by Adriana | Apr 6, 2022 | General
Governor Jay Inslee signed the supplemental budget on March 31, marking the end of bill signings for the 2022 legislative session. Looming midterm elections in November undoubtedly shaped the results of this short 60-day session: transformative legislative victories...
by Adriana | Apr 5, 2022 | General
Last week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a bill that will provide much-needed relief to people burdened with legal financial obligations (LFOs)—the fees, fines, costs, and restitution imposed by courts on people with criminal convictions. House Bill...
by Adriana | Mar 24, 2022 | General
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill today that would give administrative law judges the ability to consider whether a person had a good reason to miss a hearing deadline in public benefits cases. Senate Bill (SB) 5729 creates a “good cause exception”, letting...
by Adriana | Mar 4, 2022 | General
We have just a few days until the 2022 legislative session is scheduled to end, but before it does, I want to put in a plug for all the little stuff that happens down here in Olympia that doesn’t capture headlines. Columbia Legal Services is on the ground in Olympia...
by Adriana | Mar 2, 2022 | General
Call your Senator and ask them to pass HB 1169 as it passed out of the Law and Justice Committee and to oppose any amendment to HB 1169 that strips out retroactivity. When a government recognizes that a criminal sentencing law is excessive, unfair, and...
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