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Safe Staffing Bill update: staffing bill passes out of the Senate.

This is is an update regarding the passing of the safe staffing bill out of the state senate.

March 9, 2023

WSNA's update from Olympia and the 2023 legislative session

Read the latest about the Safe Staffing Standards bill, presumptive eligibility for nurses with PTSD, ARNP reimbursement parity and the Nurse Licensure Compact.

March 1, 2023

WSNA's update from Olympia and the 2023 legislative session

Read the latest about the Safe Staffing Standards bill, presumptive eligibility for nurses with PTSD, ARNP reimbursement parity and the Nurse Licensure Compact.

February 17, 2023

WSNA Lobby Day 2023

WSNA nurses from across the state visited Olympia on Feb. 2 to advocate for their profession and fight for safe staffing standards.

February 3, 2023

WSNA’s priorities for the 2023 legislative session

The Washington State Legislature must intervene to ensure that our healthcare workers can do their job safely, so both workers and patients can thrive.

January 19, 2023

Why did safe staffing fail in the legislature?

“We knew going into this 2022 session it was an uphill battle."

October 18, 2022

WSNA members running for State Legislature

WSNA members Duncan Camacho and Terri Niles are running for office. Let's send these nurses to the State Legislature!

October 18, 2022

VOTE! – 2022 election voter's guide

Help us advocate for all nurses in Washington state. We can do this, together.

October 18, 2022

Primary election results are in!

Learn how each of our WSNA-PAC endorsed candidates performed in the election, including two WSNA nurses.

August 4, 2022

WSNA-PAC endorses Duncan Camacho in the 18th

WSNA member Duncan Camacho is running in the 18th Legislative District and has received the WSNA-PAC’s first endorsement.

June 2, 2022

David Keepnews sworn in to WSLC Executive Board

On Friday, May 20, WSNA Executive Director David Keepnews, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, was sworn in as a vice-president of the Washington State Labor Council Executive Board.

May 24, 2022

WSNA votes on endorsements at WSLC COPE Convention

The Washington State Nurses Association was well represented at the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO’s 2022 Committee on Political Education (COPE) Endorsing Convention on Saturday, May 21.

May 24, 2022

Governor Jay Inslee proclaims May as Nurses Month in Washington state

“I encourage all people in our state to join me in honoring the nurses of Washington, especially recog­nizing the critical and live-saving role that regis­tered nurses have filled around our state, country, and world through the current coron­avirus pandemic.”

May 1, 2022

WSNA announces appointment of Katharine Weiss as Director of Government Affairs

WSNA is pleased to announce the appointment of Katharine Weiss, MPA as WSNA’s Director of Government Affairs.

April 15, 2022

WSNA in Olympia – Major wins of the 2022 session

The Legislature adjourned Sine Die yesterday, March 10, marking the end of the 2022 Washington State Legislative session. Stay tuned for a full end of session report next, but until then, take a look at some of the major wins of the 2022 session.

March 11, 2022

WSNA in Olympia – Legislative Session Week 8

Yesterday, the Legislature reached the final cutoff for policy bills. All bills that did not make it past this deadline and are not necessary to implement the budget are no longer viable. Unfortunately, WSNA's number one priority, safe staffing legislation, didn't make it past this week's deadlines.

March 5, 2022

The Senate failed us, but we’re not done

The Senate Ways and Means Committee did not pass our safe staffing bill out of committee by the deadline, meaning HB 1868 is very unlikely to pass this legislative cycle. We are deeply disappointed, but this is a delay, not defeat.

March 4, 2022

WSNA in Olympia – Legislative Session Week 7

Both legislative budgets were released this week on Monday. We were excited to see funding for WSNA priorities, including school nurse funding, sexual assault nurse examiner training and workforce development. The Legislature also reached the second policy cutoff of the year on Thursday.

February 25, 2022

WSNA in Olympia – Legislative Session Week 6

On Monday, the Legislature reached the house of origin cutoff. Most of our priority bills made is past this crucial deadline. Because most of our bills started in the House, we will now be working on moving those bills through the Senate.

February 18, 2022

WSNA in Olympia – Legislative Session Week 5

On Monday, the Legislature reached fiscal cut off for the house of origin. The rest of the week was spent on the Legislature caucusing and voting bills off the House and Senate floors. We are expecting the safe staffing bill to be voted on by the house any day now.

February 11, 2022

WSNA in Olympia – Legislative Session Week 4

The Legis­la­ture reached major milestone this week. Thursday was the cutoff for policy bills in their house of origin. This means that no new bills will be intro­duced this session unless they are neces­sary to imple­ment the budget.

February 4, 2022

WSNA in Olympia – Legislative Session Week 3

This week the House Labor Committee took executive action on the safe staffing bill, HB 1868. The Senate Labor Committee heard testimony from two WSNA nurses on a bill that would provide COVID-19 hazard pay to hospital-based health care workers. The first cutoff of session is next week on Feb. 3.

January 28, 2022

WSNA in Olympia – Legislative Session Week 2

This week the House Labor Committee heard the safe staffing bill, HB 1868. Check out the WSNA members who testified in support of the bill.

January 21, 2022

'We can't keep doing this'

WSNA nurses share firsthand accounts of understaffing from the front lines.

January 17, 2022