- Our big list of bills
- Sign up for advocacy days; This week’s theme, Rights and protections: No new institutions!
Big news! The state Senate passed a capital gains tax bill over the weekend, 25-24. Also passed: SB 5268, transforming services for people with I/DD; and SB 5237 - expanding accessible, affordable child care and early childhood development programs. All bills have been referred to the House for consideration.
This
week marks the mid-point, where bills that passed their chamber of origin move to the other chamber. Most bills have been amended, so if there is one you like
(or do not) be sure to read the latest version. Your opinion could change
Advocate Priority* bills that will be heard this week include:
Wednesday
- ESHB 1070 - Modifying allowed uses of local tax revenue for affordable housing and related services to include the acquisition and construction of affordable housing and facilities.
- E2SHB 1295 - Providing public education to youth in or released from institutional education facilities.
Thursday
- SHB 1236 - Protecting residential tenants from the beginning to end of their tenancies by penalizing the inclusion of unlawful lease provisions and limiting the reasons for eviction, refusal to continue, and termination.
- ESSB 5044 - Concerning professional learning, equity, cultural competency, and dismantling institutional racism in the public school system.
Friday
- ESSB 5284 - Eliminating subminimum wage certificates for persons with disabilities.
- SSB 5376 - Promoting awareness of the governor's Office of the Education Ombuds
*Aligns with a position The Arc has taken or is a priority of a coalition we work with.
Following is a daily hearing schedule. ON TESTIMONY: You can sign up to testify up to 1 hour before the hearing; or submit written testimony up to 24 hours after a hearing. You can also note your position (no testimony) up to 1 hour prior. Testimony goes to the committee members considering the bill. ON COMMENT ON THIS BILL: Comments go to the legislators who represent your state legislative district.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10
House College & Workforce Development; 8:00 am
SSB 5228 - Addressing disproportionate health outcomes by building a foundation of equity in medical training.
Sponsors: Randall, Liias, Das, Lovelett, Nobles, Wilson, C., Darneille, Hasegawa, Keiser, Kuderer, Nguyen, Robinson
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Senate Housing & Local Government; 10:30 am
*ADVOCATE PRIORITY*
ESHB 1070 - Modifying allowed uses of local tax revenue for affordable housing and related services to include the acquisition and construction of affordable housing and facilities.
Sponsors: Ryu, Macri, Walen, Chopp, Santos, Fitzgibbon, Ramel, Wylie, Ramos, Bateman, Tharinger, Simmons, Kloba, Peterson, Gregerson, Goodman, Sells, Bronoske, Valdez, Callan, Hackney, Cody, Ormsby, Riccelli, Springer, Fey, Davis, Pollet, Harris-Talley
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Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education; 10:30 am
*ADVOCATE PRIORITY*
E2SHB 1295 - Providing public education to youth in or released from institutional education facilities.
Sponsors: Callan, Eslick, Ramel, Leavitt, Simmons, Springer, Fitzgibbon, Dolan, Bateman, Shewmake, Johnson, J., Senn, Sutherland, Walen, Peterson, Davis, Goodman, Hackney, Kloba, Fey, Ramos, Frame, Ryu, Macri, Bergquist, Pollet, Stonier
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Senate Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs; 10:30 am
HB 1087 - Clarifying the continuity of employee family and medical leave rights.
Sponsors: Berry, Wicks, Simmons, Kloba, Hackney, Santos, Macri, Sullivan
THURSDAY, MARCH 11
Senate Housing & Local Government; 8:00 am
*ADVOCATE PRIORITY*
SHB 1236 - Protecting residential tenants from the beginning to end of their tenancies by penalizing the inclusion of unlawful lease provisions and limiting the reasons for eviction, refusal to continue, and termination.
Sponsors: Macri, Taylor, Dolan, Gregerson, Berry, Fitzgibbon, Frame, Simmons, Ramel, Bateman, Johnson, J., Hackney, Chopp, Thai, Peterson, Santos, Orwall, Ortiz-Self, Ryu, Wicks, Lekanoff, Slatter, Berg, Senn, Harris-Talley, Ormsby, Pollet
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Senate Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs; 8:00 am
E2SHB 1073 - Expanding coverage of the paid family and medical leave program.
Sponsors: Berry, Wicks, Fitzgibbon, Bateman, Tharinger, Simmons, Kloba, Ramel, Ortiz-Self, Goodman, Ryu, Bronoske, Hackney, Chopp, Riccelli, Stonier, Frame, Macri, Davis, Pollet, Bergquist, Harris-Talley
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House Children, Youth & Families; 10:00 am
SSB 5151 - Concerning foster care and child care licensing by the department of children, youth, and families.
Sponsors: Wilson, C., Das, Kuderer, Nobles, Saldaña
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2SSB 5327 - Creating a confidential youth safety and well-being tip line.
Sponsors: Brown, Frockt, Lovelett, Rivers, Short, Warnick, Wellman
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Senate Law & Justice; 10:30 am
ESHB 1054 - Establishing requirements for tactics and equipment used by peace officers.
Sponsors: Johnson, J., Entenman, Dolan, Ryu, Berry, Simmons, Bateman, Kloba, Lekanoff, Duerr, Fitzgibbon, Slatter, Wylie, Ramos, Berg, Tharinger, Ramel, Ortiz-Self, Senn, Peterson, Gregerson, Valdez, Callan, Hackney, Morgan, Chopp, Cody, Ormsby, Taylor, Frame, Santos, Macri, Davis, Pollet, Bergquist, Harris-Talley
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House Education; 1:30 pm
SSB 5030 - Developing comprehensive school counseling programs.
Sponsors: Dent, Springer, Boehnke, Eslick, Callan, Slatter
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*ADVOCATE PRIORITY*
ESSB 5044 - Concerning professional learning, equity, cultural competency, and dismantling institutional racism in the public school system.
Sponsors: Das, Wellman, Darneille, Hasegawa, Hunt, Lovelett, Nguyen, Nobles, Robinson, Saldaña, Stanford, Wilson, C.
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SB 5184 - Establishing a building point of contact in all K-12 public schools for students in foster care.
Sponsors: Nobles, Wellman, Billig, Carlyle, Conway, Das, Dhingra, Frockt, Hasegawa, Hunt, Kuderer, Liias, Lovelett, Nguyen, Randall, Saldaña, Salomon, Wilson, C.
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Senate Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation; 1:30 pm
2SHB 1044 - Creating prison to postsecondary education pathways.
Sponsors: Leavitt, Simmons, Johnson, J., Eslick, Lovick, Kloba, Lekanoff, Wylie, Bateman, Senn, Goodman, Bronoske, Valdez, Callan, Ramos, Hackney, Morgan, Ormsby, Fey, Frame, Santos, Davis, Pollet, Bergquist
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EHB 1090 - Concerning private, for-profit detention facilities.
Sponsors: Ortiz-Self, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Johnson, J., Ramos, Tharinger, Simmons, Ramel, Senn, Peterson, Gregerson, Ryu, Valdez, Callan, Kloba, Young, Hackney, Chopp, Lovick, Ormsby, Stonier, Frame, Santos, Macri, Orwall, Davis, Pollet, Harris-Talley
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Ways & Means; 4:00 pm
SB 5309 - Providing a sales and use tax exemption for adult and baby diapers.
Sponsors: Rivers, Brown, Das, Fortunato, Hasegawa, Keiser, Lovelett, Mullet, Robinson, Wilson, C., Wilson, L.
FRIDAY, MARCH 12
House Labor & Workplace Standards; 8:00 am
*ADVOCATE PRIORITY*
ESSB 5284 - Eliminating subminimum wage certificates for persons with disabilities.
Sponsors: Randall, Billig, Carlyle, Das, Hasegawa, Hunt, Keiser, Kuderer, Liias, Lovelett, Nguyen, Nobles, Robinson, Saldaña, Salomon, Stanford, Wellman, Wilson, C.
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House Education; 10:00 am
SSB 5249 - Supporting mastery-based learning
Sponsors: Wellman, Nobles, Das, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Nguyen, Saldaña, Wilson, C.
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*ADVOCATE PRIORITY*
SSB 5376 - Promoting awareness of the governor's Office of the Education Ombuds
Sponsors: Wilson, C., Wellman, Conway, Das, Hunt, Kuderer, Liias, Nobles, Saldaña
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House Public Safety; 10:00 am
SSB 5066 - Concerning a peace officer's duty to intervene.
Sponsors: Dhingra, Das, Darneille, Frockt, Hasegawa, Hunt, Keiser, Kuderer, Liias, Lovelett, Mullet, Nguyen, Nobles, Pedersen, Saldaña, Salomon, Stanford, Wilson, C.
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Senate Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care; 10:30 am
2SHB 1325 - Implementing policies related to children and youth behavioral health.
Sponsors: Callan, Eslick, Leavitt, Fitzgibbon, Thai, Duerr, Senn, Ortiz-Self, Davis, Bergquist, Ramos, Lekanoff, Pollet, Dent, Goodman
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E2SHB 1086 - Creating the state office of behavioral health consumer advocacy.
Sponsors: Simmons, Caldier, Bateman, Ortiz-Self, Shewmake, Ryu, Chopp, Cody, Goodman, Fey, Stonier, Macri, Fitzgibbon, Frame, Davis
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Senate Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation; 10:30 am
Work Session: Racial disproportionality in child welfare.
E2SHB 1227 - Protecting the rights of families responding to allegations of abuse or neglect of a child.
Sponsors: Ortiz-Self, Callan, Senn, Dolan, Fitzgibbon, Ramos, Davis, Santos, Macri, Gregerson, Young, Ormsby
