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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00685E">Melanie Dixon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DEOC <deoc-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 31, 2023 10:19 AM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Sophia Agtarap <sagtarap@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DEOC] Legislative update: SB 5616 and companion HB 1541<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sharing some bills that came on our radar this week: <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"><span style="color:black">SB
5616</span></a> and companion <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"><span style="color:black">HB 1541</span></a>, also
called, "Establishing the nothing without us act."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">HB 1541 was read for the first time 01/24/23 and referred to the Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations.
<span style="background:yellow">It is scheduled for public hearing on February 3 and you can submit comments to either bill from the links.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The bills call for the legislature to include persons with lived experience<span class="contentpasted5"> in policy decision making around issues that directly impact them
and to ensure 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><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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