The Washington state Senate today passed legislation to alleviate recent cost increases for car tabs in the Puget Sound. Senate Bill 5955, sponsored by Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, would implement a car tab calculation scale which more accurately reflects true ...
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From the Bellevue Reporter The Washington state Senate recently passed legislation extending juvenile justice jurisdiction for some youthful offenders to age 25. The bill is now in the House and was placed on second reading by the Rules Committee on ...
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Supporting student-led efforts to encourage composting and recycling in public schools, the Washington state Senate today passed legislation to further enable the environmentally friendly practices. Senate Bill 6168, sponsored by Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, was initially drafted by students from ...
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Sens. Patty Kuderer, Manka Dhingra, and Lisa Wellman, who each represent legislative districts in King County’s Eastside, discuss education funding, levies, and taxes.
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The Washington state Senate today passed groundbreaking legislation extending juvenile justice jurisdiction for some youthful offenders to age 25. Current Washington law requires that 16-17 year olds who commit certain crimes are automatically tried as adults without any consideration of ...
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Today, the Senate passed a bill I sponsored to protect the birthdates of public employees from hackers and other malicious actors. As you may have read recently, this legislation has caused a bit of a stir. I want to be ...
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The Washington State Senate today voted to expand protections for women’s health by requiring that three-dimensional mammography be covered by health insurance providers. 3D mammography, also known as tomosynthesis, has been shown to improve early detection by 40-percent, which is ...
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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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News broke on Thursday that the Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) has been sharing information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being directed not to do so by an executive order issued by Gov. Jay Inslee in 2017. ...
Read MoreToday, Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, and Sen. Michael Baumgartner, R-Spokane, introduced legislation to put the Washington Interscholastic Athletics Association under state oversight. “Right now there’s no clear oversight for the WIAA,” said Baumgartner, Republican leader of the Senate Labor and ...
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