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		<title>HB 2047 - Employee ownership program</title>
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		<description>Updates about HB 2047</description>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Appropriations.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Appropriations.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>👎Jack Moriarty - Lafayette Square Institute</title>
			<description>Jack Moriarty signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Lafayette Square Institute.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Steve Storkan - Employee Ownership Expansion Network</title>
			<description>Steve Storkan signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Employee Ownership Expansion Network.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:28:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>❓Matthew Licina - National Center for Employee Ownership</title>
			<description>Matthew Licina signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent National Center for Employee Ownership.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>👎Nikita Agarwal - Employee Ownership Expansion Network</title>
			<description>Nikita Agarwal signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:14:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎John McNamara - Northwest Cooperative Development Center</title>
			<description>John McNamara signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/northwest_cooperative_development_center/"&gt;Northwest Cooperative Development Center&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:44:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎West Foster - Northwest Cooperative Development Center</title>
			<description>West Foster signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:09:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Shevanthi Daniel - Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI)</title>
			<description>Shevanthi Daniel signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI).</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:49:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Patricia Kwan - Democracy at Work Institute (DAWI)</title>
			<description>Patricia Kwan signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:55:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Paulette LaDouceur - Capital Homecare Cooperative</title>
			<description>Paulette LaDouceur signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Capital Homecare Cooperative.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:15:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Beth Davidow - Timberline Veterinary Emergency and Specialty</title>
			<description>Beth Davidow signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Timberline Veterinary Emergency and Specialty.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:18:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎JOYCE OSWALD - WWU Small Business Development Center</title>
			<description>JOYCE OSWALD signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent WWU Small Business Development Center.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:09:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎💵Gabriel Neuman - GSBA - Washington State LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce</title>
			<description>Gabriel Neuman signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent GSBA - Washington State LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:21:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Evan Price - Former Buisness owner who transitioned to Cooperative Structure</title>
			<description>Evan Price signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Former Buisness owner who transitioned to Cooperative Structure.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>APP - Executive action taken by committee.</title>
			<description>APP - Executive action taken by committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</title>
			<description>APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 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>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 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>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 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>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>1st substitute bill substituted.</title>
			<description>1st substitute bill substituted.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 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, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2.</title>
			<description>Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Ways &amp; Means.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Ways &amp; Means.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>👎Jack Moriarty - Lafayette Square Institute</title>
			<description>Jack Moriarty signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Lafayette Square Institute.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:36:45 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Brian Boland - Lafayette Square Institute</title>
			<description>Brian Boland signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:37:06 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Steven Storkan - Employee Ownership Expansion Network</title>
			<description>Steven Storkan signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Employee Ownership Expansion Network.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:44:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Patricia Kwan - Washington Center for Employee Ownership</title>
			<description>Patricia Kwan signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Washington Center for Employee Ownership.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>❓Matthew Licina - National Center for Employee Ownership</title>
			<description>Matthew Licina signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent National Center for Employee Ownership.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:59:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>👎Evan Price - Washington Center for Employee Ownership</title>
			<description>Evan Price signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:48:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Rachel Merfalen - Good Future</title>
			<description>Rachel Merfalen signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Good Future.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:58:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎💵Gabriel Neuman - GSBA - Washington State LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce</title>
			<description>Gabriel Neuman signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent GSBA - Washington State LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:15:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Steve Brum - Recology</title>
			<description>Steve Brum signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/recology/"&gt;Recology&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 09:22:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Tyler Rivera - Project Equity</title>
			<description>Tyler Rivera signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent Project Equity.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Steve Brum - Recology</title>
			<description>Steve Brum signed up to testify Con. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/recology/"&gt;Recology&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:04:07 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>Minority; do not pass.</title>
			<description>Minority; do not pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 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>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 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>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).</title>
			<description>WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.</title>
			<description>Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 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>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0.</title>
			<description>Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 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, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0.</title>
			<description>Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Delivered to Governor.</title>
			<description>Delivered to Governor.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>President signed.</title>
			<description>President signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Speaker signed.</title>
			<description>Speaker signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Four bills by Rep. Adison Richards pass both chambers  – Washington State House Democrats</title>
			<description>News article "Four bills by Rep. Adison Richards pass both chambers  – Washington State House Democrats" from House Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>Chapter 366, 2025 Laws.</title>
			<description>Chapter 366, 2025 Laws.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<title>Effective date 7/27/2025.</title>
			<description>Effective date 7/27/2025.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-05-19/Effective date 7/27/2025.</guid>
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			<title>Governor signed.</title>
			<description>Governor signed.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-05-19/Governor signed.</guid>
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