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Gov. Bob Ferguson signs 11 bills in Olympia addressing elections, childcare, hospitals and WATEC workers
Summary
At a bill-signing event in Olympia, Gov. Bob Ferguson signed 11 bipartisan bills into law covering election clarity on double voting, improved customer services for business filings, a King County shuttle-lane pilot, childcare flexibility, a statewide food-security strategy, hospital support, home-care rates, worker-privacy protections, ecology fee tracking, extended special-education records access and civil-service coverage for WATEC cybersecurity staff.
Gov. Bob Ferguson signed 11 bills into law at a bill-signing ceremony at the State Capitol in Olympia, praising bipartisan work and agency partners who drafted the measures.
Ferguson opened the ceremony by signing Senate Bill 6084, which he said “makes it clear that double voting, whether in one state or multiple states, is illegal,” aimed at closing an ambiguity that surfaced after a 2022 case in Lewis County. He also signed House Bill 2248, a Secretary of State–requested bill to clarify the legal framework for corporate filings, nonprofit compliance and public-record services to improve customer access to those services.
The event covered a mix of transportation, education, health and workforce matters. House Bill 1980 authorizes a pilot…
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