Bill Alert HB 1934
Establishing an artificial intelligence task force. The legislature finds that artificial intelligence is a fast-evolving technology that holds extraordinary potential and has a myriad of uses for both the public and private sectors. When artificial intelligence is used irresponsibly, it has the potential to further perpetuate bias and harm to historically excluded groups, as demonstrated…
Bill Alert HB 1929
Supporting young adults following inpatient behavioral health treatment. If enacted, this legislation would invest in ensuring that young people exiting the behavioral health treatment system would be provided with safe housing and appropriate support services. A congressional-funded study found that young people (age 18-24yrs) exiting behavioral health inpatient treatment represented a large portion of those…
Bill Alert SB 5696
This bill would eliminate child marriage with the following: Marriage is a civil contract between two persons of any gender who have each attained the age of 18 years and who are otherwise capable. Every marriage entered in which either person is not 18 is void. Any person knowingly violating this section is guilty of…
Bill Alert HB 1915
Requiring financial education in public schools. Making financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required component of public education. The legislature recognizes that acquiring and applying a basic knowledge of personal finance is critical to the economic well-being of all adults and intends to make financial education instruction a graduation prerequisite and a required…
Bill Alert HB 1878
Preserving seniority for state employees who are rehired. If passed, this legislation would provide a rehired state employee seniority level status that includes the length of unbroken service time from previous employment with the same employer. Seniority adjustments must be applied when: The employee is rehired within seven years of separation from state service. The…
Legislative and Policy Update November 2023
The 2023 Legislative Session proved to be another busy year of bill tracking for ICSEW’s Legislative & Policy Subcommittee. During the longer budget session, ICSEW members tracked 17 bills covering a breadth of issues that directly affect state employees. Of the 17 bills that were selected to share information out to the general membership, six…
Gov Inslee Declares Aug 26, 2023 Women’s Equality Day
Gov. Jay Inslee has declared Aug. 26, 2023 as Women’s Equality Day! Read the full text: WHEREAS, recognizing Women’s Equality Day as a day of celebration through the country that emphasizes the importance of women’s work for democracy; and WHEREAS, women/womxn in the Unites States have continuously worked to gain full rights and privileges…
Celebrating Women’s Equality Day
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the Bureau of Industrial Insurance Appeals’ intranet and information was compiled by the BIIA’s Diversity Committee and has been re-shared here with permission. From the 1973 Joint Resolution: “Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That August 26,…
13 ICSEW members receive awards at 2023 Transition Celebration
OLYMPIA—Thirteen members of the Interagency Committee of State Employed Women, ICSEW, have received awards. They received the awards during the ICSEW’s annual transition celebration July 18 at the Columbia Room at the Washington State Legislative Building in Olympia. It was the first in-person meeting the ICSEW held since January of 2019. Attendees were also able…
What does it mean to be a member of ICSEW?
What does it mean to be a member of ICSEW? By Jennifer Ward (Employment Security Department), ICSEW Membership subcommittee ICSEW was created to provide space and resources to improve the lives of Washington state-employed women through advocacy, outreach, and opportunity. Through collaboration, state agencies drive policy changes in laws and programs related to education, career…