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Almost 96 percent of bills passed in 2023 received bipartisan support
A new analysis from nonpartisan legislative staff shows that 95.89 percent of bills that passed the legislature in 2023 did so with bipartisan support. The legislature passed 487 bills during the 2023 legislative ...
Read MoreBill to address Supreme Court’s Blake decision signed into law
OLYMPIA — A bill to amend Washington’s drug possession laws and expand ...
Read MoreLegislature prioritizes funding, policy to tackle behavioral health
OLYMPIA — Washington state’s behavioral health system is coming out of the ...
Read MoreLovelett bill protecting endangered southern resident orcas signed into law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 15, 2023 Press Inquiries | 360.786.7853, courtney.james@leg.wa.gov OLYMPIA – Legislation ...
Read MoreWilson bill waives burdensome fees for childcare workforce applicants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 11, 2023 OLYMPIA – Applicants to Washington’s childcare ...
Read MoreWilson bill will regulate third parties providing special education for students with disabilities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 11, 2023 OLYMIPA — Sen. Claire Wilson’s ...
Read MoreLegislation to protect trans youth seeking life-saving care signed into law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 9, 2023 OLYMPIA – Transgender youth who ...
Read MoreCleveland bill recognizes nurses’ pandemic trauma as industrial injury
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 9, 2023 OLYMPIA – Nurses who have ...
Read MoreLovick: Regional training campuses an opportunity to reimagine policing
PASCO — Sen. John Lovick (D-Mill Creek) attended the opening of the ...
Read MoreNguyễn legislation helps Washington better plan for clean energy future
OLYMPIA – Sen. Joe Nguyễn’s (D-White Center) legislation to further advance Washington ...
Read MoreBill expanding subsidy for guardians signed into law
OLYMPIA — The governor signed legislation today that will expand access to ...
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Seattle Times: WA Senate passes bill to bar hiring discrimination for cannabis use
OLYMPIA — Washington employers would be prohibited from refusing to hire a ...
Read MoreKHQ: Bill targeting political spending by corporations with foreign ownership passes Washington state Senate
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington state Senate passed a bill targeting political ...
Read MoreSpokesman-Review: Washington lawmakers highlight bills to address domestic violence, missing and murdered Indigenous people
Police could call judges at a domestic violence crime scene to issue ...
Read MoreGrade schoolers would get 45 minutes of recess under bill in Olympia
Recess would be mandatory at public schools in Washington under a bill ...
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