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		<title>HB 1687 - Social housing authorities</title>
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		<description>Updates about HB 1687</description>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Housing (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Housing (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Housing.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Housing.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>👎Tad Sommerville - Seattle Social Housing</title>
			<description>Tad Sommerville signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:25:45 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>HOUS - Executive action taken by committee.</title>
			<description>HOUS - Executive action taken by committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>HOUS - Majority; do pass.</title>
			<description>HOUS - Majority; do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Referred to Capital Budget.</title>
			<description>Referred to Capital Budget.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>👎TaraLyn Fray - Seattle Social Housing</title>
			<description>TaraLyn Fray signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:57:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>👎Brian Gregory - Seattle Social Housing</title>
			<description>Brian Gregory signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 07:59:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>CB - Executive action taken by committee.</title>
			<description>CB - Executive action taken by committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>CB - Majority; do pass.</title>
			<description>CB - Majority; do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Minority; do not pass.</title>
			<description>Minority; do not pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 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>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>What's next for Seattle’s social housing after big tax win? | Cascade PBS</title>
			<description>News article "What's next for Seattle’s social housing after big tax win? | Cascade PBS" from Cascade PBS.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.</title>
			<description>By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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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>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 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>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 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>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2.</title>
			<description>Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Reed bill cuts red tape for building social housing – Washington State House Democrats</title>
			<description>News article "Reed bill cuts red tape for building social housing – Washington State House Democrats" from House Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Housing.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Housing.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>👍Benjamin Maritz - Washington State Department of Health</title>
			<description>Benjamin Maritz signed up to testify Pro.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍💵Jeff Paul - House Our Neighbors</title>
			<description>Jeff Paul signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/house_our_neighbors/"&gt;House Our Neighbors&lt;/a&gt;. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Mike Eliason - Seattle Social Housing</title>
			<description>Mike Eliason signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/seattle_social_housing/"&gt;Seattle Social Housing&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>HSG - Majority; do pass.</title>
			<description>HSG - Majority; do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2026-02-20/HSG - Majority; do pass.</guid>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2026-02-20/Minority; without recommendation.</guid>
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			<title>Seattle Social Housing Staffs Up, Nets $115 Million » The Urbanist</title>
			<description>News article "Seattle Social Housing Staffs Up, Nets $115 Million » The Urbanist" from The Urbanist.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:22:18 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Seattle Social Housing Staffs Up, Nets $115 Million » The Urbanist</title>
			<description>News article "Seattle Social Housing Staffs Up, Nets $115 Million » The Urbanist" from The Urbanist.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:22:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</title>
			<description>Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 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, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>President signed.</title>
			<description>President signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 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>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Speaker signed.</title>
			<description>Speaker signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0.</title>
			<description>Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Delivered to Governor.</title>
			<description>Delivered to Governor.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2026-03-03/Delivered to Governor.</guid>
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			<title>Chapter 1, 2026 Laws.</title>
			<description>Chapter 1, 2026 Laws.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Effective date 6/11/2026.</title>
			<description>Effective date 6/11/2026.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2026-03-09/Effective date 6/11/2026.</guid>
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			<title>Governor signed.</title>
			<description>Governor signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Reed bill cuts red tape for building social housing – Washington State House Democrats</title>
			<description>News article "Reed bill cuts red tape for building social housing – Washington State House Democrats" from House Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ferguson signs new laws on housing, healthcare | king5.com</title>
			<description>News article "Ferguson signs new laws on housing, healthcare | king5.com" from KING5.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:45:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Here are the bills signed into law this week in Washington state | king5.com</title>
			<description>News article "Here are the bills signed into law this week in Washington state | king5.com" from KING5.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:44:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Seattle Social Housing Developer Wins New Tool from State Lawmakers</title>
			<description>News article "Seattle Social Housing Developer Wins New Tool from State Lawmakers" from The Urbanist.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:47:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Legislature increases support for affordable housing - Sen. Jamie Pedersen</title>
			<description>News article "Legislature increases support for affordable housing - Sen. Jamie Pedersen" from Senate Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:18:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Standing Up for Transparency and Accountability in Law Enforcement, Housing and Your Health - Sen. Javier Valdez</title>
			<description>News article "Standing Up for Transparency and Accountability in Law Enforcement, Housing and Your Health - Sen. Javier Valdez" from Senate Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:18:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>22nd District legislative town hall coming up! - Sen. Jessica Bateman</title>
			<description>News article "22nd District legislative town hall coming up! - Sen. Jessica Bateman" from Senate Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:12:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Senate Housing Committee 2026 Report - Sen. Jessica Bateman</title>
			<description>News article "Senate Housing Committee 2026 Report - Sen. Jessica Bateman" from Senate Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:08:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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