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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…

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…

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…

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…

Relates to free speech. Criminalize some speech as ‘Domestic Violence Extremism’ It establishes a 13-member panel which will determine what constitutes disinformation and misinformation rising to the level of “domestic violence extremism”. The panel’s duties include evaluating data-tracking recommendation around domestic violent extremism, including how data is collected, what triggers data collection, and how to…

Supporting employers providing child care assistance to employees. Beginning January 1, 2026, a business may take a credit against their business’ excise tax equal to all costs related to providing child care assistance to employees. It is the legislature’s specific public policy objective to provide reduced tax liability for businesses that provide child care assistance…

Increase access to the working connections child care program This bill will increase access to the working connections child care program which is recognized as providing quality child care for families. The legislature intends to systemically increase child care subsidy rates over time until rates are equal to the full cost of providing high quality…

Unauthorized publication of personal identifying information. This bill would prohibit publication of an individual’s personal identifying information without consent when the publication is made with intent or knowledge the information will be used to harm the individual, or reckless disregard for the risk of such harm. View the full PDF here: HB 1335   As…

Declaring an emergency relating to missing and murdered indigenous women.  In 2021 legislation passed adding the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Persons alert to the Washington state WSP and National alert systems. This bill declares an emergency requesting establishment of a Washington state missing and murdered indigenous women and people task force. The task…

An ACT relating to female genital mutilation This bill declares an emergency. It creates a private right of action for victims of female genital mutilation. It includes an intention to establish education and outreach to prevent female genital mutilation and to provide care for victims. A health care provider shall not perform any procedure constituting…