Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 21 D · 3 R cosponsors

SB 5043 — Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting correctional facility workers.

Last action — Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced December 13, 2024. 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.

  • 24 sponsors

    1 primary, 23 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (21 D · 3 R) — cross-party backing.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

15 added · 19 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Senate Bill 5043 has clarified the definition of who qualifies as a worker in a correctional facility by removing specific terms referring to "employees of the department of corrections" and "total confinement." This change broadens the definition to include all individuals working at correctional facilities, not just those directly employed by the department. This matters because it potentially impacts the workforce in these facilities, ensuring that a wider range of personnel can be considered covered under the bill's provisions.

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S-1040.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5043 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senate Labor & Commerce (originally sponsored by Senators Dhingra, Nobles, Conway, MacEwen, Saldaña, Lovick, Salomon, Stanford, Wagoner, J.
S-0032.1 SENATE BILL 5043 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Dhingra, Nobles, Conway, MacEwen, Saldaña, Lovick, Salomon, Stanford, Wagoner, J.
Wilson) READ FIRST TIME 02/18/25.
Wilson Prefiled 12/13/24.
Read first time 01/13/25.
Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.
1 SSB 5043 41.26.030(19) (b), (c), and (e), and public safety telecommunicators who receive calls for assistance and dispatch emergency services.
1 SB 5043 41.26.030(19) (b), (c), and (e), and public safety telecommunicators who receive calls for assistance and dispatch emergency services.
2 SSB 5043 (d) For purposes of this subsection, the following definitions apply:
2 SB 5043 (d) For purposes of this subsection, the following definitions apply:
3 SSB 5043 (5) For purposes of this section, "correctional facility worker" means an employee of the department of corrections working at a correctional facility as defined in RCW 72.09.015, where persons sentenced to the jurisdiction of the department of corrections are in total confinement.
3 SB 5043 (5) For purposes of this section, "correctional facility worker" means an individual working at a correctional facility as defined in RCW 72.09.015.
"Correctional facility" under this section does not include any facility or institution operated by contract by the secretary of the department of corrections.
4 SSB 5043
4 SB 5043
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Action History

  1. Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.

  2. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

  4. Referred to Ways & Means.

  5. And refer to Ways & Means.

  6. Minority; do not pass.

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

  8. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.

  9. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.

  10. First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

  11. Prefiled for introduction.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 23 co-sponsors · 127 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (23)

Not signed on (127)

127 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 5043?
SB 5043 is sponsored by Annette Cleveland (Democrat), Liz Lovelett (Democrat), Mike Chapman (Democrat), Marko Liias (Democrat), Jessica Bateman (Democrat), Yasmin Trudeau (Democrat), Sharon Shewmake (Democrat), Jeff Wilson (Republican), Keith Wagoner (Republican), Derek Stanford (Democrat), Jesse Salomon (Democrat), John Lovick (Democrat), Rebecca Saldaña (Democrat), Drew MacEwen (Republican), Steve Conway (Democrat), T'wina Nobles (Democrat), Manka Dhingra (Democrat), Claire Wilson (Democrat), Lisa Wellman (Democrat), Vandana Slatter (Democrat), Tina Orwall (Democrat), Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Noel Frame (Democrat), and Javier Valdez (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 5043?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced December 13, 2024. It now moves to the second chamber.
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