When lawmakers are committed to a policy, they will work tirelessly for as long as it takes to get the policy passed into law. Such is the case in Washington with the confusing and risky experiment known as Ranked Choice Voting, often called “rigged choice voting” for...
Washington State Senator Bob Hasegawa has introduced a coordinated package of bills in the 2026 session that, taken together, represent the most aggressive push yet toward a state‑run universal health‑care system. While each bill looks different on the surface, they...
Washington lawmakers have spent the last several years constructing a far‑reaching abortion‑access framework that now spans state agencies, public health systems, and higher‑education institutions. Two new bills pre-filed for the 2026 legislative session, SB 5917 and...
Washington’s new high‑risk AI bill, HB 2157, has dropped and it reads like a direct translation of the Attorney General’s AI Task Force Interim Report into binding state law. Everything we warned about in the Task Force process is now showing up in legislative form:...
What Is HB 2123? HB 2123 is a 2026 bipartisan bill sponsored by Representatives Joe Fitzgibbon (D) and Chris Corry (R) that removes all state‑level protections against foreign involvement in Washington elections. It does this by deleting foreign‑national certification...
Washington State has been steadily layering laws that expand government authority into family life. Each new bill builds on the last, creating a web of statutes that weaken parental rights and strengthen the state’s hand in private family decisions. In 2022, lawmakers...
The Washington State Attorney General’s AI Task Force Interim Report (Dec. 2025) has landed, and as expected, it reflects the ideological bias of Washington's radical left democrats. From the beginning, CLW opposed the creation of this Task Force, warning that it...
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has released its Statewide Civil Rights Review Legislative Report. On the surface, it looks like a technical audit of school district compliance with federal and state nondiscrimination laws. But beneath the...
Washington is at an education crossroads, where record spending collides with record failure, and parents are demanding lawmakers finally put accountability ahead of bureaucracy. As Washington prepares for the 2026 legislative session, the familiar chorus is rising...
*By Julie Barrett, Founder of Conservative Ladies of Washington and Conservative Ladies of America We are just a couple short weeks away from the prefiling for Washington's 2026 legislative session. Each session hundreds of bills are proposed by legislators, and...
