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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 842

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Relating to: violence prevention grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

Cigarette Circuit court Excise tax Health services department of — Administration Health services department of — Health Indians and tribal issues Industrial development Public employee Public health Public instruction department of

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill directs the Department of Health Services to establish a program to distribute funds to local health departments or tribal health centers that apply to conduct violence prevention programs or to award grants to organizations to conduct violence prevention programs. Under the bill, the amounts collected from the excise taxes on vapor products are appropriated to fund the grants. The bill prohibits local health departments and tribal health centers from distributing grant funds under the program to a law enforcement agency, tribal law enforcement agency, or any entity that provides services in conjunction with or through a law enforcement agency or tribal law enforcement agency. The bill increases the number of authorized DHS positions by one position in fiscal year 2025-26 for administration of the program and also increases funding to DHS for this position.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Spreitzer (D)

22 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Bare (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Goodwin (D) , Hong (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Keyeski (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Phelps (D) , Prado (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Vining (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 15, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Larson, Dassler-Alfheim, Ratcliff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Madison, Stubbs, Hong, Clancy, Phelps, Bare, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Joers, Johnson, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Prado, Sinicki, Stroud, Subeck, Tenorio and Vining

  2. Jan 15, 2026 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 26, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  7. Apr 7, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received