OLYMPIA – The Washington State Senate voted 28-17 today to pass the Reproductive Health Access for All Act (RHAA). Senate Bill 5602, sponsored by Sen. Emily Randall (D-Bremerton), prohibits health care discrimination on the basis of immigration status or gender ...
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OLYMPIA – The Washington State Senate voted today to pass a bill to provide assistance to homeless college students. The bill passed on a vote of 30-18. Senate Bill 5800, sponsored by Sen. Emily Randall (D-Bremerton), creates pilot programs at ...
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OLYMPIA — The Washington State Senate passed a bill today to clarify how motor vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists and other users are to share the road. Senate Bill 5723, which passed unanimously, makes numerous changes to state rules on passing and ...
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OLYMPIA – The Washington State Senate voted today to expand college access opportunities for veterans, National Guard members, and gold star families. The bill passed on a vote of 44-1. Senate Bill 5755, sponsored by Sen. Emily Randall (D-Bremerton), increases ...
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OLYMPIA — In the first week of women’s history month, the Washington State Senate voted today to create a Seattle Storm special license plate. “The Seattle Storm license plate would be the first in our state for a women’s sports ...
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Friends, neighbors— This has been a big week in the Senate! As the session goes on, we’re bringing more and more important bills up for votes on the floor and passing legislation that is making a better Washington for all ...
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Friends, neighbors— Today was policy cutoff day at the legislature. That means that we’ve introduced the last new bills of this session, and now we turn to moving the best of these bills along in the process. It’s our first ...
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OLYMPIA – Legislation to ease the transition of children in military families to new schools passed unanimously today off the floor of the Senate. “This is all about ensuring that the families that are serving us are served by the ...
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Friends, neighbors – Somehow, we’ve already had five weeks, dozens of committee hearings, and 18 inches of snow in this legislative session! Five of the bills I’m prime-sponsoring have made it out of committee, including a measure to make child ...
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Friends, neighbors— Despite the snow and ice this past week, we kept things moving at the Capitol! I introduced seven bills in committee—to provide supports for college students experiencing homelessness, to tackle congestion at our Park & Rides, to open ...
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