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		<title>HB 2000 - International leadership</title>
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		<description>Updates about HB 2000</description>
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			<title>Prefiled for introduction.</title>
			<description>Prefiled for introduction.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>👍Geoffrey Potter - Office of Governor Jay Inslee</title>
			<description>Geoffrey Potter signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Office of Governor Jay Inslee.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 09:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>❓eric pratt - Association of Washington Business</title>
			<description>eric pratt signed up to testify Other.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2024 07:36:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>First reading, referred to State Government &amp; Tribal Relations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to State Government &amp; Tribal Relations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>First reading, referred to State Government &amp; Tribal Relations.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to State Government &amp; Tribal Relations.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>👎John Worthington - Association of Washington Business</title>
			<description>John Worthington signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:43:16 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍James Rolph - The Lieutenant Governor's Office</title>
			<description>James Rolph signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent The Lieutenant Governor's Office.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 12:56:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Lydia Faitalia - Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs</title>
			<description>Lydia Faitalia signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 01:30:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Karen Hanan - ArtsWA (WA State Arts Commission)</title>
			<description>Karen Hanan signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent ArtsWA (WA State Arts Commission).</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 02:56:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Sarah Clark - Seattle Metro Chamber</title>
			<description>Sarah Clark signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Seattle Metro Chamber.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:03:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍💵Amy Anderson - Association of Washington Business</title>
			<description>Amy Anderson signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/association_of_washington_business/"&gt;Association of Washington Business&lt;/a&gt;. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 12:15:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>Minority; do not pass.</title>
			<description>Minority; do not pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>SGOV - Executive action taken by committee.</title>
			<description>SGOV - Executive action taken by committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</title>
			<description>SGOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Referred to Appropriations.</title>
			<description>Referred to Appropriations.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>👍Sarah Clark - Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce</title>
			<description>Sarah Clark signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 03:18:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍James Rolph - The Lieutenant Governor's Office</title>
			<description>James Rolph signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent The Lieutenant Governor's Office.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 03:42:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Michelle Detwiler - The Lieutenant Governor's Office</title>
			<description>Michelle Detwiler signed up to testify Pro.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 05:30:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👎Susanna Jones - The Lieutenant Governor's Office</title>
			<description>Susanna Jones signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 07:26:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎John Worthington - The Lieutenant Governor's Office</title>
			<description>John Worthington signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>APP - Executive action taken by committee.</title>
			<description>APP - Executive action taken by committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</title>
			<description>APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Referred to Rules 2 Review.</title>
			<description>Referred to Rules 2 Review.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</title>
			<description>Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>2nd substitute bill substituted.</title>
			<description>2nd substitute bill substituted.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Floor amendment(s) adopted.</title>
			<description>Floor amendment(s) adopted.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</title>
			<description>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 1.</title>
			<description>Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 1.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Mena’s Bill Embraces Global Future For WA – Washington State House Democrats</title>
			<description>News article "Mena’s Bill Embraces Global Future For WA – Washington State House Democrats" from House Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming &amp; Trade.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming &amp; Trade.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>👎Sandra Kord - Office of Governor Jay Inslee</title>
			<description>Sandra Kord signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:14:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍Geoffrey Potter - Office of Governor Jay Inslee</title>
			<description>Geoffrey Potter signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Office of Governor Jay Inslee.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:38:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>BFGT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).</title>
			<description>BFGT - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</title>
			<description>Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</title>
			<description>Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Committee amendment not adopted.</title>
			<description>Committee amendment not adopted.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Floor amendment(s) adopted.</title>
			<description>Floor amendment(s) adopted.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</title>
			<description>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.</title>
			<description>Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>House concurred in Senate amendments.</title>
			<description>House concurred in Senate amendments.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Passed final passage; yeas, 74; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1.</title>
			<description>Passed final passage; yeas, 74; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 1.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Speaker signed.</title>
			<description>Speaker signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Delivered to Governor.</title>
			<description>Delivered to Governor.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>President signed.</title>
			<description>President signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-03-07/President signed.</guid>
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			<title>Chapter 336, 2024 Laws.</title>
			<description>Chapter 336, 2024 Laws.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Effective date 6/6/2024.</title>
			<description>Effective date 6/6/2024.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-03-28/Effective date 6/6/2024.</guid>
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			<title>Governor partially vetoed.</title>
			<description>Governor partially vetoed.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Gov. Signs Mena Bill Strengthening International Partnerships – Washington State House Democrats</title>
			<description>News article "Gov. Signs Mena Bill Strengthening International Partnerships – Washington State House Democrats" from House Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Inslee Signs Mena Bill Strengthening International Partnerships</title>
			<description>News article "Inslee Signs Mena Bill Strengthening International Partnerships" from Gorge News Center.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Rep. Mena Elected Chair of House State Government &amp; Tribal Relations Committee   – Washington State House Democrats</title>
			<description>News article "Rep. Mena Elected Chair of House State Government &amp; Tribal Relations Committee   – Washington State House Democrats" from House Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Washington tries to maintain B.C. ties amid Trump era tensions • Washington State Standard</title>
			<description>News article "Washington tries to maintain B.C. ties amid Trump era tensions • Washington State Standard" from Washington State Standard.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 11:01:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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