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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 ...
Read MoreSenate passes bill to address Supreme Court’s Blake decision
Washington would re-establish a statewide legal framework pertaining to controlled substances and ...
Read MoreGovernor signs bill to protect homebuyers from faulty electrical work
OLYMPIA – Today, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law a measure ...
Read MoreSalomon’s driver’s license suspension reform bill approved by House
OLYMPIA – A bill that takes another step toward decriminalizing poverty by ...
Read MoreRetired public employees protected from pandemic impacts
OLYMPIA — Legislation signed into law this week by the governor will ...
Read MoreLegislature passes strongest recycling policy in nation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2021 Legislature passes strongest recycling policy in ...
Read MoreGovernor signs historic police arbitration reform bill into law
OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law today that ...
Read MoreSenate passes landmark $59.2 billion budget for state’s recovery
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Senate passed a $59.2 billion, two-year budget ...
Read MoreSenate transportation budget funds workgroup on car tab payments
OLYMPIA — Community members that are experiencing difficulty affording their car tab ...
Read MoreSalomon’s bill to boost critical Orca food supply approved by House
OLYMPIA – A bill aimed at restoring salmon habitat for Puget Sound ...
Read MoreKuderer’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), ...
Read MoreKuderer’s public financial cooperative bill receives House committee approval
OLYMPIA – A bill that would create a public financial cooperative in ...
Read More$6.2 billion Senate construction budget invests in broadband, environment, underserved communities
OLYMPIA — Senate Democrats’ proposed capital construction budget (Senate Bill 5083), which ...
Read MoreLiias’ Gender Affirming Treatment Act wins House approval
OLYMPIA – A bill that would require health insurers to cover medically ...
Read MoreSenate budget makes historic investments for recovery, resilience
OLYMPIA – Senate Democrats today introduced a sweeping, $59.2 billion two-year budget ...
Read MoreHobbs: Transportation budget “reflects the urgent need for infrastructure investments”
While Washington’s finances continue to recover and benefit from a better-than-expected revenue ...
Read MoreDhingra proposes treatment-focused legal framework for controlled substances
OLYMPIA – Washington would extend its public-health approach to substance use disorder ...
Read MoreSenate MOCC statement on acts of violence against AAPI communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 17, 2021 Senate MOCC statement on acts of ...
Read MoreRolfes: March revenue forecast is ‘fantastic news for our state’
OLYMPIA – State Senator Christine Rolfes (D-Bainbridge Island), chair of the Senate ...
Read MoreSenate passes Das bill to allow civil suits for racially-motivated 911 calls
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2021 Senate passes Das bill to allow ...
Read MoreSenate Democrats pass capital gains excise tax
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 7, 2021 Senate Democrats pass capital gains excise ...
Read MoreSenate passes landmark Wilson bill to expand access to childcare
OLYMPIA – Sweeping legislation passed today by the Senate would address ...
Read MoreKuderer’s public financial cooperative bill passes Senate
A bill that would create a public financial cooperative in Washington state ...
Read MoreSenate passes Wilson bill to improve reentry services
OLYMPIA – Today the Senate passed legislation that would improve public ...
Read MoreKuderer bill to help renters and landlords during pandemic wins Senate approval
OLYMPIA – A bill that would create new eviction protections for renters ...
Read MoreSenate passes Nguyen bill to increase vital TANF investments
OLYMPIA – Families that rely on Washington’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ...
Read MoreLovelett bill to expand mental health care clears senate
A bill aimed at expanding community-based support systems for Washingtonians living with ...
Read MoreSalomon’s personal protective equipment bill passes the Senate
OLYMPIA – A bill to better protect workers during a public health ...
Read MoreSenate passes Darneille relief bill for 64 serving life sentences
OLYMPIA – Today the Senate passed legislation that would require resentencing ...
Read MoreSenate passes Saldaña’s HEAL Act to ensure environmental justice
OLYMPIA – Legislation passed today by the Senate would reduce environmental ...
Read MoreLiias 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 ...
Read MoreSenate 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 ...
Read MoreThe Olympian: State House votes to end eviction moratorium June 30
Washington is poised to become the first state in the country to ...
Read MoreSeattle 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 ...
Read MoreWashington 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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