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		<title>HB 2368 - Refugee &amp; immigrant assist.</title>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, &amp; Early Learning.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, &amp; Early Learning.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>👍Sandra Rodarte - Latino Civic Alliance</title>
			<description>Sandra Rodarte signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/latino_civic_alliance/"&gt;Latino Civic Alliance&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:53:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>👍Michael Padilla Ocampo - King County</title>
			<description>Michael Padilla Ocampo signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/king_county/"&gt;King County&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:48:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Alexandra Olins - ACRS</title>
			<description>Alexandra Olins signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent ACRS.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 02:42:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Thomas McLeod - City of Tukwila</title>
			<description>Thomas McLeod signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/city_of_tukwila/"&gt;City of Tukwila&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 02:48:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>❓Babs Roberts - DSHS - Economic Services Administration</title>
			<description>Babs Roberts signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent DSHS - Economic Services Administration.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 03:51:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>❓Sarah Peterson - DSHS - ESA - Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance</title>
			<description>Sarah Peterson signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent DSHS - ESA - Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 03:51:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>👍💵Alex Hur - OneAmerica</title>
			<description>Alex Hur signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent OneAmerica. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:45:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Sandra Rodarte - Latino Civic Alliance</title>
			<description>Sandra Rodarte signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/latino_civic_alliance/"&gt;Latino Civic Alliance&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:22:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>HSEL - Executive action taken by committee.</title>
			<description>HSEL - Executive action taken by committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</title>
			<description>HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Minority; do not pass.</title>
			<description>Minority; do not pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Referred to Rules 2 Review.</title>
			<description>Referred to Rules 2 Review.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.  Placed on second reading.</title>
			<description>Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.  Placed on second reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>1st substitute bill substituted.</title>
			<description>1st substitute bill substituted.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</title>
			<description>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 2.</title>
			<description>Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 2.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Gregerson Bill Supports Arriving Immigrants and Refugees  – Washington State House Democrats</title>
			<description>News article "Gregerson Bill Supports Arriving Immigrants and Refugees  – Washington State House Democrats" from House Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Human Services.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Human Services.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>👎Jeannette Mcchesney - Faith Action Network (FAN)</title>
			<description>Jeannette Mcchesney signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍💵Eli Goss - OneAmerica</title>
			<description>Eli Goss signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent OneAmerica. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 05:57:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>❓Babs Roberts - Department of Social and Health Services, Economic Services Administration</title>
			<description>Babs Roberts signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent Department of Social and Health Services, Economic Services Administration.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 04:04:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>❓Sarah Peterson - Department of Social and Health Services, Economic Services Administration</title>
			<description>Sarah Peterson signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent Department of Social and Health Services, Economic Services Administration.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 04:04:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>👎Reni Storm - Faith Action Network (FAN)</title>
			<description>Reni Storm signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:37:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍Thomas McLeod - City of Tukwila</title>
			<description>Thomas McLeod signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/city_of_tukwila/"&gt;City of Tukwila&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 10:48:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👎Janet Baker - Faith Action Network (FAN)</title>
			<description>Janet Baker signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 01:12:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Berit Wright - Faith Action Network (FAN)</title>
			<description>Berit Wright signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 11:10:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍Thomas McLeod - City of Tukwila</title>
			<description>Thomas McLeod signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/city_of_tukwila/"&gt;City of Tukwila&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 07:57:23 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Brandon Miles - City of Tukwila</title>
			<description>Brandon Miles signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/city_of_tukwila/"&gt;City of Tukwila&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 08:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍💵Kristin Ang - Faith Action Network (FAN)</title>
			<description>Kristin Ang signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Faith Action Network (FAN). They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:48:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>HS - Majority; do pass.</title>
			<description>HS - Majority; do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</title>
			<description>Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</title>
			<description>Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 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>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0.</title>
			<description>Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>President signed.</title>
			<description>President signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Speaker signed.</title>
			<description>Speaker signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Delivered to Governor.</title>
			<description>Delivered to Governor.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Help for WA asylum-seekers is focus of bill passed by Legislature | The Seattle Times</title>
			<description>News article "Help for WA asylum-seekers is focus of bill passed by Legislature | The Seattle Times" from The Seattle Times.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>KUOW - Strippers' rights win, tenants' rights lose: The fate of key bills in Washington state</title>
			<description>News article "KUOW - Strippers' rights win, tenants' rights lose: The fate of key bills in Washington state" from KUOW.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 14:44:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>WA lawmakers hear initiatives, kill big bills in week 8 of legislative session | Northwest News Network</title>
			<description>News article "WA lawmakers hear initiatives, kill big bills in week 8 of legislative session | Northwest News Network" from NW News Network.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 22:10:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Chapter 153, 2024 Laws.</title>
			<description>Chapter 153, 2024 Laws.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Effective date 6/6/2024.</title>
			<description>Effective date 6/6/2024.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<guid isPermaLink="false">2024-03-18/Effective date 6/6/2024.</guid>
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			<title>Governor signed.</title>
			<description>Governor signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Washington state supplemental budget includes $32M for asylum seekers | Washington | thecentersquare.com</title>
			<description>News article "Washington state supplemental budget includes $32M for asylum seekers | Washington | thecentersquare.com" from The Center Square.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Rep. Farivar: Iranian Washingtonians Deserve Protection at Home as Their Families Face Danger Abroad – Washington State House Democrats</title>
			<description>News article "Rep. Farivar: Iranian Washingtonians Deserve Protection at Home as Their Families Face Danger Abroad – Washington State House Democrats" from House Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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