ACTION ALERTS FOR WEEK OF April 18 - April 24
SB 5096 Your HELP is needed to
Pass the Capital Gains Tax. The State of Washington needs additional revenue to cover its unmet needs. Currently, 20% at the bottom income level pay six times as much as the top 1%. SB5096 applies only to the top 1%, who have the means to pay and help our ability to fund basic education, early learning, and childcare/ and address other financial needs. Encourage as many legislators as possible to pass this bill
SB 5126 Washington Climate Commitment Act. Creates a cap and trade and invest program on greenhouse gas emissions with an environmental justice task force to ensure equity in implementation.
It had a hearing in the House Environment and Energy Committee on April 14 and passed the committee 7 to 6 on April 16 following a 5-hour executive session. If it passes it will have a hearing in the Appropriations Committee on April 19 at 9:00 a.m., followed by a vote on April 20 at 9:00 a.m.
Take Action: Go to https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/House. Select “Appropriations” and “April 19” - Sign in as pro.
SB 5192 – Would support
access to electric vehicle supply equipment, to increase public access to electric vehicle charging stations and standardize the features.
This bill passed the Senate Ways and Means Committee on March 18 and passed the Senate floor vote 35 to 14. It is scheduled for public hearing in the House Appropriations Committee on April 19 at 9:00 and a vote there on April 20 at 9:00 am.
This is the final weekend that ESHB 1141, Improving Access to the Death with Dignity Law, has a chance to be passed. On behalf of terminally ill Washingtonians, please urge your Senator to help bring this bill to the floor for a vote! TAKE ACTION
SB5476 In State v. Blake, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that the state law criminalizing possession of controlled substances is unconstitutional. That ruling gives the legislature the opportunity to adopt a new approach to substance use disorders—once that is centered in public health, not arrest and incarceration. SB 5476 is a positive step in this direction and will ensure that we don’t end up with a patchwork of local laws that will just take us back to the failed war on drugs. TAKE ACTION
HB 1091 -
Send this message to your senator to pass the Clean Fule Standard. TIme is running short.
HB1091Reduces greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel. This is a new version of the clean fuels bill that failed to achieve passage in the past two sessions. The intent is to reduce greenhouse gas release from the fuels we will continue to use, to improve the air quality by reducing pollution, and to ensure Washington has the incentive to create a clean fuel industry.
Senate Bill 5373, or Washington STRONG, will secure up to $16 billion for investments to assist in post-pandemic recovery, reduce the state’s carbon footprint, and reduce the effects of climate change and pollution in marginalized communities both urban and rural. Funding begins with tax obligation bonds that can begin achieving results quickly and that will be repaid with a tax on carbon. Last week, the bill received a hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy and Technology, but we need a vote in that committee to move it toward a vote on the Senate floor. TAKE ACTION
See Contact Information for 35th LD Representatives
35th_ld_reps_-2021_committees_table.pdf