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OLYMPIA (Feb. 22) -- Washington State may impose restrictions on law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology. House Bill 1654 would require state and local government agencies to have a warrant if they are monitoring public footage, and states that agencies cannot use facial recognition to analyze footage obtained from a police-worn body camera. Any facial recognition data obtained by agencies could not be used as evidence in court. It also requires the Legislature to conduct a report on the accuracy of facial recognition systems w...
• Bill would prohibit aggregation of personal information of the DOL • Initiative 1639 passed last year widened scope of background checks By Emma Scher WNPA Olympia News Bureau OLYMPIA (Jan. 24) — The public last week weighed in on a proposed law that would prohibit the state from accumulating pistol transfer applications containing personal information. House Bill 1024 would prohibit the state Department of Licensing from storing records related to pistol sales and ownership transfers in its online database. Under the bill, Firearms deale...
• Democrat bill would penalize companies who are not using 100 percent renewable sources by 2045 • Republicans would create incentives to transition Democrats and Republicans both want to turn Washington into a clean energy state, but they just don’t agree on how to do it. House Bill 1211, proposed by Representative Gael Tarleton, D-Seattle, would require public utilities to provide all energy through non-emitting, renewable resources by 2045, or else face penalties. House Bill 1266, proposed by Representative Richard DeBolt, R-Chehalis, would...
Despite a bus cancellation, a group of students from Kirkland’s Lake Washington High School made it to Olympia on Thursday to express support for a statewide ban on single-use plastic straws. The idea for Senate Bill 5077 was originally conceived in the students’ Advanced Placement Government class, taught by Michael Dawson. It was one of two bill ideas prime sponsor Sen. Patty Kuderer, D-Bellevue, agreed to work on and propose to the legislature this session. Effective July 1 Seattle banned food service businesses from providing dis...
(OLYMPIA) Jan. 18, 2019--Former California Governor Jerry Brown was in Olympia late Jan. 17 to support Governor Jay Inslee’s climate change proposals. Just hours earlier, the state Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee held a hearing on one of the largest bills in Inslee’s climate package. If Senate Bill 5115 is passed, Washington State would transition to a completely renewable energy economy by 2045. California passed a similar bill last year. “Virtually everything that we have p...
(Olympia) Jan. 17, 2019-- Healthcare professionals may gain protection from retaliation for reporting medical care violations even if they don’t work for the facility they’re reporting. Currently, confidentiality and retaliatory protections only extend to health care professionals that are employed by the health care facility. According to House Bill 1049’s prime sponsor Rep. Nicole Macri, D-Seattle, the nature of health care has changed from a bevy of small practices to more large health care providers. The bill is intended for health care...
• Sponsor wants next step forward taken by next week • Preliminary fiscal note anticipates $650,000 (OLYMPIA) Jan. 18, 2019--A bill to transition Washington into a state that runs entirely on renewable energy will go to the Senate floor if Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle gets his wish. He wants Senate Bill 5116 to start moving forward by Jan. 22. If passed, Washington state would transition to a completely renewable-energy economy, requiring each electric utility to provide 100 percent of its electricity services using non-polluting, ren...
• Four environmental reform bills filed Thursday • Funding fuels partisan debate • Switch from big approaches to smaller policies After state voters soundly rejected a carbon fee initiative, climate advocates in the Legislature are trying to curb climate change with a bevy of smaller reforms. Four environmental reform bills introduced Thursday aim to reduce food waste, tighten emission limits, set stricter fuel standards, and encourage the use of commercial car washes. This is a change from the precedent-setting climate policy strategy of th...
