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The state would provide a web-based system to improve the reporting of, and response to, cases of child abuse and neglect, under legislation passed today by the Senate Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation Committee. “With the state’s current limited resources, callers have been left on hold for up to an hour at a time, with alarming frequency,” Sen. Annette Cleveland (D-Vancouver) ...

Sixteen Washington and Oregon state legislators will meet Friday in Vancouver to begin a bistate effort to build a new I-5 bridge. This marks the first formal meeting of the full committee. The committee met informally last December, with Oregon members joining as guests prior to official endorsement of members by Oregon legislative leaders. “Legislators in Southwest Washington have been working to ...

Sen. Annette Cleveland (D-Vancouver) released this statement today following Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek’s announcement of a $5 million allocation from Oregon toward the re-opening of a project office for a new I-5 bridge and the appointment of Oregon lawmakers to the I-5 Bridge Replacement Bi-State Legislative Action Committee.

“Whether you’re a Washington resident or ...

Comprehensive legislation signed into law today by Gov. Inslee will take action on society’s growing opioid crisis on multiple fronts.

“A public health threat as pervasive as the opioid crisis requires a wide range of solutions,” said Sen. Annette Cleveland (D-Vancouver), the sponsor of Senate Bill 5380. “This legislation addresses everything from prevention and education to treatment and ...

The two-year transportation budget passed today by the Legislature provides $35 million toward a new I-5 bridge.

“Today everyone who has been waiting and working for the replacement of our outdated bridge has 35 million reasons to celebrate,” Sen. Annette Cleveland (D-Vancouver) said. “We have made steady progress, step by step, over the past months and years toward this important goal, ...

Nurses and the public at large deserve to be able to observe the Legislature’s deliberations in correcting problems with legislation to ensure adequate, consistent work breaks for nurses, Sen. Annette Cleveland (D-Vancouver) said today.

Having passed out of the House on March 6, House Bill 1155 was amended on the Senate floor on April 16 and then passed by ...

Investigations of sexual abuse of children will soon be conducted more quickly, accurately and thoroughly, thanks to legislation signed into law Friday by Gov. Jay Inslee.

The genesis of Senate Bill 5461, sponsored by Sen. Annette Cleveland (D-Vancouver), originated in Clark County with the goal of better protecting children and holding their abusers accountable.

“The sexual abuse ...

Taking action to safeguard the public against health threats like the ongoing measles outbreak in Clark County, the Senate passed House Bill 1638 on a 25-22 vote late Wednesday.

“We talk a lot about ‘protecting the most vulnerable among us.’ Well, protecting the most vulnerable among us is precisely what this legislation is all about,” said Sen. Annette Cleveland ...

Washington is the first state in the nation in four years to remove the personal exemption for vaccinations immunizing the public from measles, mumps and rubella, as reported today in The Washington Post.

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Health care policies sold in Washington must honor existing patient protections even if those standards are eliminated by action taken at the federal level, under legislation signed into law today by Gov. Jay Inslee.

House Bill 1870 takes effect immediately, as a result of an emergency clause added by Sen. Annette Cleveland (D-Vancouver). Cleveland added the clause in March, ...