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Taylor Passes First Bill Out of House to Provide More Respiratory Care During Pandemic

OLYMPIA – Strain on the health care system during the COVID-19 pandemic has show how valuable respiratory therapy practitioners are to treating the disease and how desperately they are needed in Washington communities. That is... READ MORE

Shewmake bill to protect flood insurance eligibility passes House

OLYMPIA – Today, the state House passed a bill from Rep. Sharon Shewmake (D-Bellingham) to ensure that flood insurance eligibility for Washington state residents isn’t threatened. The Federal Emergency Management... READ MORE

LEGISLATIVE NEWS: Berry Bill to Protect Temporary Workers Passes House

OLYMPIA – Temporary workers are twice as likely to be injured on the job as their permanently employed peers. That disparity is even greater in higher risk industries such as... READ MORE

Public Broadband Act Passes House

OLYMPIA – Washington’s long-held restriction on public utilities offering public broadband service directly to residents is one step closer to being overturned after the House voted 60-37 to pass the... READ MORE

LEGISLATIVE NEWS: House passes bill banning private prisons

(Versión en español más abajo) OLYMPIA—This morning, the House of Representatives said “no more” to abuses at private detention facilities in Washington state by passing House Bill 1090 with great... READ MORE

Rep. Rule Bill to Support Small Businesses Passes State House

OLYMPIA – In a unanimous vote today, the state House passed legislation from Rep. Alicia Rule (D-Blaine) to support small businesses by expanding the Main Street Program. Rule is a... READ MORE

Statement from Rep. Melanie Morgan on the Equity in Farming Act

OLYMPIA – Representative Melanie Morgan (D-Parkland) released the following statement after passage of House Bill 1395, the Equity in Farming Act, out of the House Rural Development, Agriculture & Natural... READ MORE

House passes two police accountability bills

OLYMPIA—The Washington House of Representatives yesterday passed two police accountability bills that are part of the package proposed by the House Democrats’ Policing Policy Leadership Team. HB 1088, by Rep.... READ MORE

MEDIA ADVISORY: 30th Legislative District to Host Virtual Town Hall

WHO: State Sen. Claire Wilson and Reps. Jesse Johnson and Jamila Taylor  WHAT: Virtual town hall with 30th District residents  WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 13 at 10 a.m.  WHERE: Streamed live on the House Democratic... READ MORE

Lekanoff Introduces the Washington Green Amendment

OLYMPIA – Yesterday, Rep. Debra Lekanoff (D-Bow) introduced a resolution to enact an amendment to the state constitution, ensuring the rights of all Washingtonians to clean water and air, a stable climate... READ MORE