OLYMPIA – In a 57-40 vote, the Washington House of Representatives passed a bill to ensure health providers can’t be disciplined for providing legal reproductive health services or gender affirming care in the state. HB 1340, prime sponsored by Rep. Marcus …
OLYMPIA — Foster youth have no less need for developmental disability services than any other youth, yet in Washington State, foster youth can’t access developmental disability services. Washington State House Representative Tana Senn (D-Mercer Island) …
OLYMPIA – Too many Indigenous mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters have been torn from their families. Native women experience violence at much higher rates than the national average and are murdered at rates greater than 10 times the national average. …
OLYMPIA—Twenty percent of adult Washingtonians experience some degree of hearing loss, that’s five percent higher than the national average, and two out of 1000 children nationally are born with a hearing disorder. Despite these statistics, hearing aids …
OLYMPIA — Foster youth have no less need for developmental disability services than any other youth, yet in Washington State, foster youth can’t access developmental disability services. Washington State House Representative Tana Senn (D-Mercer Island) …
OLYMPIA— A few years ago, the Washington State Department of Ecology was directed by the Legislature to assess watersheds in the state that would benefit most from a water rights adjudication process. The resulting report showed two locations—the Nooksack …
OLYMPIA – On Tuesday, the House passed HB 1737, the Reconciliation Act, prime sponsored by Rep. Melanie Morgan (D-Parkland). The bill, passed by a vote of 64-33, builds off Rep. Morgan’s critical equity work to invest in local communities from last year’s …
Olympia, WA – Too many Indigenous mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters have been torn from their families. Native women experience violence at much higher rates than the national average and are murdered at rates greater than 10 times the national …
OLYMPIA—Grays Harbor County is the first since 2008 to join a statewide effort to improve family and juvenile courts. “It’s great to see the 24th District continue to push for progress when it comes to taking care of kids and families in the legal system,” …
Olympia, WA – House Bill 1407, sponsored by Rep. Jamila Taylor (D-Federal Way), maintaining eligibility for developmental disability services, passed unanimously in the House on February 28. If a child is diagnosed with a developmental disability at a …
OLYMPIA — Today, the Washington House of Representatives passed a landmark Shield Law to protect those who seek reproductive & gender-affirming care in the state. House Bill 1469, introduced by State Rep. Drew Hansen (D-Bainbridge Island), responds to …
OLYMPIA—Grays Harbor County is the first since 2008 to join a statewide effort to improve family and juvenile courts. “It’s great to see the 24th District continue to push for progress when it comes to taking care of kids and families in the legal system,” …
Olympia, WA – House Bill 1407, sponsored by Rep. Jamila Taylor (D-Federal Way), maintaining eligibility for developmental disability services, passed unanimously in the House on February 28. If a child is diagnosed with a developmental disability at a …
Olympia – Yesterday, the Washington House of Representatives passed House Bill 1051, the Robocall Spam Protection Act, holding bad actors accountable for illegal robocalls. Rep. Mari Leavitt, D-University Place, introduced the legislation in partnership …
WA families struggle with hunger as federal food assistance expires Expanded benefits under the federal food assistance program known as SNAP are set to end this week. The expiration comes at a time when Washington residents continue to struggle with …
OLYMPIA—Federal funding for pandemic-related grocery supplements ends tomorrow, Feb. 28. That’s why Rep. Mia Gregerson (D-SeaTac)’s SHB 1784—which was heard today on the House floor and passed unanimously—is essential to avoid what she calls “a hunger …
OLYMPIA – A bill to requiring the Washington State Department of Ecology to update Washington’s Integrated Climate Change Response Strategy passed the state House of Representatives today with a vote of 82-14. Sponsored by Rep. Chipalo Street (D-Seattle), …
OLYMPIA – The Washington House of Representatives passed House Bill 1277 today to improve the course of study paraeducators receive from school districts. Rep. Brandy Donaghy (D-Snohomish) introduced the legislation to update the guidance the Paraeducator …
OLYMPIA – A bill to requiring the Washington State Department of Ecology to update Washington’s Integrated Climate Change Response Strategy passed the state House of Representatives today with a vote of 82-14. Sponsored by Rep. Chipalo Street (D-Seattle), …
OLYMPIA—Rep. Jake Fey (D-Tacoma)’s bipartisan bill (SHB 1638) to make being a state trooper a more attractive career choice was heard on the House floor today and passed with a vote of 94-1. This bill focuses on the recruitment for the Washington State …
