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Senator Valdez

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Member Information

Biennium 2025-26
Chamber Senate
Acronym VALD
District 46
Name Javier Valdez
Party Democrat
Email javier.valdez@leg.wa.gov
Campaign Contributions (biennium) No Data Available
Campaign Contributions (2009 - Present) $390,384.44

50 Sponsored Bills Passed for Biennium 2025-26

Bill Number Bill Description Primary Sponsor
Details SB 5077 Concerning expansion of voter registration services by government agencies.
Details SSB 5101 Expanding access to leave and safety accommodations to include workers who are victims of hate crimes or bias incidents.
Details SSB 5118 Updating the requirements for the clinical experience license for international medical graduates.
Details SSB 5503 Concerning public employee collective bargaining processes.
Details ESSB 5014 Concerning election security.
Details SSB 5025 Concerning educational interpreters.
Details SSB 5030 Improving access to educational services by reducing barriers to obtaining vital records and allowing alternative forms of documentation.
Details SSB 5040 Expanding the definition of uniformed personnel to all law enforcement officers employed by a city, town, county, or governing body of a municipal airport operating under the provisions of chapter 14.08 RCW.
Details ESSB 5041 Concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking or lockout workers.
Details E2SSB 5083 Ensuring access to primary care, behavioral health, and affordable hospital services.
Details SSB 5093 Concerning dignity in pregnancy loss.
Details SSB 5104 Protecting employees from coercion in the workplace based on immigration status.
Details SB 5110 Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington’s community and technical colleges.
Details ESSB 5128 Concerning medical services for individuals in juvenile detention facilities.
Details SSB 5163 Modernizing the child fatality statute.
Details SSB 5214 Concerning mobile market programs.
Details SSB 5245 Authorizing county commissioners to administer oaths of office to state legislators.
Details SSB 5253 Extending special education services to students with disabilities until the end of the school year in which the student turns 22.
Details E2SSB 5263 Concerning special education funding.
Details E2SSB 5284 Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes.
Details ESSB 5291 Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission.
Details SSB 5298 Concerning the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities.
Details ESB 5313 Adding to the list of provisions prohibited from rental agreements.
Details E2SSB 5355 Improving safety at institutions of higher education while supporting student survivors of sexual assault.
Details SB 5375 Concerning the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect.
Details SB 5391 Concerning the sustainable farms and fields grant program.
Details SB 5414 Requiring social equity impact analysis in performance audits and legislative public hearings thereon.
Details SB 5457 Concerning broadcasters.
Details ESSB 5459 Concerning call center retention.
Details SB 5463 Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.
Details ESSB 5480 Protecting consumers by removing barriers created by medical debt.
Details SSB 5493 Concerning hospital price transparency.
Details SSB 5494 Protecting Washington communities from lead-based paint.
Details SB 5498 Concerning contraceptive coverage.
Details ESSB 5509 Concerning the siting of child care centers.
Details ESSB 5525 Concerning employment loss due to businesses closing or mass layoffs.
Details SSB 5528 Concerning the installation of transportation electrification infrastructure.
Details SB 5543 Providing equity in eligibility for the college bound scholarship.
Details SSB 5545 Modifying provisions regarding family home providers overseen and certified by a federal military service.
Details SSB 5556 Modernizing the adopt-a-highway program to improve its ability to meet its original purpose within existing fiscal limitations.
Details ESSB 5557 Codifying emergency rules to protect the right of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments.
Details SSB 5579 Prohibiting health carriers, facilities, and providers from making any public statements of any potential or planned contract terminations unless it satisfies a legal obligation.
Details ESSB 5628 Concerning lead in cookware.
Details SB 5632 Protecting the confidentiality of records and information that may be relevant to another state's enforcement of its laws.
Details E2SSB 5651 Concerning exemptions from garnishment.
Details SB 5680 Establishing a right to repair for mobility equipment for persons with physical disabilities.
Details SSB 5714 Declaring civil immigration enforcement as unprofessional conduct of bail bond recovery agents.
Details ESB 5721 Enhancing consumer protections for automobile insurance coverage.
Details ESSB 5813 Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax.
Details ESSB 5814 Modifying the application and administration of certain excise taxes.

177 Sponsored Bills Introduced for Biennium 2025-26

Bill Number Bill Description Primary Sponsor
Details SB 5069 Requiring the secretary of state to print and distribute a voters' pamphlet for the primary in each even-numbered year and for the general election every year.
Details SB 5080 Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement.
Details E2SSB 5098 Restricting the possession of weapons on the premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground facilities where children are likely to be present, and county fairs and county fair facilities.
Details SB 5115 Creating the Washington dream act service incentive program.
Details SB 5158 Concerning student athlete insurance.
Details SSB 5176 Implementing prompt pay recommendations from the capital projects advisory review board.
Details SB 5198 Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions.
Details SSB 5382 Concerning requirements pertaining to signatures and addresses of ballot measure petitioners and petition signature gatherers.
Details SB 5521 Improving traffic safety.
Details SB 5667 Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities.
Details SB 5000 Adopting the evergreen state as the state nickname.
Details SSB 5005 Concerning the city, county, and regional jail system in Washington state.
Details SB 5011 Labeling ballot drop boxes.
Details SB 5013 Establishing a department of transportation map for the placement of campaign signage.
Details SB 5022 Concerning law enforcement agency and prosecutor offices hiring.
Details ESSB 5023 Providing labor market protections for domestic workers.
Details SB 5038 Clarifying a hate crime offense.
Details SB 5039 Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections.
Details SB 5042 Concerning vehicle and operator requirements for autonomous vehicles.
Details SSB 5043 Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers.
Details SB 5044 Allowing collective bargaining over contributions for certain supplemental retirement benefits.
Details SB 5046 Designating kimchi day.
Details E2SSB 5061 Requiring certain wages in public works contracts to be at least the prevailing wage in effect when the work is performed.
Details SSB 5062 Establishing a child care workforce standards board.
Details SSB 5066 Concerning law enforcement and local corrections agency misconduct through investigations and legal actions.
Details SSB 5067 Concerning impaired driving.
Details SB 5068 Concerning agencies, firefighters, prosecutors, and general or limited authority law enforcement, extending eligibility for employment to all United States citizens or persons legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.
Details SB 5070 Concerning prohibiting fees on certain acts of commerce to protect tipped wages for workers while reducing the financial burden on employers.
Details SSB 5082 Creating a housing assistance program for youth enrolled in extended foster care.
Details SB 5094 Concerning sexually explicit depictions of minors.
Details SB 5096 Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act.
Details SSB 5099 Protecting the public from gun violence by establishing additional requirements for the business operations of licensed firearms dealers.
Details SB 5100 Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners.
Details SB 5113 Concerning cost-of-living adjustments for plan 1 retirees of the teachers' retirement system and public employees' retirement system.
Details SB 5114 Paying state retirement benefits until the end of the month in which the retiree or beneficiary dies.
Details SB 5119 Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education.
Details SSB 5121 Concerning health plan coverage of fertility-related services.
Details SSB 5123 Expanding protections for certain students to promote inclusivity in public schools.
Details SB 5126 Establishing a statewide network for student mental and behavioral health.
Details SB 5140 Enhancing requirements relating to the purchase, transfer, and possession of firearms.
Details SB 5162 Concerning workplace violence in health care settings.
Details SSB 5164 Providing student navigational supports to increase postsecondary enrollment.
Details SB 5177 Considering the experiences of historically marginalized and underrepresented groups when identifying professional development resources on certain topics.
Details SB 5180 Securing the rights of students to have a safe, civil, and respectful learning community.
Details SB 5183 Prohibiting the sale of certain tobacco and nicotine products.
Details SB 5185 Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates.
Details 2SSB 5186 Concerning local funding for school district facilities.
Details SB 5187 Providing adequate and predictable student transportation.
Details SSB 5207 Requiring refunds to consumers for early cancellation of term-based subscriptions to electronic media services.
Details SB 5211 Authorizing payment for parental caregivers of minor children with developmental disabilities.
Details SSB 5215 Concerning debris escaping from vehicles on public highways.
Details SSB 5222 Improving housing stability for tenants subject to the residential landlord-tenant act and the manufactured/mobile home landlord-tenant act by limiting rent and fee increases, requiring notice of rent and fee increases, limiting fees and deposits, establishing a landlord resource center and associated services, authorizing tenant lease termination, creating parity between lease types, and providing for attorney general enforcement.
Details SSB 5226 Establishing funding for physician residency positions dedicated to international medical graduates.
Details SSB 5231 Concerning reducing fees and expenses for services for people confined in state correctional facilities.
Details SB 5242 Establishing an interactive screening program to improve access to behavioral health resources for health care providers.
Details SSB 5254 Strengthening patients' rights regarding their health care information.
Details 2SSB 5266 Concerning the indeterminate sentence review board.
Details SB 5269 Providing judicial discretion to modify sentences in the interest of justice.
Details SB 5270 Providing mentors to novice nurses in the beginning educator support team program.
Details SB 5271 Requiring school districts of the first class to employ a school nurse.
Details SSB 5275 Modifying the funding for the passport to careers program.
Details SB 5280 Protecting consumers of virtual currency kiosks.
Details SSB 5282 Reestablishing the advisory board for the missing and exploited children task force.
Details SB 5286 Concerning policing costs driven by proximity to state hospitals.
Details SSB 5290 Allowing persons who complete substance abuse programs to seek dismissal of certain controlled substance related charges.
Details SB 5295 Updating Washington's sexual assault survivor bill of rights.
Details SSB 5300 Concerning the leasing authority of the state parks and recreation commission at St. Edward State Park.
Details SB 5304 Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college.
Details SB 5307 Concerning special education funding.
Details SB 5308 Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications.
Details SSB 5321 Concerning access at public postsecondary educational institutions to medication abortion.
Details SB 5325 Designating the state cactus.
Details SB 5326 Accessing an emergency supply of insulin.
Details SSB 5330 Protecting consumers from spiked drinks.
Details SSB 5332 Concerning mobile dwellings.
Details SSB 5335 Establishing the rural nursing education program.
Details SSB 5336 Concerning protections for isolated employees.
Details SSB 5344 Establishing the essential worker health care program.
Details SB 5345 Concerning access to personnel records.
Details SB 5352 Increasing student access to free meals served at public schools.
Details SB 5353 Concerning the diabetes prevention and obesity treatment act.
Details ESSB 5360 Concerning environmental crimes.
Details SB 5364 Modernizing, harmonizing, and clarifying laws concerning sheriffs, chiefs, marshals, and police matrons.
Details SSB 5369 Enhancing youth mental health and well-being through advanced training and expansion of the workforce in schools.
Details SB 5372 Creating the medicaid access program.
Details SB 5373 Shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation.
Details SSB 5374 Including tribal representation in certain transportation activities.
Details SB 5376 Preventing cruelty to animals.
Details SB 5378 Expanding access to grants within the paid family and medical leave insurance program for small school districts.
Details SB 5380 Increasing environmental justice by improving government decisions.
Details SB 5386 Supporting survivors of sexual assault in public elementary and secondary schools.
Details 2SSB 5387 Concerning the corporate practice of health care.
Details SSB 5400 Supporting local news journalism.
Details SSB 5402 Modifying financial aid eligibility.
Details SB 5404 Concerning public defense services.
Details SSB 5422 Allowing bargaining over matters related to certain uses of artificial intelligence.
Details SB 5423 Supporting the servicing and right to repair of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable manner.
Details SSB 5426 Improving developmentally appropriate alternatives for youth outside the formal court process.
Details SSB 5433 Exempting exclusive bargaining representatives for department of corrections employees from certain provisions related to coalition bargaining.
Details SSB 5436 Interfering with access to a place of religious worship.
Details SB 5437 Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements.
Details SB 5438 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons.
Details SB 5442 Establishing a college promise pilot program.
Details SB 5447 Concerning wages for journeypersons in high-hazard facilities.
Details SB 5453 Concerning public defense recruitment and retention.
Details SB 5458 Concerning newspapers and eligible digital content.
Details SSB 5469 Prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing and noncompete agreements in the rental housing market.
Details SB 5477 Improving access to appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services.
Details SSB 5488 Strengthening the financial stability of persons in the care of the department of children, youth, and families.
Details SSB 5490 Providing parameters for conducting searches of transgender and intersex individuals confined in a local jail in compliance with federal law.
Details SB 5495 Adjusting a limitation of liability in life insurance policies.
Details 2SSB 5496 Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities.
Details SSB 5500 Modernizing reimbursement rates for the working connections child care program.
Details SSB 5504 Supporting caregivers who provide complex care services to children with heightened medical needs.
Details SB 5507 Providing coverage for massage therapy under medical assistance plans.
Details SSB 5508 Concerning the child welfare housing assistance program.
Details SB 5519 Reducing environmental impacts associated with the operation of certain ocean-going vessels.
Details SSB 5522 Concerning the state capitol campus.
Details SSB 5523 Concerning the role of students on the governing boards of institutions of higher education.
Details SB 5526 Concerning the regulation of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and vapor products.
Details SB 5527 Concerning the establishment of a state patrol longevity bonus.
Details SB 5531 Streamlining the home care worker background check process.
Details SB 5539 Expanding protections for workers in the state paid family and medical leave program.
Details SB 5541 Concerning the Washington future fund pilot project.
Details SB 5542 Expanding tuition waivers for high school completers at community and technical colleges.
Details SB 5561 Creating a health care entity registry.
Details SB 5562 Concerning students attending approved apprenticeship programs.
Details SB 5567 Expanding secondary training for careers in natural resources and conservation.
Details SSB 5570 Supporting public school instruction in tribal sovereignty and federally recognized Indian tribes.
Details SB 5574 Providing instruction on Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander history in public schools.
Details ESSB 5576 Providing a local government option for the funding of essential affordable housing programs.
Details SB 5577 Concerning medicaid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs.
Details SB 5578 Concerning labor standards.
Details SB 5580 Concerning the registration of certain corporations and trusts that own single-family homes and condominium units.
Details SB 5581 Implementing safe system approach strategies for active transportation infrastructure.
Details SSB 5584 Establishing the position of independent prosecutor within the office of the governor.
Details SB 5585 Concerning tribal warrants.
Details SB 5593 Adjusting enrichment levies and local effort assistance.
Details SSB 5600 Concerning regulation of transportation network companies during large-scale events.
Details SB 5602 Improving cardiac and stroke outcomes.
Details SB 5605 Concerning the operation, authorization, and permitting of microenterprise home kitchens.
Details SSB 5617 Supporting juveniles in and exiting detention by providing for a child in need of services process and supportive services.
Details SSB 5626 Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance.
Details ESSB 5629 Concerning coverage requirements for prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces.
Details SB 5638 Funding health care access by imposing an excise tax on the annual compensation paid to certain highly compensated hospital employees.
Details SB 5647 Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for the sale of qualified affordable housing.
Details SB 5652 Reducing environmental and health disparities and improving the health of Washington state residents in large port districts.
Details SB 5658 Concerning the workforce education investment account.
Details ESSB 5663 Concerning entirely online course offerings at community and technical colleges.
Details SB 5666 Establishing a public school-based mental health internship grant program.
Details SB 5676 Concerning the delivery of electronic admission tickets.
Details SB 5681 Concerning the age at which clients of the developmental disabilities administration may receive employment and community inclusion services.
Details SSB 5683 Concerning health carrier transparency of payment timeliness of claims submitted by health care providers and health care facilities.
Details SSB 5684 Concerning prohibitions on electioneering within buildings containing the division of elections for county auditor offices, including any adjacent county owned and operated parking lots routinely used for parking at the buildings.
Details SB 5697 Providing a property tax exemption for property owned by a qualifying nonprofit organization and loaned, leased, or rented to and used by any government entity to provide character-building, benevolent, protective, or rehabilitative social services.
Details ESSB 5701 Expanding access to records for the purposes of enforcing prevailing wage laws.
Details SB 5704 Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.
Details ESSB 5708 Protecting Washington children online.
Details SB 5709 Concerning county property tax levies for public health clinic purposes.
Details SB 5715 Concerning retroactively applying the requirement to exclude certain juvenile convictions from an offender score regardless of the date of the offense.
Details SB 5717 Establishing a driver work zone and first responder safety course requirement.
Details SB 5722 Creating a grant program to promote local workforce development, reduce transportation pollution, and strengthen food sovereignty and climate and disaster resiliency.
Details SSB 5725 Expanding affordable housing opportunities on community and technical college lands.
Details SB 5735 Establishing state standards for the labeling of imitation firearms sold inside Washington state.
Details SSB 5738 Permitting individuals retired from the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the public safety employees' retirement system additional opportunities to work for up to 1,040 hours per year while in receipt of pension benefits.
Details SB 5756 Concerning the safety and health of working minors.
Details SSB 5768 Expanding eligibility for the working families' tax credit to everyone age 18 and older.
Details SSB 5770 Providing housing safety, security, and protection by creating the primary residence property tax exemption.
Details SSB 5771 Increasing the working families' tax credit to reflect the economic impact of property taxes incorporated into rental amounts charged to residential tenants.
Details ESB 5772 Calculating student enrollment for local effort assistance.
Details SB 5779 Establishing African diaspora heritage week.
Details SB 5795 Reducing the state sales and use tax rate.
Details ESB 5797 Enacting a tax on stocks, bonds, and other financial intangible assets for the benefit of public schools.
Details SSB 5798 Concerning property tax reform.
Details SB 5803 Regulating tobacco and nicotine products.
Details SB 5812 Investing in the state's paramount duty to fund K-12 education and build strong and safe communities.
Details SB 5815 Modifying business and occupation tax surcharges, rates, and the advanced computing surcharge cap, clarifying the business and occupation tax deduction for certain investments, and creating a temporary business and occupation tax surcharge on large companies.

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