Washington Legislature 2024

HB 1958 would create a penalty of up to $5K for nonconsensual removal or misleading someone about the use of devices like condoms and dental dams.

At the 2024 session midpoint, lawmakers are focusing on big statewide issues such as clean energy, rent stabilization and police accountability.

HB 1999 would close a legal recourse loophole by outlawing the use of a minor’s face to digitally fabricate sexual content.

The life-saving opioid reversal medication is currently available only at high schools in districts with 2,000 or more students.

House Bill 1889 would remove citizenship requirements from certifications for jobs ranging from security guards to private investigators.

In support of a bill that would void interview statements if a court finds deceptive police tactics, Knox described her 53-hour questioning in Italy.

Lawmakers are expected to focus the 2024 session on behavioral health, housing and homelessness, the environment, public safety and transportation.

But Republicans and Democrats differ on where the money should go during the 2024 legislative session, according to a recent Crosscut/Elway poll.

On the agenda starting Jan. 8: Spending Washington’s carbon tax, tweaking the cap-and-invest program and taking a stab at utility rebates.

GOP-backed Let’s Go Washington is seeking to put the carbon capture law, police pursuit regulations, a capital gains tax repeal and more up for vote in November.

Washington lawmakers will offer their own proposals in the legislative session that begins next month.

Policy changes in the works for 2024 are intended to slash red tape for people with diabetes and avoid deadly insulin rationing.