Check the lists below for the work we're doing during the 2023-2024 legislative session
- Priority Legislation
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The Commission is closely monitoring the following legislation addressing our legislative priorities:
HB 1089 - Supporting adults with lived experience of sex trafficking.
- SB 5114 - Supporting adults with lived experience of sex trafficking. Companion bill
HB 1151 - Mandating coverage for fertility services.
- SB 5204 - Mandating coverage for fertility services. Companion bill
- Affecting the Community
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The Commission is tracking the following legislation that indirectly impacts the LGBTQ+ community:
HB 1028 - Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses in the legal system.
HB 1155 - Addressing the collection, sharing, and selling of consumer health data.
HB 1207 - Preventing and responding to harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination in schools.
HB 1239 - Establishing a simple and uniform system for complaints related to, and instituting a code of educator ethics for, conduct within or involving public elementary and secondary
HB 1263 - Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.
HB 1408 - Creating an account for the pharmaceutical rebate revenue generated by the purchase of medications for people living with HIV who are enrolled in the early intervention program.
HB 1469 – Concerning access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming
HB 1474 - Creating the covenant homeownership account and program to address the history of housing discrimination due to racially restrictive real estate covenants in
HB 1541 - Establishing the nothing about us without us act.
HB 1723 - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act.
SB 5008 - Providing parents and legal guardians access to instructional materials.
SB 5009 - Requiring parental or legal guardian approval before a child participates in comprehensive sexual health education.
SB 5024 - Establishing parents' bill of rights related to their child's public education.
SB 5028 - Revising the process for individuals to request name changes.
SB 5029 - Empowering school district boards of directors.
SB 5142 - Creating an account for the pharmaceutical rebate revenue generated by the purchase of medications for people living with HIV who are enrolled in the early intervention program.
SB 5186 - Requiring antidiscrimination clauses in public contracting
SB 5230 - Concerning extended foster care services.
SB 5237 - Establishing complaint procedures to address noncompliance with certain state education laws
SB 5241 - Concerning material changes to the operations and governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.
SB 5242 - Prohibiting cost sharing for abortion.
SB 5351 - Addressing the collection, sharing, and selling of consumer health data
SB 5355 - Mandating instruction on sex trafficking prevention and identification for students in grades seven through 12
SB 5441 - Promoting the adoption of school district curricula that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
SB 5462 - Promoting inclusive learning standards and instructional materials in public schools
SB 5489 - Concerning access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment in Washington state.
SB 5599 - Supporting youth and young adults seeking protected health care services.
SB 5616 - Establishing the nothing about us without us act.
SB 5651 - Concerning equity and environmental justice in the growth management act.
SJR 8202 - Amending the Constitution to address reproductive freedom.
- 2023 Calls to Action