2023 Legislative Session

Check the lists below for the work we're doing during the 2023-2024 legislative session 

Priority Legislation

The Commission is closely monitoring the following legislation addressing our legislative priorities:

HB 1089 - Supporting adults with lived experience of sex trafficking.

  • SB 5114 - Supporting adults with lived experience of sex trafficking. Companion bill

HB 1151 - Mandating coverage for fertility services.

  • SB 5204 - Mandating coverage for fertility services. Companion bill
Affecting the Community

The Commission is tracking the following legislation that indirectly impacts the LGBTQ+ community:

HB 1028 - Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses in the legal system.

HB 1155 - Addressing the collection, sharing, and selling of consumer health data.

HB 1207 - Preventing and responding to harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination in schools.

HB 1239 - Establishing a simple and uniform system for complaints related to, and instituting a code of educator ethics for, conduct within or involving public elementary and secondary

HB 1263 - Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.

HB 1408 - Creating an account for the pharmaceutical rebate revenue generated by the purchase of medications for people living with HIV who are enrolled in the early intervention program.

HB 1469 – Concerning access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming

HB 1474 - Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in 

HB 1541 - Establishing the nothing about us without us act.

HB 1723 - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act.

SB 5008 - Providing parents and legal guardians access to instructional materials.

SB 5009 - Requiring parental or legal guardian approval before a child participates in comprehensive sexual health education.

SB 5024 - Establishing parents' bill of rights related to their child's public education.

SB 5028 - Revising the process for individuals to request name changes.

SB 5029 - Empowering school district boards of directors.

SB 5142 - Creating an account for the pharmaceutical rebate revenue generated by the purchase of medications for people living with HIV who are enrolled in the early intervention program.

SB 5186 - Requiring antidiscrimination clauses in public contracting

SB 5230 - Concerning extended foster care services.

SB 5237 - Establishing complaint procedures to address noncompliance with certain state education laws

SB 5241 - Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.

SB 5242 - Prohibiting cost sharing for abortion.

SB 5351 - Addressing the collection, sharing, and selling of consumer health data

SB 5355 - Mandating instruction on sex trafficking prevention and identification for students in grades seven through 12

SB 5441 - Promoting the adoption of school district curricula that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

SB 5462 - Promoting inclusive learning standards and instructional materials in public schools

SB 5489 - Concerning access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment in Washington state.

SB 5599 - Supporting youth and young adults seeking protected health care services.

SB 5616 - Establishing the nothing about us without us act.

SB 5651 - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act.

SJR 8202 - Amending the Constitution to address reproductive freedom.

2023 Calls to Action

Call To Action 2/17/2023

Call To Action 2/10/2023