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SB 6109 - Children and families ¶

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Revisions ¶

• Original Bill
• Substitute Bill
• Second Substitute
• Engrossed Second Substitute
• Passed Legislature
• Session Law

📰 Articles ¶

• 08/18/2024 Gorge News Center - Fewer Washington kids are going to foster care despite steady stream of child neglect reports
• 03/01/2024 NW News Network - WA lawmakers hear initiatives, kill big bills in week 8 of legislative session | Northwest News Network
• 03/01/2024 KUOW - KUOW - Strippers' rights win, tenants' rights lose: The fate of key bills in Washington state
• 02/06/2024 KING5 - Foster parents call for improved child welfare laws in Washington | king5.com
• 01/25/2024 PubliCola - KCRHA Plans More Focused Homelessness Count, Council President Supports Bills That Would Make It Easier To Take Away Drug Users' Kids - PubliCola
• 01/19/2024 MyNorthwest - Bill proposing child removal from homes with fentanyl gets emotional - MyNorthwest.com

Meetings ¶

Thu 02/22 01:30 PM - Appropriations (APP): E2SSB 6109 Children and families ¶

7 👍 - Pro ¶

Testifying:

• Kati Durkin - Washington Federation of State Employees
• Shaun Beals

3 👎 - Con ¶

Testifying:

• Crushante Richburg - VOCAL-WA
• 💵Malika Lamont - VOCAL-WA

12 ❓ - Other ¶

Testifying:

• Hanahn Korman - ALTSA Nurse Contractors (Nurse Delegators, Private Duty Nurses and Visiting Nurses
• Katie Biron

Wed 02/14 01:30 PM - Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning (HSEL): 2SSB 6109 Children and families ¶

21 👍 - Pro ¶

Testifying:

• Chelsea Burroughs - WFSE Member
• Kati Durkin - Washington Federation of State Employees

16 👎 - Con ¶

Testifying:

• 💵Malika Lamont - VOCAL-WA
• Courteney Wettemann
• Deaunte Damper - Vocal

16 ❓ - Other ¶

Testifying:

• Amethyst Lenz
• Jim Walsh
• Tara Urs
• Laurie Lippold
• Kelly Warner-King - Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts
• Adam Ballout - ABC Law Group
• 💵Allison Krutsinger - Dept of Children, Youth, and Families
• Ryan Murrey - Washington Association of Child Advocate Programs

Mon 01/29 04:00 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SSB 6109 Children and families ¶

14 👍 - Pro ¶

17 👎 - Con ¶

Testifying:

• 💵Malika Lamont - VOCAL-WA
• Austin Field - SEIU 925
• Deaunte Damper - Vocal wa

21 ❓ - Other ¶

Testifying:

• Kelly Warner-King - Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts
• Atharshna Singarajah
• Ph.D., Susan Stoner - Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute
• Tara Urs - King County Department of Public Defense
• 💵Allison Krutsinger - Dept of Children, Youth, and Families
• Gabe Cisneros-Lassey
• Chelsea Burroughs - Washington Federation of State Employees
• 💵Mary Fischer - Institute for Family Development

Thu 01/18 08:00 AM - Human Services (HS): SB 6109 Children and families ¶

11 👍 - Pro ¶

Testifying:

• Georgia Spiropoulos - Equiscript
• Lisa Wahl - No
• Joyce Gilbert - Child Advocacy Centers of Washington (CACWA)
• Paula Reed - Children's Advocacy Centers of Washington
• Jason Cummings - Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney
• Lori Vanderburg - Dawson Place Child Advocacy Center (CAC)
• Jeanette Obelcz - WFSE Member

29 👎 - Con ¶

Testifying:

• Melissa Moore - Drug Policy Alliance
• Everett Maroon - Blue Mountain Heart to Heart
• 💵Malika Lamont - Purpose Dignity Action (PDA)
• Jacob D'Annunzio - WA State Office of Public Defense
• Carra Wetzel Chubb - Harm Reduction Doula Collective

22 ❓ - Other ¶

Testifying:

• 💵Giovanni Severino - Latino Community Fund
• Tara Urs - King County Department of Public Defense
• 💵Allison Krutsinger - Dept of Children, Youth, and Families
• Kathleen Biron
• Kati Durkin - Washington Federation of State Employees
• MD, Benjamin Danielson
• Laurie Lippold - Partners for Our Children
• Patrick Dowd - WA State Office of the Family and Children's Ombuds
• Jerry Milner - Family Justice Group
• Mishka Terplan MD MPH,FACOG,DFAS
• Jennifer Justice
• 💵Shrounda Selivanoff
• Teshara Villaluz

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