Presenter signs a package of roughly two dozen bills in Olympia, citing tenant privacy, transgender ID protections and an AI-image ban

A presenter signed a package of roughly two dozen bills in a morning ceremony in Olympia, saying the measures — spanning tenant privacy, health-care administration, transportation safety and labor protections — were the product of bipartisan work and public engagement.

"Digital locks, biometric access, and smart access systems are reshaping modern homes across Washington state," the presenter said, introducing Senate Bill 5937, which the presenter described as strengthening renter protections by requiring landlords to provide non‑digital alternative access methods when tenants request them and by setting limits on data collection.

The presenter also signed Senate Bill 6081, which the presenter said "exempts from public disclosure gender designation data and documentation used to change gender with the Washington Department of Licensing and the Department of Health," framing the change as a privacy protection for transgender and gender‑diverse Washingtonians.

The bill package included measures across multiple policy areas: HB 2254 (authorizing certain…