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Senate passes bill to address Supreme Court’s Blake decision
Washington would re-establish a statewide legal framework pertaining to controlled substances and expanding behavioral health treatment options, under a bill passed today by the Senate. In a Feb. 25 decision in the ...
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Senate passes bill to address Supreme Court’s Blake decision
Washington would re-establish a statewide legal framework pertaining to controlled substances and ...
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Governor signs bill to protect homebuyers from faulty electrical work
OLYMPIA – Today, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law a measure ...
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Salomon’s driver’s license suspension reform bill approved by House
OLYMPIA – A bill that takes another step toward decriminalizing poverty by ...
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Retired public employees protected from pandemic impacts
OLYMPIA — Legislation signed into law this week by the governor will ...
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Legislature passes strongest recycling policy in nation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2021 Legislature passes strongest recycling policy in ...
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Governor signs historic police arbitration reform bill into law
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law today that ...
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Senate passes landmark $59.2 billion budget for state’s recovery
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Senate passed a $59.2 billion, two-year budget ...
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Senate transportation budget funds workgroup on car tab payments
OLYMPIA — Community members that are experiencing difficulty affording their car tab ...
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Salomon’s bill to boost critical Orca food supply approved by House
OLYMPIA – A bill aimed at restoring salmon habitat for Puget Sound ...
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Kuderer’s bill to ban open carry weapons at permitted demonstrations and Capitol campus wins House approval
OLYMPIA – A bill, SB 5038, sponsored by Sen. Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue), ...
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Kuderer’s public financial cooperative bill receives House committee approval
OLYMPIA – A bill that would create a public financial cooperative in ...
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$6.2 billion Senate construction budget invests in broadband, environment, underserved communities
OLYMPIA — Senate Democrats’ proposed capital construction budget (Senate Bill 5083), which ...
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Liias’ Gender Affirming Treatment Act wins House approval
OLYMPIA – A bill that would require health insurers to cover medically ...
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Senate budget makes historic investments for recovery, resilience
OLYMPIA – Senate Democrats today introduced a sweeping, $59.2 billion two-year budget ...
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Hobbs: Transportation budget “reflects the urgent need for infrastructure investments”
While Washington’s finances continue to recover and benefit from a better-than-expected revenue ...
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Dhingra proposes treatment-focused legal framework for controlled substances
OLYMPIA – Washington would extend its public-health approach to substance use disorder ...
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Senate MOCC statement on acts of violence against AAPI communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 17, 2021 Senate MOCC statement on acts of ...
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Rolfes: March revenue forecast is ‘fantastic news for our state’
OLYMPIA – State Senator Christine Rolfes (D-Bainbridge Island), chair of the Senate ...
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Senate passes Das bill to allow civil suits for racially-motivated 911 calls
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2021 Senate passes Das bill to allow ...
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Senate Democrats pass capital gains excise tax
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 7, 2021 Senate Democrats pass capital gains excise ...
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Senate passes landmark Wilson bill to expand access to childcare
OLYMPIA – Sweeping legislation passed today by the Senate would address ...
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Kuderer’s public financial cooperative bill passes Senate
A bill that would create a public financial cooperative in Washington state ...
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Senate passes Wilson bill to improve reentry services
OLYMPIA – Today the Senate passed legislation that would improve public ...
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Kuderer bill to help renters and landlords during pandemic wins Senate approval
OLYMPIA – A bill that would create new eviction protections for renters ...
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Senate passes Nguyen bill to increase vital TANF investments
OLYMPIA – Families that rely on Washington’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ...
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Lovelett bill to expand mental health care clears senate
A bill aimed at expanding community-based support systems for Washingtonians living with ...
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Salomon’s personal protective equipment bill passes the Senate
OLYMPIA – A bill to better protect workers during a public health ...
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Senate passes Darneille relief bill for 64 serving life sentences
OLYMPIA – Today the Senate passed legislation that would require resentencing ...
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Senate passes Saldaña’s HEAL Act to ensure environmental justice
OLYMPIA – Legislation passed today by the Senate would reduce environmental ...
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Liias bill to improve health equity and access for transgender people wins Senate approval
SB 5313, also known as the Gender Affirming Treatment Act and is ...
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Senate Democrats in the News
Crosscut: How fired cops win their jobs back: arbitration
Backup was only about a minute away. But by the time it ...
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The Olympian: State House votes to end eviction moratorium June 30
Washington is poised to become the first state in the country to ...
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Seattle Times: Washington may soon be first state to guarantee lawyers for low-income tenants facing eviction
Washington may soon become the first state in the country to ensure ...
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Washington State Wire: When and why the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs changed their position on ESSB 5226
At a press conference Tuesday, Sen. Jamie Pedersen (D – Seattle) said ...
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