ESSB 5187 is the vehicle for this year’s operating budget. Its title is making 2023–2025 fiscal biennium operating appropriations. It is prime sponsored by Senator Christine Rolfes (D‑23rd District: Kitsap Peninsula), the Chair of the Ways & Means Committee, which has budget writing responsibility in the Senate.
Category: Legislative Advocacy
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (April 17th-21st)
The week’s major votes included passage of an immoral House Republican scheme targeting young trans people and Senate
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DONE! Governor Jay Inslee signs into law NPI’s bill to get rid of Tim Eyman’s push polls
The governor’s endorsement of SB 5082 was the final step in its journey from proposed voting justice legislation to session law. Five years of work by NPI and allies to replace Eyman’s push polls with truthful, accurate fiscal information that is continuously updated for voters has now reached a successful conclusion.
Posted inLegislative Advocacy
VICTORY! My Health, My Data Act heads to Governor Inslee after House concurrence vote
By a vote of 57–40, the House voted to concur in the Senate amendments to House Bill 1155, prime sponsored by Representative Vandana Slatter (D‑48th District: Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Medina, the Points communities).
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VICTORY! Firearm Industry Responsibility & Gun Violence Victims’ Access to Justice Act heads to Governor Inslee’s desk
SB 5078 received a concurrence vote on April 14th, 2023. That means the Senate agreed with the changes that the House made to the bill, completing its journey through the bicameral legislative process.
Posted inPolicy Topics
With Kevin McCarthy unable to rein in his fascist faction, Republicans in Congress are increasingly battling each other
The Grand Old Party cannot come up with any debt ceiling strategy. Its investigations are slow off the ground and looking at groundless allegations. Its House and Senate caucuses are split on whether the U.S. should continue to assist or abandon Ukraine.
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Washington State House of Representatives amends and approves police pursuit bill
A bipartisan majority of the Washington State House has endorsed updates to the law governing police pursuits, lowering the standard for police officers to instigate a chase from probable cause to reasonable suspicion while attaching a number of new conditions to police departments’ use of that pursuit authority.
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Nearly three-fifths of Washington voters support the Firearm Industry Responsibility & Gun Violence Victims’ Access to Justice Act
59% of voters surveyed last month for NPI by Public Policy Polling said they supported enacting a new law to protect public safety by establishing duties of firearm industry members. 36% said they were opposed and 4% were not sure.
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VICTORY! Washington State House passes NPI’s bill to repeal Tim Eyman’s push polls
On April 7th, the Washington State House of Representatives voted 54–43 to pass the Northwest Progressive Institute’s legislation to abolish what Eyman calls “advisory votes,” but which are really push polls… prejudicially worded fake ballot measures that interrupt the act of voting and hinder electoral participation.
Posted inPolicy Topics
VICTORY! Washington State House votes to remove death penalty and Eyman’s two-thirds nonsense from our state’s body of laws
Legislation that would formally scrub a long list of statutes no longer in effect from the Revised Code of Washington is now going to Governor Inslee after receiving a vote in both chambers.
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Senate sends My Health, My Data Act back to WA House with strong private right of action
By a vote of 27–21, the Senate voted to pass an amended version of House Bill 1155, prime sponsored by Representative Vandana Slatter (D‑48th District: Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Medina, the Points communities) that has the support of Slatter, Senate prime sponsor Manka Dhingra (D‑45th District: Redmond, Kirkland, Sammamish, Duvall), Ferguson, and advocates like NPI.
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (March 27th-31st)
The week’s major votes included House passage of H.R. 1, a giveaway goody bill to oil companies, along with Senate passage of legislation repealing authorizations for use of military force against Iraq.
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (March 20th-24th)
The week’s major votes included House passage of the Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act and Senate confirmation of Gordan P. Gallagher to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for Colorado. The Senate also rejected numerous Republican amendments to a bill to repeal the Iraqi invasion use of force authorization.
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Last Week In Congress: How Cascadia’s U.S. lawmakers voted (March 13th-17th)
The week’s major votes consisted of Senate confirmation of four Biden nominees: two assistant secretaries, an ambassador, and a district court judge.