Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 21 D · 14 R cosponsors

SR 8656 — Honoring Speaker Frank Chopp.

Last action — Adopted.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced April 24, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 35 sponsors

    1 primary, 34 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (21 D · 14 R) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

54 added · 65 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill SR 8656 removed several names from the list of sponsors, narrowing the focus to Goehner, Christian, Braun, and Lovick. Additionally, some wording was adjusted to streamline the text, although the core messages remain intact. These changes matter because by simplifying the bill's presentation and limiting sponsorship, it could signal a more focused support base, potentially making it easier for legislators and the public to understand the bill's intent and significance.

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SENATE RESOLUTION By Senators Pedersen, Robinson, Riccelli, Alvarado, Chapman, Bateman, Hasegawa, Stanford, Hansen, Valdez, Shewmake, Conway, Boehnke, Liias, Slatter, Orwall, Ramos, Warnick, Frame, Holy, Gildon, McCune, Fortunato, King, MacEwen, Harris, Short, Goehner, Christian, Braun, Lovick, Trudeau, Kauffman, Wagoner, and C.
SENATE RESOLUTION By Senators Pedersen, Robinson, Riccelli, Alvarado, Chapman, Bateman, Hasegawa, Stanford, Hansen, Valdez, Shewmake, Conway, Boehnke, Liias, Slatter, Orwall, Ramos, Warnick, Frame, Holy, Gildon, McCune, Fortunato, King, MacEwen, Harris, Short, Goehner, Christian, Braun, and Lovick WHEREAS, Frank Chopp was born in East Bremerton, the grandson of Croatian immigrants who came to the State of Washington in search of a better life;
Wilson WHEREAS, Frank Chopp was born in East Bremerton, the grandson of Croatian immigrants who came to the State of Washington in search of a better life;
and WHEREAS, Frank's determined advocacy to improve housing access led to the creation of thousands of public and nonprofit owned homes and shelter programs including groundbreaking successes such as co-founding the Housing Trust Fund, the Homeless Housing and Assistance Act, and the Apple Health and Homes Act;
and WHEREAS, Frank's determined advocacy to improve housing access led to the creation of thousands of public and nonprofit owned homes and shelter programs including groundbreaking successes such as co- founding the Housing Trust Fund, the Homeless Housing and Assistance Act, and the Apple Health and Homes Act;
the Long-term Care Trust Act;
the Long- term Care Trust Act;
and WHEREAS, Frank focused on common sense solutions and was a strong proponent of the idea of Working Together for One Washington, believing that the Legislature should serve all p.
and WHEREAS, Frank focused on common sense solutions and was a strong proponent of the idea of Working Together for One Washington, believing that the Legislature should serve all Washingtonians regardless of where they live or their political views;
2 8656 Washingtonians regardless of where they live or their political views;
and WHEREAS, Frank's tireless work benefited many millions of Washingtonians, and his legacy will continue to benefit millions more in the generations to come;
and p.
2 8656 WHEREAS, Frank's tireless work benefited many millions of Washingtonians, and his legacy will continue to benefit millions more in the generations to come;
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Senate Resolution 8656, adopted by the Senate April 24, 2025 SARAH BANNISTER Secretary of the Senate p.
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Action History

  1. Adopted.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 34 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (34)

Not signed on (116)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SR 8656?
SR 8656 is sponsored by Claire Wilson (Democrat), Keith Wagoner (Republican), Claudia Kauffman (Democrat), Yasmin Trudeau (Democrat), John Lovick (Democrat), John Braun (Republican), Leonard Christian (Republican), Keith Goehner (Republican), Shelly Short (Republican), Paul Harris (Republican), Drew MacEwen (Republican), Curtis King (Republican), Phil Fortunato (Republican), Jim McCune (Republican), Chris Gildon (Republican), Jeff Holy (Republican), Noel Frame (Democrat), Judy Warnick (Republican), Tina Orwall (Democrat), Vandana Slatter (Democrat), Marko Liias (Democrat), Matt Boehnke (Republican), Steve Conway (Democrat), Sharon Shewmake (Democrat), Drew Hansen (Democrat), Derek Stanford (Democrat), Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Jessica Bateman (Democrat), Mike Chapman (Democrat), Emily Alvarado (Democrat), Marcus Riccelli (Democrat), June Robinson (Democrat), Jamie Pedersen (Democrat), Javier Valdez (Democrat), and Bill Ramos (Democrat).
What is the current status of SR 8656?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced April 24, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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