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Will try and establish some cadence of these updates, perhaps like a weekly digest. There are a few we are watching, and we can share that watch list with you all as we build it.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Yvonne Terrell-Powell <yvonne.terrellpowell@edmonds.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 1, 2023 10:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Diversity and Equity Officers Commission (DEOC) <deoc@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sophia Agtarap <sagtarap@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DEOC] Legislative update: SB 5616 and companion HB 1541</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Sophia, thank you for sharing these bills and their current status. Yvonne</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 10:20 AM Sophia Agtarap via DEOC <<a href="mailto:deoc@lists.ctc.edu" target="_blank">deoc@lists.ctc.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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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" id="x_m_-5564320868742358574m_8913598718365462414LPlnk820062" target="_blank" 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" id="x_m_-5564320868742358574m_8913598718365462414LPlnk640966" target="_blank" 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 to the Committee
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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"> 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"> 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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<span style="font-size:12pt">Sophia</span></div>
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<span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif; color:rgb(31,56,100)">Director, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion<u></u> <u></u></span></span></p>
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• Twitter: </span></span><span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/SBCTCWashington" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:rgb(31,56,100)">@SBCTCWashington</span></span><span></span></a><span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:rgb(31,56,100)">
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