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		<title>SB 5217 - Pregnancy accommodations</title>
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		<description>Updates about SB 5217</description>
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			<title>Prefiled for introduction.</title>
			<description>Prefiled for introduction.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-01-13/First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</guid>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-01-13/First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Commerce.</guid>
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			<title>❓💵Lindsey Hueer - Association of Washington Business</title>
			<description>Lindsey Hueer signed up to testify Other. 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>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 04:09:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>👍Brooke Iverson - Teamsters 174</title>
			<description>Brooke Iverson signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Teamsters 174.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:56:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Ellie Klein - PEPS</title>
			<description>Ellie Klein signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent PEPS.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:56:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Haley Bannow - Teamsters 174</title>
			<description>Haley Bannow signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Teamsters 174.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:56:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍💵Maggie Humphreys - MomsRising</title>
			<description>Maggie Humphreys signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent MomsRising. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:56:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>❓💵Katie Beeson - Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA)</title>
			<description>Katie Beeson signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA). They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:31:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>❓💵Patrick Connor - NFIB</title>
			<description>Patrick Connor signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent NFIB. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:39:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>❓💵Rose Gundersen - WA Retail Association</title>
			<description>Rose Gundersen signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent WA Retail Association. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:58:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>👎Loni Simone - MomsRising</title>
			<description>Loni Simone signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:46:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👎Anthony Stockman - MomsRising</title>
			<description>Anthony Stockman signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 07:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>Nobles bill to expand pregnancy-related workplace accommodations heard in committee - Sen. T’wina Nobles</title>
			<description>News article "Nobles bill to expand pregnancy-related workplace accommodations heard in committee - Sen. T’wina Nobles" from Senate Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:32:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>January Session Recap - Sen. T’wina Nobles</title>
			<description>News article "January Session Recap - Sen. T’wina Nobles" from Senate Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
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			<title>And refer to Ways &amp; Means.</title>
			<description>And refer to Ways &amp; Means.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-01-31/And refer to Ways &amp; Means.</guid>
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			<title>LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</title>
			<description>LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 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>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-01-31/Minority; do not pass.</guid>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-01-31/Minority; without recommendation.</guid>
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			<title>Referred to Ways &amp; Means.</title>
			<description>Referred to Ways &amp; Means.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-02-03/Referred to Ways &amp; Means.</guid>
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			<title>❓💵Katie Beeson - Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA)</title>
			<description>Katie Beeson signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA). They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:20:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>👎TaraLyn Fray - MomsRising</title>
			<description>TaraLyn Fray signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:03:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍💵Maggie Humphreys - MomsRising</title>
			<description>Maggie Humphreys signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent MomsRising. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:06:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👎Brian Gregory - MomsRising</title>
			<description>Brian Gregory signed up to testify Con.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:06:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Con</category>
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			<title>👍Tabitha Milian - MomsRising</title>
			<description>Tabitha Milian signed up to testify Pro.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:51:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>❓Tammy Fellin - Department of Labor &amp; Industries</title>
			<description>Tammy Fellin signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent Department of Labor &amp; Industries.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>Minority; do not pass.</title>
			<description>Minority; do not pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-02-27/Minority; do not pass.</guid>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-02-27/Minority; without recommendation.</guid>
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			<title>WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</title>
			<description>WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-02-27/WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.</guid>
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			<title>February Session Recap - Sen. T’wina Nobles</title>
			<description>News article "February Session Recap - Sen. T’wina Nobles" from Senate Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:41:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/nobles/2025/02/26/february-session-recap-2/#:~:text=SB%205217</guid>
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			<title>Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</title>
			<description>Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-02-28/Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.</guid>
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			<title>Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</title>
			<description>Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-05/Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.</guid>
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			<title>2nd substitute bill substituted.</title>
			<description>2nd substitute bill substituted.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-10/2nd substitute bill substituted.</guid>
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			<title>Floor amendment(s) adopted.</title>
			<description>Floor amendment(s) adopted.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-10/Floor amendment(s) adopted.</guid>
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			<title>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</title>
			<description>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-10/Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</guid>
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			<title>Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0.</title>
			<description>Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-10/Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0.</guid>
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			<title>Senate passes Nobles bill to expand pregnancy-related workplace accommodations - Sen. T’wina Nobles</title>
			<description>News article "Senate passes Nobles bill to expand pregnancy-related workplace accommodations - Sen. T’wina Nobles" from Senate Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:30:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/nobles/2025/03/10/senate-passes-nobles-bill-to-expand-pregnancy-related-workplace-accommodations/#:~:text=Senate%20Bill%205217</guid>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-12/First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).</guid>
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			<title>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</title>
			<description>First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-12/First reading, referred to Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</guid>
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			<title>👍Stephanie Metcalf - Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA)</title>
			<description>Stephanie Metcalf signed up to testify Pro.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>The Week Ahead: March 17 - 21, 2025 | Washington State House Republicans</title>
			<description>News article "The Week Ahead: March 17 - 21, 2025 | Washington State House Republicans" from House Republicans.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:10:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://houserepublicans.wa.gov/week/the-week-ahead-march-17-21-2025/#:~:text=HB%205217</guid>
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			<title>The House Hot Sheet for Week 10 of the 2025 Legislative Session – Washington State House Democrats</title>
			<description>News article "The House Hot Sheet for Week 10 of the 2025 Legislative Session – Washington State House Democrats" from House Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/blog/2025/03/17/the-house-hot-sheet-for-week-10-of-the-2025-legislative-session/#:~:text=E2SSB%205217</guid>
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			<title>👍Brooke Iverson - Teamsters 174</title>
			<description>Brooke Iverson signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Teamsters 174.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:39:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Ellie Klein - PEPS</title>
			<description>Ellie Klein signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent PEPS.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:39:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍Haley Bannow - Teamsters 174</title>
			<description>Haley Bannow signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent Teamsters 174.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:39:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>👍💵Nancy Sapiro - Washington Employment Lawyers Association</title>
			<description>Nancy Sapiro signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent &lt;a href="https://wa-law.org/org/washington_employment_lawyers_association/"&gt;Washington Employment Lawyers Association&lt;/a&gt;. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:39:15 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>❓Chalia Stallings-Ala'ilima - Attorney General's Office</title>
			<description>Chalia Stallings-Ala'ilima signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent Attorney General's Office.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:54:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>March Session Recap - Sen. T’wina Nobles</title>
			<description>News article "March Session Recap - Sen. T’wina Nobles" from Senate Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:07:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>news</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/nobles/2025/03/25/march-session-recap-2/#:~:text=SB%205217</guid>
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			<title>LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.</title>
			<description>LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-26/LAWS - Executive action taken by committee.</guid>
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			<title>LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).</title>
			<description>LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-26/LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).</guid>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-26/Minority; without recommendation.</guid>
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			<title>Referred to Appropriations.</title>
			<description>Referred to Appropriations.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-03-28/Referred to Appropriations.</guid>
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			<title>👍💵Molly Firth - PEPS</title>
			<description>Molly Firth signed up to testify Pro. They are signed up to represent PEPS. They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:02:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Pro</category>
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			<title>❓💵Katie Beeson - Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA)</title>
			<description>Katie Beeson signed up to testify Other. They are signed up to represent Washington Food Industry Association (WFIA). They are a registered lobbyist.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:04:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>testifier</category>
			<category>Other</category>
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			<title>APP - Executive action taken by committee.</title>
			<description>APP - Executive action taken by committee.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">2025-04-08/APP - Executive action taken by committee.</guid>
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			<title>APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</title>
			<description>APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor &amp; Workplace Standards.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>official</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Minority; without recommendation.</title>
			<description>Minority; without recommendation.</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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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>
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			<title>Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.  Placed on second reading.</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Rules suspended.  Placed on Third Reading.</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Nobles’ maternal health bills advance as Black Maternal Health Week concludes - Sen. T’wina Nobles</title>
			<description>News article "Nobles’ maternal health bills advance as Black Maternal Health Week concludes - Sen. T’wina Nobles" from Senate Democrats.</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:58:45 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Passed final passage; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1.</title>
			<description>Passed final passage; yeas, 40; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1.</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Chapter 379, 2025 Laws.</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Effective date 1/1/2027.</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Nobles bill to expand pregnancy-related workplace accommodations signed into law - Sen. T’wina Nobles</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 17:27:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New laws improve worker protections - Sen. Jamie Pedersen</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:16:26 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Protecting Washington - Washington Senate Democrats</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:01:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Getting ready for the 2026 session - Sen. T’wina Nobles</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:26:17 GMT</pubDate>
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