FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Jan. 26 2023 Washington students are championing two bills that will be heard by the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education committee. Senate Bill 5355 would mandate Washington schools provide instruction on sex trafficking prevention and identification. SB 5355 stems from years of hard work by Ria Bahadur, a senior at Eastside Preparatory School. She took on this very critical issue and came up with a solution by creating, drafting and negotiating the bill. “Youth voices are extremely powerful. They deal with youth for youth. We are experiencing society and we are not isolated from these issues. Adults assume that we young people haven’t experienced some of these ...
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About Sen. Claire Wilson
Claire Wilson’s legislative work has built on her 25 years at the Puget Sound Educational Services District, where she was an administrator in early education and family involvement. Elected to the Senate in 2018, Claire quickly rose to the ranks of Senate leadership as Assistant Majority Whip — one of two lawmakers responsible for knowing whether key legislative proposals have the support to pass out of the Senate and when it makes the most sense to call them to the floor for a vote.
Read Claire’s full biography here.
Sen. Claire Wilson In The News
BREAKING: Senator Murray Rallies to Protect the Right to Abortion Alongside Washington State Women Leaders
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate ...
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Auburn Examiner: Looking Back on Washington’s 2022 Legislative Session
The State Legislature concluded their 60-day lawmaking in Olympia on March 10, ...
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Crosscut: WA proposed budget funds stipends to attract low-income board members
$50,000 is allocated for constituents to help shape boards and commissions with ...
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Crosscut: WA officials want to end fees charged to parents for kids’ jail time
Hundreds of families owe the state a total of $1.1 million in ...
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Auburn Examiner: Auburn Legislative Representatives to Host Town Halls
Representatives from the 30th and 31st Legislative Districts will be hosting two ...
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Auburn Examiner: Auburn Legislative Representatives to Host Town Halls
Representatives from the 30th and 31st Legislative Districts will be hosting two ...
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Seattle Times: Washington’s ‘huge investments’ in early childhood development praised in national report
By Jenn Smith, Education Lab engagement editor / Washington is emerging as a leader ...
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The Chronicle: Sweeping Childcare Reform Moving in Washington Legislature
By Sydney Brown / For The Chronicle Early childhood care and education ...
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Washington State Wire: Senate bill that would expand accessible, affordable child care has first hearing in the House
Senate Bill 5237, which would expand accessible, affordable childcare and early childhood ...
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The Seattle Times: They’re raising grandkids with little help, and during a pandemic. Can’t we lend them a hand?
Most days, the massive unfairness of the world cannot crush Ollie Reeves. ...
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