Inside Olympia: Senate releases its proposed budget

On March 23, the Senate released its proposed budget for the 2023-2025 biennium. While the March state revenue forecast was down, budget writers still expect a surplus, allowing for new state spending... Read More >>

Inside Olympia: Bills are getting committee hearings in the opposite chamber

With a little more than a month left in the 2023 legislative session, bills that passed their chamber of origin have started to receive committee hearings in the opposite chamber... Read More >>

Inside Olympia: Compromise E2SSB 5236 passes Senate, two key bills WSHA opposed fail to advance

After an intense week of negotiations, WSHA and union representatives reached an agreement on compromise language to amend E2SSB 5236. The new language, which removes mandated nurse-to-patient ratios and replaces it with new requirements for hospital staffing committees, passed out of the Senate ahead of the cut-off.... Read More >>

Inside Olympia: Compromised reached on SB 5236, bills still alive after fiscal committee cutoff

On Friday, Feb. 24, WSHA reached a compromise on SB 5236 that will remove the mandated nurse-to-patient ratios contained in the legislation. The bill passed the Senate Committee on Ways... Read More >>

Inside Olympia: Bills still alive after first cutoff of session, Advocacy Day a success!

Friday, Feb. 17 marked the first cutoff of the legislative session, when a policy bill must have passed through its committee of origin (except for fiscal committees)... Read More >>

Inside Olympia: Staffing ratios, difficult-to-discharge bills move to Senate Ways & Means

The big news this week is that SB 5236 (mandating ratios by rulemaking) and SB 5103 have advanced from their respective committees... Read More >>

Inside Olympia: More Protect Patient Safety & Access bills receive hearings

Three more of WSHA’s proactive Protect Patient Safety & Access bills have hearings this week... Read More >>

Inside Olympia: Protect Patient Safety & Access bills begin to receive hearings

We are pleased to report that many of WSHA’s proactive Protect Patient Safety & Access bills have been introduced, and two are receiving hearings this week... Read More >>

Staffing mandates bill get first hearing; Consumer health data, insurer contracting bills to receive hearings

Thank you to everyone who testified and signed in last week to oppose SB 5236, which institutes hospital staffing mandates, including nurse and certified nurse assistant-to patient ratios by rulemaking... Read More >>

Nurse-to-patient ratio bill gets first hearing

Entering the second week of this year’s legislative session, important bills are beginning to receive hearings... Read More >>

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