| 2023 Priority Bills | Final Status
FIVE QUAKER VOICE PRIORITY BILLS HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR AND ARE NOW “SESSION LAW.”
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| 1085 Reducing Plastic Pollution | This bill is now “session law.” The Governor has signed and the law is effective July 23, 2023. |
| 1110 Middle Housing | This bill is now “session law.” The Governor has signed and the law is effective July 23, 2023. |
| 1474 (5496*) Covenant home ownership fund | This bill is now “session law.” The Governor has signed and the law is effective July 23, 2023. |
| 5120 Crisis Relief Centers | This bill is now “session law.” The Governor has signed and the law is effective July 23, 2023. |
| 5189 (1348*). Behavioral Health Support Specialists | This bill is now “session law.” The Governor has signed and the law is effective July 23, 2023. |
| Bills that are not going forward this year: |
1045 Basic Income pilot. This bill reached the House Appropriations Committee, but no hearing was scheduled. This bill is not going forward this year, probably because the budget is too tight for starting new programs. BUT a budget proviso was included to continue the GRIT pilot in Tacoma. The bill will be eligible for action in the 2024 session, which is the second year of the current biennial session.
1087 Limiting Solitary Confinement. Reached House Appropriations but no hearing was scheduled. It now cannot go forward this year, probably because of the unexpectedly large cost projected by the Department of Corrections. See the fiscal note. The bill will be eligible for action in the 2024 session, which is the second year of the current biennial session.
1268 Unstacking Sentencing Enhancements. It passed the House with a vote of 53 yeas and 42 nays but did not have enough votes to be brought to the floor for a vote in the Senate. The bill will be eligible for action in the 2024 session, which is the second year of the current biennial session.
1392 (5464*) Right to Repair. HB 1392 passed in the House with a vote of 58 yeas, 38 nays, but was not passed on by the Senate in the Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee. It is therefore not moving forward this year but will be eligible for action in the 2024 session. Here is our testimony from the House hearing on this bill.
* Companion bills not going forward because the other version has become the “vehicle”:
- 1348 Behavioral Health Support Specialists
- 5464 Right to Repair
- 5496 Covenant Home Ownership Fund