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Senator Shewmake

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Member Information

Biennium 2025-26
Chamber Senate
Acronym SHEW
District 42
Name Sharon Shewmake
Party Democrat
Email sharon.shewmake@leg.wa.gov
Campaign Contributions (biennium) No Data Available
Campaign Contributions (2009 - Present) $1,301,232.25

55 Sponsored Bills Passed for Biennium 2025-26

Bill Number Bill Description Primary Sponsor
Details E2SSB 5175 Concerning the photovoltaic module stewardship and takeback program.
Details SSB 5212 Concerning filing of adjudication claims for precode uses of groundwater and surface water in the water resource inventory area 1 water rights adjudication.
Details SSB 5214 Concerning mobile market programs.
Details ESSB 5252 Removing the acreage limit on the property tax exemption for nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places.
Details SB 5319 Establishing surface mine reclamation permit fees.
Details SB 5391 Concerning the sustainable farms and fields grant program.
Details ESSB 6110 Addressing electric-assisted bicycles and electric motorcycles.
Details SSB 6269 Modernizing the definition of motor fuel in the motor fuel quality act.
Details ESSB 5009 Accommodating multiple vehicle types for transporting students.
Details SB 5037 Enacting the uniform custodial trust act.
Details SSB 5076 Establishing a Puget Sound nonspot shrimp pot fishery license.
Details SSB 5106 Celebrating Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
Details SB 5110 Providing tuition waivers for tribal elders at Washington’s community and technical colleges.
Details SSB 5149 Expanding the early childhood court program.
Details ESSB 5156 Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings.
Details SSB 5163 Modernizing the child fatality statute.
Details ESSB 5184 Concerning minimum parking requirements.
Details SB 5224 Concerning officer certification definitions, processes, and commissioning.
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 SSB 5262 Correcting obsolete or erroneous references in statutes administered by the insurance commissioner.
Details E2SSB 5263 Concerning special education funding.
Details ESSB 5281 Changing the vessel length requirement in obtaining nonresident vessel permits.
Details E2SSB 5284 Improving Washington's solid waste management outcomes.
Details SSB 5419 Modifying reports of fire losses.
Details SB 5457 Concerning broadcasters.
Details SB 5463 Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.
Details SSB 5494 Protecting Washington communities from lead-based paint.
Details ESSB 5552 Concerning the creation of building codes for kit homes.
Details SSB 5556 Modernizing the adopt-a-highway program to improve its ability to meet its original purpose within existing fiscal limitations.
Details ESB 5595 Establishing shared streets.
Details ESSB 5627 Improving safe excavation practices and preventing damage to underground utilities.
Details ESSB 5628 Concerning lead in cookware.
Details SB 5820 Concerning the responsibility of certain counties to include freight rail dependent use overlay as part of the transportation element of their comprehensive plan.
Details SB 5863 Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records.
Details ESB 5872 Establishing the preK promise account.
Details SSB 5346 Addressing student use of mobile devices in public schools.
Details SSB 5825 Authorizing the Washington state leadership board to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources.
Details E2SSB 5847 Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation.
Details SSB 5855 Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers.
Details SSB 5923 Concerning critical access hospital designations in Skagit county.
Details SB 5963 Modifying funding for the passport to careers program and eligibility for the Washington college grant.
Details 2SSB 5969 Reducing duplication between high school and beyond plans and individualized education program transition plans.
Details SSB 5982 Updating provisions for consumer-owned utilities, including port districts, and affected market customers under the clean energy transformation act.
Details SB 5994 Preserving timber tax distributions for school districts with recent school district levy failures.
Details ESSB 6002 Concerning driver privacy protections.
Details E2SSB 6026 Concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones.
Details SSB 6054 Concerning unreasonable restrictions on wildfire home hardening practices in common interest communities.
Details SSB 6091 Prohibiting real estate brokers from marketing residential properties to an exclusive group of prospective buyers or real estate brokers.
Details SB 6151 Concerning dedicated accounts for fees collected for the implementation of environmental programs.
Details ESSB 6162 Concerning property tax reform.
Details SSB 6237 Concerning rental property disclosures of flooding history and flood risk.
Details SB 6291 Concerning on-site wastewater treatment system inspections.
Details ESSB 6346 Establishing a tax on millionaires.
Details SSB 6355 Concerning the electric transmission system.

178 Sponsored Bills Introduced for Biennium 2025-26

Bill Number Bill Description Primary Sponsor
Details SB 5159 Establishing trick-or-treat day.
Details SSB 5174 Concerning wood burning devices.
Details SSB 5215 Concerning debris escaping from vehicles on public highways.
Details SB 5216 Concerning green energy community funds to support school districts and nonprofit organizations that service the communities where renewable energy projects are located.
Details SB 5220 Modifying small works roster requirements for cities.
Details SB 5246 Facilitating predictable and timely application decisions by the energy facility site evaluation council.
Details SB 5259 Creating a sales and use tax exemption for bait purchased for commercial fishing.
Details SB 5261 Issuing water right permits for nonconsumptive hydropower use in water resource inventory areas in which minimum instream flows are not being met.
Details SSB 5332 Concerning mobile dwellings.
Details SSB 5359 Accelerating the development of clean energy.
Details SB 5421 Allowing small business establishments in residential zones.
Details SB 5465 Authorizing electrical companies to securitize certain wildfire-related costs to lower costs to customers.
Details SSB 5510 Concerning conservation district revenue limitations.
Details SSB 5514 Increasing compliance pathways for the clean buildings performance standard.
Details SB 5515 Concerning fair access to community solar.
Details 2SSB 5548 Concerning workers' compensation benefits.
Details ESB 5581 Implementing safe system approach strategies for active transportation infrastructure.
Details SB 5625 Designating the Pacific geoduck as the state clam.
Details SB 5778 Addressing maple syrup processing operations.
Details SSB 5234 Concerning snowmobile registration fees.
Details 3SSB 5466 Improving reliability and capacity of the electric transmission system in Washington state.
Details SSB 5839 Concerning county ferry district authority.
Details SSB 6010 Concerning tribal consultation conducted by the energy facility site evaluation council.
Details SSB 6131 Updating the role of the Washington traffic safety commission in identifying the contributing factors that lead to roadway fatalities.
Details SSB 6171 Addressing emerging large energy use facilities.
Details SB 6216 Updating timber sale process efficiencies and adopting consistent language for the department's land sales.
Details SB 6303 Concerning sustainability and safety in cannabis product packaging and vapor devices.
Details SB 6315 Concerning collection and publishing of disaggregated data to inform state-funded programs, services, and activities.
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 SSB 5062 Establishing a child care workforce standards board.
Details SB 5063 Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure.
Details SSB 5075 Concerning cost sharing for prenatal and postnatal care.
Details SB 5080 Making financial education instruction a graduation requirement.
Details SB 5090 Updating the professional engineers' registration act.
Details 2SSB 5095 Concerning school districts' authority to contract indebtedness for school construction.
Details SSB 5112 Establishing a prescribing psychologist certification in Washington state.
Details SB 5116 Concerning the immediate use of marriage licenses for medical necessity.
Details SB 5119 Concerning collective bargaining for certain employees who are enrolled in academic programs at public institutions of higher education.
Details SB 5152 Concerning state employee access to peer-reviewed journals.
Details SSB 5155 Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects.
Details SB 5178 Protecting public health and safety by regulating the transfer of sodium nitrite.
Details SB 5183 Prohibiting the sale of certain tobacco and nicotine products.
Details 2SSB 5186 Concerning local funding for school district facilities.
Details SB 5187 Providing adequate and predictable student transportation.
Details SSB 5190 Allowing schools and school districts to request extensions to state energy performance standard deadlines for K-12 school buildings.
Details SSB 5193 Supporting remote testing options for students enrolled in online school programs.
Details ESSB 5203 Ensuring connectivity for Washington wildlife through safe passages.
Details SB 5210 Establishing the ninth grade success grant program.
Details SB 5211 Authorizing payment for parental caregivers of minor children with developmental disabilities.
Details SSB 5225 Providing clarity where candidates for the same office have similar names.
Details SB 5233 Developing the Washington health trust.
Details SSB 5236 Concerning emissions of greenhouse gases used for anesthetic purposes.
Details SSB 5238 Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed.
Details SSB 5241 Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW.
Details SB 5242 Establishing an interactive screening program to improve access to behavioral health resources for health care providers.
Details SB 5243 Restricting the use of health care premiums for political lobbying.
Details SB 5271 Requiring school districts of the first class to employ a school nurse.
Details SB 5273 Concerning the availability of community violence prevention and intervention services.
Details SB 5279 Concerning qualifications for child care providers.
Details SB 5325 Designating the state cactus.
Details SSB 5338 Concerning the veterans affairs advisory committee.
Details SSB 5351 Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices.
Details SB 5373 Shifting general elections for local governments to even-numbered years to increase voter participation.
Details SB 5399 Concerning liquor licenses.
Details SSB 5400 Supporting local news journalism.
Details SSB 5402 Modifying financial aid eligibility.
Details SB 5404 Concerning public defense services.
Details SB 5411 Concerning the tax treatment of pilates studios and gymnastics facilities.
Details SB 5423 Supporting the servicing and right to repair of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable manner.
Details SSB 5432 Addressing license plate production issues.
Details SSB 5434 Establishing balanced legislative oversight of gubernatorial powers during a declared emergency.
Details SB 5438 Reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons.
Details SB 5443 Concerning requirements for fund-raising events of bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations.
Details SB 5446 Establishing the Washington state commission on boys and men.
Details SB 5448 Exempting certain dialysis services from certificate of need requirements.
Details SSB 5450 Increasing transparency regarding sewage-containing spills.
Details SB 5451 Concerning advancement of quantum economic development.
Details SB 5454 Extending the dairy inspection program until June 30, 2031.
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 SSB 5491 Establishing a prescribed fire claims fund pilot program.
Details 2SSB 5502 Concerning recycling and waste reduction.
Details SB 5527 Concerning the establishment of a state patrol longevity bonus.
Details SB 5553 Providing a sales and use tax incentive for multifamily affordable housing.
Details SB 5567 Expanding secondary training for careers in natural resources and conservation.
Details SB 5577 Concerning medicaid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs.
Details SB 5580 Concerning the registration of certain corporations and trusts that own single-family homes and condominium units.
Details SB 5593 Adjusting enrichment levies and local effort assistance.
Details 2ESSB 5594 Concerning biosimilar medicines. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning biosimilar medicines and interchangeable biological products.)
Details SSB 5601 Advancing the production and use of alternative jet fuels in Washington.
Details SB 5604 Promoting transit-oriented development.
Details SB 5605 Concerning the operation, authorization, and permitting of microenterprise home kitchens.
Details SB 5634 Improving accessibility of community solar projects in Washington state.
Details SB 5636 Creating Mount St. Helens special license plates.
Details ESB 5649 Creating a Washington state supply chain competitiveness infrastructure program.
Details SB 5667 Establishing intercity passenger rail improvement priorities.
Details SB 5704 Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.
Details SB 5727 Incentivizing grid-connected residential battery energy storage systems.
Details SB 5779 Establishing African diaspora heritage week.
Details SB 5795 Reducing the state sales and use tax rate.
Details SB 5821 Integrating advanced nuclear energy into the state energy strategy.
Details SB 5826 Concerning access at public postsecondary educational institutions to medication abortion.
Details SB 5831 Enacting the uniform mortgage modification act.
Details SB 5842 Concerning the display of previous campaign memorabilia within a legislative office.
Details SB 5870 Establishing civil liability for suicide linked to the use of artificial intelligence systems.
Details SB 5876 Concerning false identification as a peace officer.
Details SB 5878 Offering plant-based food options in schools.
Details SB 5882 Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting local correctional facility workers.
Details SB 5885 Expanding opportunities for affordable housing developments on properties owned by religious organizations.
Details ESB 5890 Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed.
Details SB 5891 Preserving records and artifacts regarding the historical treatment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities at Northern state hospital.
Details SB 5893 Addressing appropriations for long-term forest health and wildfire reduction.
Details SB 5902 Concerning effective voter notifications and forms.
Details SB 5903 Concerning cemetery district elections.
Details SB 5904 Concerning the use of nursing titles.
Details SB 5907 Expanding access to the early childhood education and assistance program for military families.
Details SB 5921 Concerning psilocybin.
Details SB 5934 Reducing litigation costs by removing barriers to postconviction DNA testing.
Details SB 5940 Creating a housing assistance pilot program for youth enrolled in extended foster care.
Details SSB 5379 Granting interest arbitration to certain parks and recreation commission employees.
Details SSB 5437 Prohibiting noncompetition agreements and clarifying nonsolicitation agreements.
Details SSB 5824 Concerning fifth-wheel travel trailers.
Details ESSB 5838 Adding tribal members to the board of natural resources. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Adding tribal representation to the board of natural resources.)
Details SSB 5852 Concerning immigrant worker protections.
Details SSB 5884 Expanding the limited sales and use tax incentive program to encourage redevelopment of underutilized property.
Details SSB 5924 Expanding prescriptive authority for pharmacists.
Details ESSB 5928 Concerning wildfire risk models and score disclosure.
Details SSB 5932 Providing certainty for the development of low-to-zero carbon alternative jet fuel production in Washington state.
Details SSB 5956 Addressing artificial intelligence, student discipline, and surveillance in public schools.
Details SSB 5961 Transferring early literacy programs from the department of children, youth, and families to the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
Details 2SSB 5965 Reducing environmental impacts associated with bags provided to customers at retail establishments.
Details 2SSB 5968 Improving regulatory efficiency by integrating executive order 25-03, concerning permitting and licensing processes, into chapter 43.42A RCW.
Details SSB 5971 Establishing a green fertilizer incentive program to support the production and adoption of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer in Washington state.
Details SSB 5978 Establishing the Washington guaranteed admissions program and requiring student notifications.
Details ESSB 5984 Regulating artificial intelligence companion chatbots.
Details SB 5999 Expanding revenue generation and economic opportunities from natural climate solutions and ecosystem services.
Details SSB 6001 Concerning scissor stair regulations in the state building code.
Details SB 6004 Authorizing certain public entities to contract for the capability of renewable or nonemitting electric generation projects.
Details SB 6006 Exempting food banks from the retail sales tax imposed on certain services.
Details SSB 6015 Concerning permit-ready residential building plans.
Details ESSB 6031 Enhancing public safety and enforcement of crimes that impact insurance.
Details 2SSB 6037 Concerning fire protection districts.
Details SB 6038 Reducing barriers to state employment by eliminating postgraduate degree requirements that are unnecessary.
Details SB 6040 Concerning the manner and method for receiving promotional entries.
Details SSB 6050 Expanding the use of distributed energy resources.
Details SB 6090 Establishing the heritage orchard program.
Details SB 6108 Designating the state shark.
Details SSB 6124 Assessing the feasibility of developing an affordability index for appliances sold into Washington state.
Details SB 6156 Concerning postconsumer recycled content requirements for plastic products.
Details SSB 6158 Adopting national standards for factory built housing and commercial structures.
Details SB 6159 Strengthening public hospitals.
Details SSB 6160 Improving government efficiency related to reports by state agencies.
Details SB 6161 Concerning department of health information on dementia.
Details SB 6169 Concerning the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide.
Details SB 6174 Establishing producer responsibility for textiles.
Details SB 6175 Concerning ticket sales.
Details SSB 6206 Establishing a pilot program that incentivizes child care providers to care for children of first responders.
Details SSB 6222 Supporting public school students by improving their access to surplus technology hardware.
Details ESB 6246 Concerning emissions from emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities under the climate commitment act.
Details SB 6252 Adding certain students at certain community and technical colleges to the passengers that must be allowed to ride transit for free under the transit support grant program.
Details SB 6256 Concerning tax exemptions for unoccupied property used for affordable housing that is owned by a nonprofit entity.
Details SB 6258 Creating a nondisciplinary pathway for relinquishing licenses issued by the Washington medical commission.
Details SB 6263 Updating school district public bid limits.
Details SB 6265 Transferring ownership of a vehicle to an insurer under certain circumstances.
Details SB 6271 Concerning mattress producer responsibility organizations.
Details SB 6272 Concerning the design and operation of buildings to protect birds.
Details SB 6276 Protecting revenues devoted to the workforce education investment account.
Details SSB 6284 Providing consumer protections for artificial intelligence systems.
Details SSB 6287 Concerning the preparation, distribution, and sale of kratom products.
Details SSB 6289 Creating a statewide economic development and competitiveness strategic plan.
Details ESSB 6311 Providing for continuous, safe, and accessible pedestrian passage during certain construction projects.
Details SB 6312 Prohibiting surveillance-based price discrimination and surge pricing for retail goods.
Details SB 6318 Concerning commercial shellfish fees.
Details SB 6321 Sustaining life-saving and prosperity-building scientific research in Washington by establishing the Washington institute for scientific advancement.
Details SSB 6325 Enhancing higher education procedures.
Details SSB 6343 Providing tax relief to Washington residents impacted by the atmospheric river and winter weather event.
Details SB 6350 Adding tribal designation information to driver's licenses, identicards, and driver's instruction permits.

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