June 16, 2025
In this week’s update: 2017 Budget Priorities, 2017 Policy Priorities and 2017 Other Bills of Interest
April 24, 2017
In this week’s update: Staffing Bill Progresses, School Nurse Supervision Headed for Governor’s Desk & Outlook for Special Session
April 17, 2017
In this week’s update: School Nurse Supervision Headed for Governor’s Desk, Staffing Bill Progresses, Public Health Policy Bill Dies & Budget Negotiations
April 7, 2017
In this week’s update: Staffing Bill Progresses, Rest Breaks Bill Dies, School Nurse Supervision Bills & House Budget
March 31, 2017
In this week’s update: Staffing & Rest Breaks Progress, Senate Budget, School Nurse Supervision and Attend Your Legislators’ Town Hall Meetings
March 24, 2017
In this week’s update: State Revenue Forecast & Upcoming Budget Release, Staffing & Rest Breaks – Attend the Hearings Next Week, School Nurse Supervision and Attend Your Legislators’ Town Hall Meetings
March 17, 2017
In this week’s update: Priority Bills, Legislators' Town Halls and ACA Replacement
March 10, 2017
In this week’s update: House & Senate Voting on Bills, WSNA’s Priority Bills – Updates on Floor Action, Legislator Town Halls
March 3, 2017
In this week's update: Fiscal Committee Cutoff, WSNA’s Priority Bills – Still Moving!, and Legislator Town Halls
February 28, 2017
in this update: policy bill cutoff, public health policy bills and tv town halls, nurse staffing and rest breaks, school nurse supervision, secure medicine return, legislator town halls, congressional week of action and nurse legislative day.
February 17, 2017
In this week's update: Public Health Hearings & TV Town Halls, Staffing & Rest Breaks Hearings, School Nurse Supervision Hearing, Right to Work Bill, ACA Protections Introduced in Legislature, Nurse Legislative Day and Upcoming Events
February 10, 2017
In this week's update: WSNA Statement Regarding Executive Immigration Ban, Paid Family Leave Hearing, School Nurse Supervision Hearing, Staffing & Rest Breaks Bills – Hearings Next Week, Nurse Legislative Day and Upcoming Events
February 3, 2017
In this week’s update: Staffing & Rest Breaks/Mandatory Overtime Bills Introduced, Secure Medicine Return Hearing, WSNA Member Debt Survey – Thank You!, Student Loan Bills, Nurse Legislative Day and Upcoming Events.
January 27, 2017
In this week’s update: Balanced Billing Hearing, WSNA Member Debt Survey, Legislator Newsletters: How to Sign-up, and Upcoming Events.
January 20, 2017
WSNA-PAC (Political Action Committee) is committed to its mission as a nonpartisan organization representing the interests of registered nurses concerned with promoting quality patient care through the political process. In the Summer 2016 issue of The Washington Nurse, we profiled a number of candidates endorsed by the WSNA-PAC.
July 29, 2016
As the current Chair of WSNA’s Legislative & Health Policy Council, Lynette Vehrs well understands the tremendous impact state legislation and policies have on nursing and health care. As a past member of several bargaining teams, she knows the importance of collective bargaining to win working conditions that allow nurses to…
In her 17 years working in school nursing and public education leadership, Robin Fleming has worked to advance the support services she views as essential to supporting learning and eliminating achievement gaps.
Nine years ago, Purcell returned to Longview, buying the home she was raised in from her parents. Her time navigating the health care system to help her aging parents deal with heart issues, memory loss and other effects of aging, gave her a deep respect for the role nurses play. She views the role of nurses in the healthcare system…
Tim Probst served as a State Representative for the 17th District from 2009 to 2013. He gave up his House seat in 2012 to run for the Senate against Don Benton. Outspent by $200,000 and running against an 18-year incumbent Senator, Probst lost by only 78 votes after multiple recounts.
Mike Pellicciotti has spent the last three years combatting healthcare provider fraud and elder abuse/neglect as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington. For eight years before that, he served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for King County.
Sen. Mark Mullet is running for re-election based on a record that includes support for Labor and health care transparency, among other issues.
The WSNA-PAC board has endorsed candidates for the 2016 Washington State Primary.
July 16, 2016
