2026 WSSDA Bill Watch
| Bill # | Updated | Status | Position | Sponsor | Categories | Short Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSB 5841 | 03/24/2026 | C 122 L 26 | Oppose | Boehnke | Learning, Instruction, & Curriculum | Concerning the completion of postsecondary financial aid applications. |
| E3SHB 1634 | 03/24/2026 | C 129 L 26 | Monitor | Thai | Special Education & Student Support | Providing school districts and public schools with assistance to coordinate comprehensive behavioral health supports for students. |
| 2SSB 5969 | 03/24/2026 | C 147 L 26 | Monitor | Cortes | Learning, Instruction, & Curriculum | Fulfilling high school and beyond plan requirements with individualized education program transition plans. |
| ESB 5272 | 03/25/2026 | C 155 L 26 | Lovick | Policy & Legal | Improving school safety by extending penalties for interference by, or intimidation by threat of, force or violence at schools and extracurricular activities and requiring schools to notify the public of such penalties. | |
| SB 6134 | 03/25/2026 | C 161 L 26 | Monitor | King | Workforce & Professional Development | Concerning notice to striking workers applying for unemployment insurance benefits of potential overpayment assessment upon receipt of retroactive wages. |
| E2SHB 1170 | 03/27/2026 | C 167 L 26 | Shavers | Learning, Instruction, & Curriculum | Informing users when content is developed or modified by artificial intelligence. | |
| ESHB 2225 | 03/27/2026 | C 168 L 26 | Callan | Learning, Instruction, & Curriculum | Regulating artificial intelligence companion chatbots. | |
| ESHB 1795 | 03/27/2026 | C 169 L 26 | Other | Callan | Special Education & Student Support | Addressing restraint or isolation of students in public schools and educational programs. |
| HB 1796 | 03/27/2026 | C 170 L 26 | Monitor | Callan | Facilities, Construction | Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction. |
| ESHB 1295 | 03/27/2026 | C 190 L 26 | Monitor | Pollet | Learning, Instruction, & Curriculum | Using evidence-based instructional practices in reading and writing literacy for public elementary students. |
| SHB 2360 | 03/27/2026 | C 197 L 26 | Monitor | Donaghy | Governance | Expanding access to albuterol in public and private schools. |
| SHB 2594 | 03/27/2026 | C 201 L 26 | Support | Reeves | Student Safety & Wellbeing | Ensuring that unhoused children and youths in Washington have equal access to free, appropriate public education. |
| ESHB 2534 | 03/12/2026 | C 32 L 26 | Monitor | Shavers | Student Safety & Wellbeing | Promoting educational stability for children of military families. |
| ESHB 2557 | 03/12/2026 | C 34 L 26 | Other | Chase | Special Education & Student Support | Providing parental access to special education evaluation reports. |
| HB 2632 | 03/12/2026 | C 36 L 26 | Thai | Policy & Legal | Modernizing terminology when referring to individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States. | |
| SB 5963 | 03/16/2026 | C 44 L 26 | Nobles | Funding & Finance | Modifying funding for the passport to careers program and eligibility for the Washington college grant. | |
| SB 6278 | 03/16/2026 | C 49 L 26 | Monitor | Wellman | Governance | Concerning the ongoing review of approved teacher and principal preparation programs. |
| ESB 5872 | 03/16/2026 | C 51 L 26 | Monitor | Wilson, C. | Funding & Finance | Establishing the preK promise account. |
| EHB 2317 | 03/17/2026 | C 54 L 26 | Eslick | Governance | Concerning early learning program licensing requirements. | |
| SB 5922 | 03/17/2026 | C 71 L 26 | Monitor | Wellman | Funding & Finance | Authorizing transportation vehicle fund transfers. |
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