Law to protect trans youth in crisis will take effect as repeal effort fails
A new law allowing emergency shelters to notify state authorities rather than parents when a youth seeks refuge as they pursue gender-affirming health care or reproductive services will take effect Sunday after a push to repeal it failed. Opponents needed to turn in valid signatures of at least 162,258 registered voters by Saturday to get a referendum aimed at overturning the law on the November ballot. Continue reading at Washington State Standard. (Jules Frazier/Getty Images)
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Corey Haggerty walked into Gather Church’s drug treatment clinic at 6:50 p.m., 10 minutes before closing time. If he was a little late, that was OK. He showed up; that was the important thing. For a year, Haggerty had been coming to the clinic — a prototype “health engagement hub” aimed at helping people overcome addiction. That’s become more important than ever as the fentanyl crisis drives an unprecedented rise in overdose deaths in Washington, as elsewhere. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times)
New Washington state laws go into effect Sunday. Here are some of the key ones
Sunday, July 23, is 90 days since the adjournment of the 2023 legislative session. That means that a number of new laws will go into effect, including the creation of an aviation work group to find a suitable location for a new airport in Washington and a law to address the fentanyl crisis in the state. Continue reading at The Olympian. (The Olympian)
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