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Status of Prevention-related Bills
This table displays bills identified by WASAVP as having a direct impact on community-based or environmental prevention and public health efforts.
The table is designed to highlight which bills are receiving attention or action in a given week. More than 150 bills are included in this list. Most are bills that were not passed in the 2025 legislative session but are still considered active. Bills with hearings scheduled or other legislative action pending during the week are listed first, followed by the remaining bills arranged by bill number.
You can locate a specific bill by using the page selector at the bottom right of the table to navigate through the full list.
Only bills that receive hearings before legislative committees have the opportunity to advance toward passage, and only a small percentage of the bills in this table will ultimately receive a hearing.
Key abbreviations in table:
PH - Public Hearing, Input is taken on bills
ES - Executive Session - committee takes action on bill
FV - Floor vote
Bill Number | Bill Title, Sponsors | Link to Bill | Topic | WASAVP Position | Scheduled Action | Action Scheduled This Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6290 | Reorganizing the liquor and cannabis board.
Sponsor: King | https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=6290&Year=2025&Initiative=false | Other | Con | 2/2, 10:30 AM - PH - Senate Labor and Commerce | Yes |
6303 | Sustainability and safety in cannabis product packaging and vapor devices.
Sponsor: Shewmake | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6303&Year=2026&Initiative=false | Tobacco/Vape | Pro | 2/2, 10:30 PM - PH - Senate Labor and Commerce | Yes |
2532 | Sale and distribution of nitrous oxide.
Sponsor: Timmons
Companion Bill: 6169 | https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=2532&Year=2025&Initiative=false | Other | Pro | 2/2, 1:30 PM - ES - House Community Safety
1/26, 1:30 AM - PH - House Community Safety | Yes |
1834 | Protecting Washington children online | https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=1834&Year=2025&Initiative=false | Child Abuse | Pro | 2/2, 4 PM - ES - House Appropriations
1/26, 4 PM - PH - House Appropriations | Yes |
5921 | Concerning psilocybin.
Sponsors: Salomon
| https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=5921&Year=2025&Initiative=false | MH/Suicide | No Position | 2/3, 10:30 AM - ES - Senate Health and Long-term Care
1/27, 10:30 AM - PH - Senate Health and Long-term Care | Yes |
6195 | Preventing an oversupply of cannabis.
Sponsor: Saldana
Companion Bill: 2315 | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6195&Year=2026&Initiative=false | Cannabis/Marijuana | Pro | 2/3, 10:30 AM - ES - Senate Labor and Commerce
1/26, 10:30 AM - PH - Senate Labor and Commerce | Yes |
6196 | Taxing KratomSponsor: Saldana | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6196&Year=2026&Initiative=false | Other | No position | 2/3, 10:30 AM - ES - Senate Labor and Commerce
1/26, 10:30 AM - PH - Senate Labor and Commerce | Yes |
6204 | Legalizing the home cultivation of cannabis by persons who are 21 years of age and older.
Sponsor: Saldana
Companion Bill: 2614 | https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=6204&Year=2025&Initiative=false | Cannabis/Marijuana | Con | 2/3, 10:30 AM - ES - Senate Labor and Commerce
1/26, 10:30 AM - PH - Senate Labor and Commerce | Yes |
6287 | Preparation, distribution, and sale of kratom products.
Sponsor: Saloman | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6287&Year=2025&Initiative=False | Other | No Position | 2/3, 10:30 AM - ES - Senate Labor and Commerce
1/27, 10:30 AM - PH - Senate Labor and Commerce | Yes |
6049 | Protecting student and employee information from public disclosure.
Sponsor: Wilson, C | https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=6049&Year=2025&Initiative=false | Other | Pro | 2/3, 1:30 PM - ES - Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affiars & Elections
1/30, 10:30 AM - PH -Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
| Yes |
New!!! - Guidance for responding to changes in cannabis retailer advertising from passage of SSB 5206
Starting January 1, 2026, local governments—cities, towns, and counties—will take over regulation of cannabis retailer trade name signs from the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB).
This is a big change. Local governments will enforce state rules and can also make stricter regulations if they choose. The law sets maximum limits on signage, but many communities haven’t yet made local rules.
This is a chance for prevention coalitions and community groups to help shape how cannabis advertising is handled locally.
Many people in public health or prevention may not be familiar with how sign rules are made.
