government at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 27, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate Local Government at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| HB 1633 | Public works/bidding | (Hill) | S State Gov/Trib | Requires that certain subcontractors named by prime contractors in public works projects be licensed at the time they are named by the prime contractor. Removes the inability of a subcontractor to obtain the necessary license as a basis for which a prime contractor may substitute a listed subcontractor. Removes an outdated direction to the Capital Projects Advisory Review Board to prepare a report. |
Mar 18, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 28, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| E2SHB 1686 | Health care entity registry | APP(Bronoske) | S Ways & Means | E2SHB: Requires certain health care entities to submit ownership, affiliation, and health care services information on behalf of the entity and its subsidiaries and affiliates to the Department of Health (DOH) on an annual basis. Requires the DOH to make the submitted information publicly available. Requires the DOH, in consultation with others, to develop a plan and provide recommendations to the Legislature on how the reporting requirements may apply to individual and independent health care providers, health care facilities, health carriers, health care benefit managers, and provider organizations, and to provide recommendations on changes to the information certain health care entities are required to provide. |
Mar 18, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 20, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SB 5051 | Nursing assistant regulation | (Bateman) | H 2nd Reading | SB: Consolidates regulatory authority relating to competency evaluation, disciplinary authority, and credentialization for nursing assistants under the Board of Nursing. Expands Board of Nursing composition from 15 to 17 to include nursing assistant members, and an additional registered nurse or licensed practical nurse member. |
Mar 14, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 18, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| E2SSB 5061 | Public works wages | TRAN(Conway) | H Labor & Workpla | SB: Requires public works contracts to provide for the payment of prevailing wages at the time the work is performed |
Mar 25, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 28, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| E2SSB 5098 | Weapons in certain areas | TRAN(Valdez) | H Civil R & Judi | Prohibits weapons at certain park facilities where children are likely to be present, certain state or local public buildings, and county fairs when the fair is open to the public. Requires facilities where weapons are prohibited to, as soon as practicable, post signage at common public access points alerting the public to the prohibitions. |
Mar 18, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 26, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SSB 5101 | Worker leave/hate crimes | LC(Valdez) | H Labor & Workpla | SSB: Expands access to leave and safety accommodations available to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, to include victims of hate crime. |
Mar 21, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 26, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SSB 5104 | Immigration status coercion | LC(Hasegawa) | H Approps | SSB: Imposes a civil penalty on an employer that coerces an employee based on an employee's or an employee's family member's immigration status in furtherance of the employer committing a violation of wage payment, condition of labor, or agricultural labor requirements. Requires the Department of Labor and Industries to investigate complaints of coercion by employers. |
Mar 14, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 21, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SSB 5106 | Eid al-Fitr & Eid al-Adha | SGTE(Trudeau) | H Exec Action | (companion HB 1434) SSB: The state recognizes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha |
Feb 7, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 25, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| ESSB 5143 | Ethics in public service | SGTE(Gildon) | H State Govt & Tr | ESSB: Revises the Ethics in Public Service Act by adding definitions, removing obsolete provisions, correcting internal references, and updating statutory citations. Increases the gift threshold from $50 to $100 and excludes from the definition of gift the following: gift cards of $25 or less given to legislative employees and unsolicited gifts from legislators to legislative staff. Allows the following to be posted on a legislator's official website: generally recognized days or months of note and posts about achievements, honors or awards of extraordinary distinction relating to a constituent as long as the constituent has agreed to the posting. Removes the combined $5,000 cap for penalties and costs, which allows penalties not to exceed $5,000 and a separate order for the recovery of costs of the Legislative Ethics Board. |
Mar 19, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 28, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SB 5166 | Operating budget, supp. | (Robinson) | S Ways & Means | Jan 14, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Ways & Means at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SB 5167 | Operating budget | (Robinson) | S Ways & Means | Mar 25, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Ways & Means at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 27, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the Senate Ways & Means at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SB 5195 | Capital budget | (Trudeau) | S Ways & Means | Jan 13, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Ways & Means at 4:00 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| E2SSB 5217 | Pregnancy accommodations | WM(Nobles) | H Labor & Workpla | ESSB: Requires an employer to pay an employee for break and travel time to express milk during work at the employee's regular compensation rate, in addition to meal and rest periods. |
Mar 19, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 26, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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| SB 5407 | Nursing home rate rebase | (Riccelli) | S Ways & Means | (companion to HB 1476) |
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| SSB 5503 | Public employee bargaining | LC(Valdez) | H Labor & Workpla | ESSB: Makes changes to Public Employment Relations Commission procedures related to representation petitions, hearings, and the merging of bargaining units under the Public Employees' Collective Bargaining Act. Prohibits public employers from requiring a worker to waive any federal or state statutory right to make a claim as a condition of settling a grievance under a collective bargaining agreement. |
Mar 21, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. Mar 28, 2025 Scheduled for executive hearing in the House Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM in anticipation of other legislative action. |
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