House Republican bills passed by the Legislature

During the 2023 legislative session, 63 bills prime sponsored by Washington House Republicans were passed by the Legislature and sent to the governor’s desk to be signed. You can learn more about these bills in the links below.

House Republican Bills Passed By the Legislature | 2023

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1004

Sponsor: Abbarno

Installing signs on or near bridges to provide information to deter jumping.

1013

Sponsor: Maycumber

Establishing regional apprenticeship programs.

1019

Sponsor: Dent

Creating the pesticide advisory board.

1031

Sponsor: Low

Modifying medal of valor award presentation requirements.

1032

Sponsor: Dent

Mitigating the risk of wildfires through electric utility planning and identification of best management practices appropriate to each electric utility’s circumstances.

1043

Sponsor: McEntire

Concerning association records in common interest communities.

1055

Sponsor: Stokesbary

Concerning public safety employees’ retirement plan membership for public safety telecommunicators.

1060

Sponsor: Corry

Concerning reorganization of domestic mutual insurers.

1070

Sponsor: Connors

Exempting the sale and leaseback of property by a seller from the residential landlord-tenant act when the seller agrees to a written lease at closing.

1073

Sponsor: Harris

Concerning medical assistants.

1100

Sponsor: Schmick

Concerning the disposition of the remains of a county resident who dies indigent in an adjacent county outside of Washington.

1112

Sponsor: Harris

Imposing criminal penalties for negligent driving involving the death of a vulnerable user victim.

1114

Sponsor: Mosbrucker

Concerning the membership of the sentencing guidelines commission.

1117

Sponsor: Mosbrucker

Addressing the extent to which Washington residents are at risk of rolling blackouts and power supply inadequacy events.

1171

Sponsor: Mosbrucker

Modifying the motorcycle safety education advisory board.

1173

Sponsor: Connors

Reducing light pollution associated with certain energy infrastructure.

1210

Sponsor: Rude

Concerning the recording of school board meetings.

1213

Sponsor: Ybarra

Concerning compliance with labeling requirements for wipes.

1237

Sponsor: Robertson

Redistributing the vehicle identification number inspection fee.

1243

Sponsor: Dent

Concerning municipal airport commissions.

1250

Sponsor: Steele

Modifying the low-income home rehabilitation program.

1259

Sponsor: Abbarno

Updating the executive team of the office of the secretary of state by adding signing authority to the chief of staff position.

1271

Sponsor: Low

Concerning organ transport vehicles.

1274

Sponsor: Couture

Creating a child malnutrition field guide for the department of children, youth, and families.

1293

Sponsor: Klicker

Streamlining development regulations.

1301

Sponsor: McClintock

Creating license review and reporting requirements.

1312

Sponsor: Rude

Concerning jury service.

1322

Sponsor: Rude

Concerning the Walla Walla water 2050 plan.

1334

Sponsor: Hutchins

Addressing the access of certain aquatic lands by a public transportation benefit area.

1336

Sponsor: Stokesbary

Splitting the volunteer firefighters’ and reserve officers’ relief and pension principal fund into two accounts.

1361

Sponsor: Abbarno

Updating statutes related to state employment by removing obsolete language, eliminating unnecessary reports, conforming a reporting period to fiscal year, and modernizing employee pay procedures.

1369

Sponsor: Griffey

Concerning off-duty employment of fish and wildlife officers.

1457

Sponsor: Robertson

Concerning a motor carrier’s ability to access restroom facilities required by rules authorized under chapter 49.17 RCW.

1491

Sponsor: Orcutt

Prohibiting unjustified employer searches of employee personal vehicles.

1498

Sponsor: Dye

Concerning aviation assurance funding in response to wildland fires.

1500

Sponsor: Eslick

Increasing the cap on gross sales for cottage food operations.

1501

Sponsor: Steele

Authorizing additional counseling services for immediate family members of homicide victims.

1512

Sponsor: Mosbrucker

Providing tools and resources for the location and recovery of missing persons.

1514

Sponsor: Robertson

Addressing the purchase and distribution of insignia to manufacturers of recreational vehicles and/or park trailers.

1540

Sponsor: Hutchins

Requiring driver training curriculum to include instruction on sharing the road with large vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles and buses.

1564

Sponsor: Mosbrucker

Prohibiting the sale of over-the-counter sexual assault kits.

1576

Sponsor: Caldier

Concerning the dentist and dental hygienist compact.

1577

Sponsor: Schmick

Concerning municipal officers’ beneficial interest in contracts.

1590

Sponsor: Dent

Concerning the membership and subcommittees of the oversight board for children, youth, and families.

1624

Sponsor: Ybarra

Administering educational service district elections.

1645

Sponsor: Barnard

Concerning meetings of county legislative authorities.

1656

Sponsor: Schmidt

Concerning unemployment insurance benefits appeal procedures.

1663

Sponsor: Goehner

Allowing functionally consolidated port districts to adopt a unified levy.

1682

Sponsor: Maycumber

Concerning the Washington auto theft prevention authority account.

1683

Sponsor: Barnard

Concerning health carriers offering dental only coverage.

1700

Sponsor: Kretz

Establishing a memorial on the capitol campus to commemorate eastern Washington.

1712

Sponsor: Schmick

Protecting workers displaced due to finfish aquaculture facility closure.

1730

Sponsor: Waters

Allowing people 18 years of age or older to work in certain 21 year and older establishments.

1731

Sponsor: Waters

Concerning complimentary liquor by short-term rental operators.

1744

Sponsor: Rude

Clarifying the responsibilities and accountability for the effective delivery and oversight of public education services to charter school students.

1763

Sponsor: Eslick

Ensuring completion of conditional scholarship obligations and reducing penalties for excusable incomplete obligations.

1766

Sponsor: Griffey

Creation of a hope card program.

1772

Sponsor: Waters

Prohibiting products that combine alcohol and tetrahydrocannabinol.

1779

Sponsor: Mosbrucker

Reducing toxic air pollution that threatens human health.

1782

Sponsor: McEntire

Addressing the operating and maintenance deficit of the Wahkiakum county ferry.

1783

Sponsor: Sandlin

Supporting economic development in distressed areas through hiring of grant writers.

1797

Sponsor: Cheney

Concerning real property appraisers.

1804

Sponsor: Steele

Concerning eligibility for participation in the public employees’ benefits board for retired or disabled employees of counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions.