Washington recently became the first state to adopt the Uniform Antitrust Premerger Notification Act (UAPNA) and establish, effective July 27, 2025, a general state-level premerger notification requirement for all transactions. 

Since the 1970s, the Song–Beverly Consumer Warranty Act has protected buyers of potentially defective vehicles. The latest update, Assembly Bill 1755, aims to curb excessive lemon law litigation and speed up resolutions—but faced pushback from both consumer advocates and automakers, prompting a follow-up measure: Senate Bill 26.