• Would add fentanyl to the list of drugs in the Child Endangerment Act.
• First offense would result in treatment and parental support services. Subsequent offenses would add jail time as an option for the courts.
• This is the fourth year that this bipartisan legislation has passed the Senate and the fourth year that it appears it will die in the House because the chair of the Community Safety Committee refuses to address the issue.

• Would allow service members, before retirement or prior to discharge, to apply for tentative civil service employment opportunities using a “pre-discharge” certification to be eligible for hire.
• Would help many veterans with their transition out of military service to civilian life.

• Would streamline the college financial aid application process by making it easier for the Washington Student Achievement Council to view students’ progress.
• Would also require schools to inform students about the Washington Opportunity Scholarship.

SB 5919:

• Would encourage fire districts and insurance carriers to collaborate to develop optional incentives that promote wildfire mitigation best practices related to agricultural activities.

SB 5928:

• Would require insurance carriers that use wildfire risk scores in connection with property insurance to disclose certain information to applicants/insureds.
• Would also require them to provide certain discounts.

• Would require the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to publish reports of near-fatalities of children.
• The intention is to help bring to light additional details about the true cause and the scope of the impact of increases in child fatalities and near-fatalities.

• Would improve reporting and accountability on the management of school district funding and would prevent those who knowingly violate financial misconduct laws from working for any public school, school district or educational service district.
• The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction still can’t account for more than $100 million in COVID funding.

• Would have created “housing opportunity zones” to streamline the approval processes to build housing.
• Washington is in dire need of more housing units that people can afford. The process of building new housing has become over-regulated, causing costs to increase.

• Would discontinue the practice of taxpayers providing free charging for privately owned electric vehicles at state-owned facilities.
• Taxpayers pay too much to state government and we should always look for ways to save them money. They shouldn’t be paying for free electric charging for private vehicles.

• Would restore full funding for the state wildfire protection/forest health program, which Democrats slashed in the 2025 budget.
• Would help mitigate wildfires through better management of our state forests.

• Would require the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to notify law enforcement to remove a child from a home where there is probably cause to believe it is necessary to prevent imminent risk of harm due to such things as abuse, neglect, maltreatment, or the presence of synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
• If a social worker feels it’s too dangerous for them to enter the home, then the state should be required to remove the children for their protection.

• Would have prohibited the officers of the non-profits in charge of distributing housing grants for the Community Reinvestment Plan and their families from receiving any money from the program or benefitting from it indirectly.
• Would have required the Department of Commerce to evaluate the grant distribution and report the results to the Legislature.
• **Provisions in this bill have been added to a bill in the House.