Legislative Priorities
Promoting equitable access to opportunities and resources across Washington
Our legislative and rulemaking priorities, policy recommendations, and consultation with state agencies focuses on co-creating a seamless, integrated, world-class, equitable and just public service delivery system where a team of actively engaged public servants bring their whole self a to work to provide a superior customer experience to Washingtonians seeking assistance. We will partner with others to decrease inequities in employment and contracting, improve access to state services, and surpass accessibility (language, physical, technological/internet) requirements across state government.
Equity in Session: Season 1 Episode 5
Equity in Session is the Office of Equity’s video series on weekly 2024 legislative session updates. In this episode, OOE Staff Member Omar Santana-Gomez and OOE Legislative Aide Patrick Stickney talk about legislative priorities and bills to watch from the previous week of session. Unfortunately, we have some bad news this week about HB 2313. We also see a clip of Omar’s comment while testifying for E2SHB 1541. All of these bills and more are linked below.
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Equity in Session: Season 1 Episode 4
Equity in Session is the Office of Equity’s new video series on weekly legislative updates. In this episode, OOE Staff Member Omar Santana-Gomez, OOE Legislative Aide Patrick Stickney, and LGBTQ Commission's Program Manager Sam Fennell talk about legislative priorities and bills to watch for the week of January 29th through February 2nd.
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Equity in Session: Season 1 Episode 3
In this third episode of Equity in Session, Office of Equity's Director Megan Matthews and Office of Equity's Legislative Aide Patrick Stickney, talk about legislative priorities and bills to watch for the week of January 22nd through the 26th. Megan also points our viewers to make their voice heard on current legislation by visiting leg.wa.gov!
Read More about Equity in Session: Season 1 Episode 3Governor's Committee on Disability Issues & Employment (GCDE)
- HB 1933 Supporting the servicing and right to repair of certain products with digital electronics in a secure and reliable manner.
- HB 1541/SB 5616 Establishing the nothing about us without us act.
- HB 1905/SB 5894 Including protected classes in the Washington equal pay and opportunities act.
- HB 2080 Establishing day habilitation services for persons with developmental disabilities.
Commission on Hispanic Affairs
- HB 1095/SB 5109 Creating a wage replacement program for certain Washington workers excluded from unemployment insurance.
- HB 1944 Establishing a running start for the trades grant program.
- HB 1895/SB 5839 Modifying the working families' tax credit by clarifying the refundable nature of the credit, the application requirements, and the eligibility verification process.
Women's Commission
- HB 2098 Authorizing the women's commission to solicit gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources.
- HJR 4201/SJR 8202 Amending the Constitution to address reproductive freedom.
- HB 1089/SB 5114 Supporting adults with lived experience of sex trafficking.
- HB 1177/SB 5137 Creating a missing and murdered indigenous women and people cold case investigations unit.
- HB 1934/SB 5838 Establishing an artificial intelligence task force.
