Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting local correctional facility workers.

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S-3463.1

SENATE BILL 5882

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senators Valdez, Conway, Nobles, Orwall, Riccelli, Saldaña, and Shewmake

Prefiled 12/15/25. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.

AN ACT Relating to industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting local correctional facility workers; amending RCW 51.08.142 ; adding a new section to chapter 51.32 RCW; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 51.08.142 and 2023 c 370 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the department shall adopt a rule pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW that claims based on mental conditions or mental disabilities caused by stress do not fall within the definition of occupational disease in RCW 51.08.140 .

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PASSAGE PROBABILITY

21.2% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base Reported from Committee — base rate 42%, measured from WA's completed sessions
Momentum +1 55/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 244 days quiet

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