SB6039 — Senate Bill 6039 was moved from the white sheet to the floor/second reading calendar, with a brief explanation that the bill would allow L&I to use electronic communications in 2026.
Curtis King — Senator Curtis King was credited with doing the heavy lifting on the bill, and then he spoke to move Senate Bill 5874 from the white sheet to the floor calendar.
SB5874 — Senate Bill 5874 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar and described as authorizing the Employment Security Department commissioner to waive penalties for minor or insignificant reporting errors in quarterly unemployment insurance reports, including defining what qualifies as such errors.
Annette Cleveland — Senator Annette Cleveland moved Senate Bill 5863 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and explained that it is a trailer bill preserving records and materials related to residents with developmental disabilities at Lakeland Village. The motion was then carried.
SB5863 — Senate Bill 5863 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar. During the discussion, it was described as a trailer bill intended to preserve records and materials related to Lakeland Village residents, with a preservation deadline clarified to 2030. The motion to advance the bill then carried.
Steve Conway — Senator Steve Conway moved Senate Bill 5972 forward for advancement from the light sheet to the floor calendar and explained that the bill would grant binding arbitration to certain correctional officers who do not have the right to strike.
SB5972 — Senator Conway moved Senate Bill 5972 forward, advancing it from the white sheet to the floor calendar. The bill was described as granting binding arbitration to certain correctional officers.
SB5941 — Senate Bill 5941 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the motion to advance the bill was approved.
Rebecca Saldaña — Senator Rebecca Saldaña moved Senate Bill 5203 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and explained that the bill would allow Washington Fish and Wildlife to develop an integrated wildlife habitat connectivity strategy.
SB5203 — Senate Bill 5203 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, with the motion reiterated and then advanced as part of the same procedural action.
Jesse Salomon — Senator Jesse Salomon moved Senate Bill 6014 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and explained that it is a trailer bill intended to protect the personal information of people making pregnancy accommodation complaints.
SB6014 — Senate Bill 6014 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, described as a trailer bill to a recent pregnancy accommodations measure that protects personal information from disclosure, and the motion to advance the bill to the floor calendar carried.
John Lovick — Senator John Lovick moved to advance Senate Bill 5993 from the white sheet to the floor calendar and noted that the bill would limit interest on new and unpaid medical debt to 1%.
SB5993 — Senate Bill 5993 is moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar and described as a bill that would cap interest on new and unpaid medical debt at 1%.
Ron Muzzall — Moved Senate Bill 5831 and explained that it adopts a Uniform Mortgage Modification Act.
SB5831 — Senate Bill 5831 was moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the motion to advance the bill carried.
SB5928 — Senate Bill 5928 was moved from the white sheet to the floor/second reading calendar, and the motion to advance the bill carried.
John Braun — Senator John Braun moved Senate Bill 5912 forward and explained that the bill reinstates the indigent defense task force while establishing its responsibilities, duties, and reporting requirements.
SB5912 — Senate Bill 5912 was moved from the white sheet to the floor/second reading calendar. The bill was described as reinstating the indigent defense task force and setting responsibilities, duties, and reporting requirements, and the motion to advance it carried.
SB5825 — Senate Bill 5825 was presented as a technical cleanup of the Washington Leadership Board statute, then moved from the White Sheet to the floor/second reading calendar, with the motion to advance the bill adopted.
SB5490 — Substitute Senate Bill 5490 is moved from the white sheet to the floor calendar and described as establishing parameters for searches of transgender and intersex individuals in local jails, with the policy intended to comply with the Federal Prison Rape Elimination Act.
Tina Orwall — Senator Tina Orwall was called on after the vote and immediately moved Senate Bill 5177 forward from the white sheet to the second reading/floor calendar, explaining the bill’s purpose regarding professional development and consideration of marginalized and underrepresented groups.
SB5177 — Senate Bill 5177 was moved from the white sheet to the second reading/floor calendar, with remarks noting that the bill concerns OSPI professional development requirements, including consideration of marginalized groups.
Drew MacEwen — Senator Drew MacEwen moved Senate Bill 6039 from the white sheet to the floor calendar, and the motion was immediately reiterated in the transcript with a brief acknowledgment that Senator King did significant work on the bill. A subsequent remark also referenced MacEwen’s bill in the same context.
SB6178 — Senate Bill 6178, an OIC request bill, was described as prohibiting a person from soliciting, coercing, requiring, or contracting with an insured to assign or transfer a post-loss property insurance benefit. The bill was then explained and voted on for advancement to the second reading calendar.
Bob Hasegawa — Moved Senate Bill 5892 and explained that it protects the voter registration database while requiring authorization for release.
SB5892 — Senate Bill 5892 was moved from the white sheet to the floor/second reading calendar. During the brief discussion, members emphasized that the bill strengthens privacy protections for the voter registration database by safeguarding sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers and birthdates, while noting that voting history data would still remain accessible. The motion to advance the bill then carried.
Shelly Short — Opposed moving the bill forward and said the information has traditionally been provided by state auditor or elections offices.
Shelly Short — Moved Senate Bill 5928 and explained that it concerns wildfire risk models, disclosure, confidentiality, and insurer consideration of mitigation efforts.
Claire Wilson — Senator Claire Wilson was called on after the vote on Senate Bill 5892 and moved Substitute Senate Bill 5490 from the white sheet to the floor calendar. She then explained that the bill concerns establishing parameters for searches of transgender and intersex individuals in local jails.
SB6002 — Senate Bill 6002 was moved from the white sheet to the second reading calendar, and the bill was described as establishing reasonable restrictions on automated license plate readers to protect the privacy of state residents.
Marcus Riccelli — Senator Riccelli moved Senate Bill 6178 and explained that it would restrict certain assignments of property insurance benefits. He then clarified that the bill protects sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers and birthdates while still preserving access to voter history and voting records.