From KOMONews.com: OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Senate voted Wednesday to pass legislation that could help improve the early detection of breast cancer in women, according to a Senate press release. Senate Bill 5912 would require that health insurance providers ...
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OLYMPIA — As the midpoint of the 60-day session approaches, Senate Democrats continue to pass priority legislation with bipartisan support, including votes last week to help sick Hanford workers, reduce gun violence, and expand college opportunities for DREAMers. This week ...
Read MoreWatch Sen. Steve Conway’s remarks from the floor of the Washington Senate on Senate Resolution 8464 honoring Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel McCartney, who was killed in the line of duty on Jan. 8, 2018. The full text of Conway’s ...
Read MoreOLYMPIA — Senate Democrats ended the second week of the 2018 session by passing a list of long-delayed priority legislation with bipartisan votes, including: $4 billion capital construction budget (Passed the Senate 49-0) Washington Voting Rights Act (29-19) Same-day registration ...
Read MoreThe Senate Labor & Commerce Committee will hear three pieces of legislation sponsored by Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, to combat sexual harassment in the workplace. When: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Senate Hearing Room 4. Where you can watch it ...
Read MoreThe Washington State Senate today took a significant step to protect LGBTQ youth by passing legislation to ban so-called “conversion therapy” and require school districts to adopt or amend anti-harassment policies to include transgender students. “It is long past time ...
Read MoreOLYMPIA – The Senate today approved a bill to eliminate the fees that credit bureaus charge customers who want to freeze their credit reports to protect their personal information. Sen. Mark Mullet, D-Issaquah, sponsored Senate Bill 6018 in response to ...
Read MoreOLYMPIA – Senate Majority Leader Sharon Nelson released the following statement after the death of former Gov. John Spellman. “Gov. Spellman cared deeply for our state and devoted a large part of his life to serving the people, first in ...
Read MoreLast week Senate Democrats moved quickly on key policy priorities such as voting rights and equal pay — issues that had been bottled up by Republican committee chairs over the last five years. The pace won’t slow this week with hearings on legislation that will ...
Read MoreOLYMPIA — The Senate Law & Justice Committee will hear several gun-related bills on Monday. Gun violence is a public health crisis in our state and nationwide, and it’s time to impose reasonable restrictions on firearms to ensure the safety ...
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