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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sharing some bills that came on our radar this week: </span><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5616&Chamber=Senate&Year=2023" title="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5616&Chamber=Senate&Year=2023" data-loopstyle="link" id="LPlnk820062" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SB
5616</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and companion </span><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1541&Year=2023&Initiative=false" title="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1541&Year=2023&Initiative=false" data-loopstyle="link" id="LPlnk640966" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HB
1541</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">also called, "Establishing the nothing
without us act."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HB 1541 was r</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ead for the first time 01/24/23 and referred
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">is scheduled for public hearing on February 3 and you can submit comments to either bill from the links.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The bills call for the legislature to include persons with lived experience</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="ContentPasted5"> in
policy decision making around issues that directly impact them and to ensure</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="ContentPasted5"> meaningful participation
from people with direct lived experience on each statutorily created or statutorily mandated multimember task force, work group, advisory committee, board, commission, council, or other similar entity tasked with examining policies or issues that directly
and tangibly affect historically underrepresented communities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Peace,</span></div>
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