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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 714

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Relating to: bathing periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction. (FE)

Corrections department of House of correction Jail Prison Sheriff

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The bill requires the Department of Corrections or the county sheriff to ensure that each inmate in a state correctional institution or county jail or house of correction is provided with a minimum of four bathing periods per week and that each bathing period includes at least 10 minutes of access to heated running water and 15 minutes of overall time.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Larson (D) , Spreitzer (D)

16 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Arney (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Hong (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Phelps (D) , Prado (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Madison, Brown, Stubbs, Arney, Clancy, Phelps, Hong, Tenorio, Prado, Joers, Sinicki and Subeck

  2. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Dec 3, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 12, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor

  6. Jan 26, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  7. Mar 20, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor

  8. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1