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WA SB 6081

enacted

Protecting Washingtonians from invasion of privacy, including the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and historic sex designation changes in official government records.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 6081 pass?

Yes. WA SB 6081 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-16. Latest recorded action (2026-03-16): Effective date 3/16/2026.

What is WA SB 6081 about?

WA SB 6081 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Protecting Washingtonians from invasion of privacy, including the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and historic sex designation changes in official government records.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 6081?

Pedersen is the primary sponsor of WA SB 6081, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-16 — Effective date 3/16/2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pedersenprimary
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Batemancosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

    First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-20

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.

  3. 2026-01-23

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.

  4. 2026-01-23

    SGTE - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-01-23

    And refer to Transportation.

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-01-23

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  7. 2026-01-23

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  8. 2026-01-26

    Referred to Transportation.

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-02-03

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 4:00 PM.

  10. 2026-02-05

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.

  11. 2026-02-05

    TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  12. 2026-02-05

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  13. 2026-02-05

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  14. 2026-02-06

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  15. 2026-02-10

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  16. 2026-02-11

    1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 26).

    substitution

  17. 2026-02-11

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  18. 2026-02-11

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  19. 2026-02-14

    First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  20. 2026-02-20

    Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.

  21. 2026-02-24

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.

  22. 2026-02-24

    SGOV - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2026-02-24

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  24. 2026-02-25

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  25. 2026-03-02

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  26. 2026-03-03

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  27. 2026-03-03

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 5.

    reading-3

  28. 2026-03-04

    President signed.

    passage

  29. 2026-03-05

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  30. 2026-03-10

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  31. 2026-03-16

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  32. 2026-03-16

    Chapter 56, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  33. 2026-03-16

    Effective date 3/16/2026.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38)

    2026-02-11 · pass · 30-19

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: no
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27)

    2026-03-03 · pass · 57-36

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: no
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: other
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: other
    • Hall: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: other
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: other
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: other
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6081&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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