Greater Spokane Action & Greater Spokane Progress 2025 State Legislative Agenda

Greater Spokane Action (GSA),  Greater Spokane Progress’ affiliated 501(c)(4) organization, leads the annual process to develop our network's state legislative agenda. Our legislative agendas are a reflection of the diversity of our network and our collective priorities.

Our goals include:

  • Housing Justice
  • Police Accountability
  • Rights for Immigrants and Refugees
  • Smart Justice
  • Civil Rights and Equity (including Health and Wealth Equity)
  • Climate Justice
  • Expanding and Protecting Democracy

This is not a comprehensive list of all of the bills that Greater Spokane Progress (GSP) members are working on. It is based on our organizations’ goals, policies and campaigns that use a racial equity lens, have support from GSA and GSP Board of Directors, and/or broad agreement amongst our members.

GSA and GSP’s 2025 Tier 1 priorities consist of:

See below for details. The GSA staff will work to actively support and engage the GSP network to help pass these bills.

Housing Justice

Supporting housing justice and tenant protection priorities of the Tenants Union of Washington State and Washington Low Income Housing Alliance:

Police Accountability

Supporting legislative priorities of the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability that centers families and communities impacted by police violence. WCPA priorities for 2025 include:

All bills above are supported by the WCPA, Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane (PJALS), SCAR, I Did the Time, Pro-Choice WA, HJRA

Rights for Immigrants and Refugees

Supporting the legislative priorities of the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN).

Smart Justice

Civil Rights and Equity (including Health Equity)

  • Funding for Clinics - Update Medicaid Rates for Reproductive and Sexual Health: Ensuring clinics can maintain access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health care services. (Pro-Choice WA)
  • Strengthening Washington’s Shield Law: Closing loopholes and expanding protections in the Shield Law to ensure that our state continues to be a place where people can access the health care they need, without the risk of criminalization. (Pro-Choice WA)
  • Dignity in Pregnancy Loss Bill (HB 1333 | SB 5093): Ensuring every Washingtonian who experiences a pregnancy loss (miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death) retains the ability to make decisions about how they will handle their own pregnancy loss without threat of criminalization and has access to services and resources they need. (Pro-Choice WA)
  • Repeal/Amend I-2081 (aka “Parents’ Bill of Rights”): I-2081 contains vague and broad language that changes important laws that protect students’ rights to privacy and laws that are intended to ensure inclusion, student safety, and well-being. (Pro-Choice WA)
  • Medication Abortion on College Campuses: Requiring public colleges and universities in Washington state to provide medication abortion through student health centers. (Pro-Choice WA)
  • Employing Parent Caregivers (HB 1200 | SB 5211): Recognizing that caregivers of children under the age of 18 with complex disabilities would be eligible to be paid caregivers. (Nuestras Raíces Community Center, Arc of Washington, HJRA)
  • Domestic Workers Bill of Rights (HB 1561 | SB 5023): Providing labor market protections for domestic workers. (WAISN)
  • End Isolation, Restrict Restraint in Public Schools: Ending Isolation and restraint in schools as it causes harm and is disproportionately used on BIPOC, disabled, foster, and unhoused children. (Arc of Washington, HJRA)
  • Balance Our Tax Code: Having a tax code that supports a way of life that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few. Priorities include: Affordable Homes Act, Tax on Excessive Wealth, and Fix High Earners Loophole. (The Balance Our Tax Code coalition includes: Pro-Choice WA, Fuse, WLIHA, SEIU 775)

Climate Justice

Expanding and Protecting Democracy

Supporting Washington for Equitable Representation (GSP is a member), a statewide multi-racial coalition fighting to achieve equitable representation through proportional ranked choice voting (RCV) and other democracy reforms. WER 2025 Priorities include:

Supporting the Washington Voting Justice Coalition (WVJC) (GSP is a member), a group of community organizations and individuals dedicated to voting rights and access in Washington State, that believe that the vote is our tool, as ordinary people, to have a voice in our government. WVJC 2025 legislative priorities include: 

Other Democracy Rights Bills: 

Many of the bills on our agenda are included on the legislative agendas of the following organizations (not limited to):