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Our live bill tracker keeps constituents informed about proposals related to women’s health, safety, and economic well-being. Follow along to see what we’re watching.
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SB 5490 — Jail Searches and Gender
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Status: Enacted
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Economic Well-Being
HBS 1561 — Providing labor market protections for domestic workers
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Status: In committee
Potential Impact
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Economic Well-Being
SSB 5104 — Workplace Coercion Protections
This bill would expand the prohibition on non-disclosure agreements (NDA’s) in settlement agreements involving sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sex discrimination to cover settlement agreements involving all forms of harassment or discrimination. SSB 5104 would also expand the prohibition on overly broad confidentiality and nondisparagement clauses in employment agreements to cover workers who are required to sign these types of clauses as part of a severance agreement.
Status: Enacted
Potential Impact
Forcing workers to sign non-disclosure and nondisparagement agreements prevents them from speaking out about harassment and discrimination in the worakplace. These silencing mechanisms impose yet another form of harm on employees, prevent accountability, and allow harassment and discrimination to persist unchecked.
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Health
2SSB 5217 — Pregnancy Accommodations
This bill makes legislative findings that the Legislature recognizes all birthing people and extends the evidence-based implicit bias training requirements to also include hospitals that provide perinatal or prenatal care. Requires an implicit bias program to include recognition of intersecting identities and the potential associated biases and would require, by February 1 of each year and that a facility provide the department with proof of compliance.
Status: Enacted
Potential Impact
The need for implicit bias training is necessary to ensure all birthing people have access to quality health care and to prevent maternal mortality particularly within communities of color.
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Economic Well-Being
SSB 5104 — Workplace Coercion Protections
This bill would expand the prohibition on non-disclosure agreements (NDA’s) in settlement agreements involving sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sex discrimination to cover settlement agreements involving all forms of harassment or discrimination. SSB 5104 would also expand the prohibition on overly broad confidentiality and nondisparagement clauses in employment agreements to cover workers who are required to sign these types of clauses as part of a severance agreement.
Status: Alive
Potential Impact
Forcing workers to sign non-disclosure and nondisparagement agreements prevents them from speaking out about harassment and discrimination in the worakplace. These silencing mechanisms impose yet another form of harm on employees, prevent accountability, and allow harassment and discrimination to persist unchecked.
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Safety
2SSB 5355 — Higher Education Safety for Student Survivors
This bill addresses safety and support for sexual assault survivors at institutions of higher education through several key provisions. First, the bill prohibits colleges and universities from pressuring or requesting students who report sexual misconduct to enter into nondisclosure agreements related to the incident. Second, the bill requires student and faculty identification cards include contact information for suicide prevention organizations and a phone number for supporting survivors of sexual assault and gender-based violence. Third, the bill expands the rights of sexual assault survivors.
Status: Enacted
Potential Impact
Women age 18-24 who are college students are three times more likely to experience sexual violence than women across all age groups, while women 18-24 who are not enrolled in college face an even higher risk. More than half of all sexual assaults occur among people age 18-34, and many incidents go unreported.
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Safety
ESHB 129 — Jail Searches and Gender
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Status: Enacted
Potential Impact
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