February 19, 2015 is the Day of Remembrance to remember the exclusion and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Members of the Japanese American community will join the Legislature in Olympia to acknowledge and reflect on the significance of more than 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, including 12,000 Japanese American residents of Washington State, who were unjustly incarcerated due to Executive Order 9066 of 1942. TVW will have live coverage of the Day of Remembrance beginning at 10AM.
Save the date for the annual Ethnic Commission Legislative Reception, which will take place on March 16, 2015 in the Columbia Room on the ground floor of the Legislative Building beginning at 6 PM.
The Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs would like to highlight the following public hearings that may be of interest to the community:
Education
2/16/2015 – 1:30 PM
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA 98504
- SB 5803 Concerning the notification of parents when their children are below basic on the third grade statewide English Language Arts assessment
- SSB 5082 Providing for career and technical education opportunities for elementary school students
2/17/2015 – 1:30 PM
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA 98504
- SB 5856 Creating a competitive grant program for high-quality, evidence-based outreach programs that improve high school graduation rates for college bound scholarship students
2/18/2015 – 1:30 PM
House Higher Education Committee
House Hearing Rm C
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA 98504
HB 1988 Freezing resident undergraduate tuition at the four-year institutions of higher education
Health & Human Services
2/16/2015 – 10:00 AM
Senate Health Care Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA 98504
- SB 5477 Concerning the packaging, labeling and advertising of vapor products
2/16/2015 – 1:30 PM
Senate Law & Justice Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA 98504
- SB 5880 Enacting the Washington human trafficking reporting act
- SB 5933 Establishing a statewide training program on human trafficking laws for criminal justice personnel
2/17/2015 – 1:30 PM
Senate Human Services, Mental Health & Housing Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA 98504
- SB 5631 Concerning the administration of a statewide network of community-based domestic violence victim services
2/20/2015 – 10:00AM
House Health Care & Wellness Committee
House Hearing Rm A
John L. O’Brien Building
Olympia, WA
HB 1321 Declaring the intent for all Washingtonians to have health care coverage by 2020
Economic Development
2/16/2015 – 3:30 PM
House Appropriations Committee
House Education Committee
House Hearing Rm E
John L. O’Brien Building
HB 1355 Increasing the minimum hourly wage to twelve dollars over four years