Personal efforts during the 2021 legislative session

I encourage folks to join in supporting and/or sharing and tracking these legislative efforts as well!

In my work capacity at Sierra Club, I push for, and align with:

• a Clean Fuels Standard (HB 1091)
• Healthy Homes & Clean Buildings (HB 1084 / SB 5093)
• the Healthy Environment for All, or HEAL, Act (SB 5141)
• Clean & Just, which largely concerns the legislative transportation packages
• getting fossil fuels out of Seattle Public Schools
• a Resilient Future; and
• Updates to the Growth Management Act (GMA) (HB 1220 and HB 1099).

But in my personal life, I make concerted efforts to also push for items at the legislature in partnership with groups I also align. Here’s what I, as an individual, am additionally supporting (as in, signed a petition in coalition, signed on in Pro, or submitted testimony):

• Juvenile Access to Attorney (HB 1140) — Verbal & written testimony [data citations: the latest WA’s Juvenile Detention “Annual” Report & the corresponding 2018 Washington Kids Count Data Center]
• Demilitarization of police, or the Tactics Bill (HB 1054) — Written testimony
• Community Oversight (HB 1203) — Filled out the community endorsement form
• Decertification (HB 1082) — Emailed committee about the importance of retaining a portion of the bill
• Public Broadband Act (HB 1336) — Petition, signed in Pro
• Independent Investigations (HB 1267) — Emailed Senate leadership urging a companion bill
• Restoring voting rights (SB 5086 / HB 1078) — sent in campaign testimony
• Homelessness criminalization (SB 5107) –signed in Con

Here’s what I’m tracking–and have full intention to support but haven’t yet had the opportunity:

• Working Families Tax Credit (HB 1297)
• WA wealth tax (HB 1406)
• Data Collection (HB 1092)
• Data Audits (HB 1089 / SB 5069)