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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

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Did WA SB 6081 pass?

Yes. WA SB 6081 has been enacted into law. 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

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-16

    Effective date 3/16/2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-03-16

    Chapter 56, 2026 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2026-03-16

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-03-10

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-03-05

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2026-03-04

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2026-03-03

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

    reading-3

  8. 2026-03-03

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2026-03-02

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

    reading-2

  10. 2026-02-25

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-02-24

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  12. 2026-02-24

    SGOV - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-02-24

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

  14. 2026-02-20

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

  15. 2026-02-14

    First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  16. 2026-02-11

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

    reading-3

  17. 2026-02-11

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  18. 2026-02-11

    1st substitute bill substituted (TRAN 26).

    substitution

  19. 2026-02-10

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  20. 2026-02-06

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  21. 2026-02-05

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  22. 2026-02-05

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  23. 2026-02-05

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

    substitution

  24. 2026-02-05

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

  25. 2026-02-03

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

  26. 2026-01-26

    Referred to Transportation.

    referral-committee

  27. 2026-01-23

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  28. 2026-01-23

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  29. 2026-01-23

    And refer to Transportation.

    referral-committee

  30. 2026-01-23

    SGTE - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2026-01-23

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

  32. 2026-01-20

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

  33. 2026-01-13

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

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

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Official source

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

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