Capitol Buzz: WA Parents’ Bill of Rights advances out of House after heated debate; The bills that are dead and still alive in the Washington Legislature
Washington House Republicans sent this bulletin at 03/14/2025 10:24 AM PDT
The Seattle Times — House Democrats advanced a bill in the early hours of Thursday that will undo several provisions of a popular Republican-backed parents’ rights initiative passed by the Legislature last year. The House vote comes after months of intense debate that centers on the balance between the rights of students to privacy, the rights of parents to know what students disclose to school officials and how existing legal frameworks deal with those issues. $
Washington State Standard — Lawmakers in the Washington Legislature spent the past week and a half passing bills off the House and Senate floors ahead of a Wednesday deadline. Measures that didn’t make it through their chamber of origin by that cutoff are likely dead for the year. Legislators left dozens of bills behind and spent hours working to pass others. The House pulled several long nights as Democrats pushed through controversial legislation on topics like guns and the rights of public school students.
