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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
OLYMPIA – The Kip Tokuda Memorial Washington Civil Liberties Public Education Program (WACLPEP) has reopened for applications.
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Amid stories of hate, CAPAA urges victims to report
News Release
Contact: Toshiko Hasegawa, Executive Director, Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs | 206-377-9583 | toshiko.hasegawa@capaa.wa.gov
For Immediate Release
March 30, 2020
OLYMPIA – Community members have relayed to the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) incidents of hate targeting people of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) ancestry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Board Meetings
The Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs will hold public Board Meetings on the following dates. Please check the proposed agenda for times of public comment.
- January Public Board Meeting - Virtual
Saturday, January 31, 2026 - 9am-12pm
Zoom
- March Public Board Meeting - Virtual
Saturday, March 21, 2026 - 9am-2pm
Zoom
- June Public Board Meeting - Virtual
Saturday, June 20, 2026 - 10am-1pm
Zoom
- September Public Board Meeting - Tri-Cities
Saturday, September 19, 2026 - 10am-2pm
TBD
- November Public Board Meeting - King County
Saturday, November 14, 2026 - 10am - 2pm
TBD
Next Meeting
Board Meeting Minutes
- 2026
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January 31, 2026 Board Meeting
March 21, 2026 Board Meeting
June 20, 2026 Board Meeting
- 2025
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January 11, 2025 Board Meeting
March 15, 2025 Board Meeting
May 31, 2025 Board Meeting
September 20, 2025 Board Meeting
November 15, 2025 Board Meeting
- 2024
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January 27, 2024 Board Meeting
March 23, 2024 Board Meeting
June 8, 2024 Board Meeting
September 21, 2024 Board Meeting
November 16, 2024 Board Meeting
- 2023
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January 28, 2023 Board Meeting
November 18, 2023 Board Meeting
September 9, 2023 Board Meeting
June 10, 2023 Board Meeting
March 11, 2023 Board Meeting
Legislative Priorities
CAPAA’s 2026 Policy Agenda
Protect Washingtonians Package
At a time of heightened federal enforcement activity and growing threats to personal safety, privacy, and democratic institutions, Washington has both the authority and the responsibility to act. This package of legislation - which we refer to as “Protect Washingtonians” - provides critical protections to uphold our U.S. and Washington state constitutional rights, ensures governmental transparency, and expands access to justice for people harmed by unlawful or abusive practices. Collectively, the Protect Washingtonians package would:
- Protect workers, students, children, voters, and families by limiting the collection, disclosure, and misuse of sensitive personal and immigration-related information and ensuring notice, due process, and accountability when federal enforcement actions occur;
- Strengthen accountability for law enforcement and government actors through clear identification requirements and limits on surveillance technologies;
- Defend democratic participation and public trust by safeguarding voter data, preventing impersonation of law enforcement officers, and ensuring that constitutional activity is not mischaracterized as obstruction;
- Support impacted communities and state workers by expanding leave protections for victims of hate crimes and immigration enforcement actions, improving conditions and communication access for incarcerated individuals and their families, and allowing for recourse when constitutional rights are violated; and
- Reinforce Washington’s sovereignty and rule of law by authorizing state enforcement tools, limiting improper cooperation with federal detention and enforcement efforts, and protecting the state’s fiscal and legal interests when federal funding is withheld for political retaliation.
Protect Washingtonians 20-Bill Package
| Bill | Short Title |
| HB 2105 / SB 5852 | Concerning immigrant worker protections |
| HB 2132 | Concerning applications for state financial aid |
| HB 2165 / SB 5876 | Concerning false identification as a peace officer |
| HB 2173 / SB 5855 | Concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers |
| HB 2312 | Authorizing shared leave for absences resulting from immigration enforcement actions |
| SB 6002 / HB 2332 | Concerning driver privacy protections |
| HB 2351 | Protecting emergency responders and emergency response operations in Washington |
| SHB 2411 | Modifying shared leave provisions to authorize shared leave for victims of hate crime and those whose absence is due to immigration enforcement actions against the employee or the employee's relative |
| HB 2464 | Concerning reporting requirements and law enforcement responses for incidents at private detention facilities |
| HB 2597 | Concerning remedies for violations of federal constitutional rights occurring during immigration enforcement |
| HB 2637 | Safeguarding personal information entrusted to agencies that is of no legitimate concern to the public. |
| HB 2648 | Concerning state and local law enforcement interactions with federal immigration enforcement officials. |
| SB 5231 | Concerning reducing fees and expenses for services for people confined in state correctional facilities |
| SB 5892 | Concerning protection of the voter registration database |
| SB 5906 | Establishing data and personal safety protections within areas of public accommodation for all Washington residents |
| SB 5925 / HB 2161 | An act relating to the general powers and duties of the attorney general's office. |
| SB 5926 |
Expanding the public records for personal info of family home child care providers to all licensed or certified child care providers |
| SB 6053 | Establishing labor protections for domestic workers. |
| SB 6080 | Concerning contracts between the US and county and municipal jails for committing or confining individuals in federal custody |
| SB 6081 | Protecting Washingtonians from invasion of privacy, including the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation info and historic sex designation changes in official government records |
| Additional bills we support | |
| SB 5574 | Providing instruction on Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Latino American, and Black American history in public schools. |
On January 31, 2026, the Washington state Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA), the Commission on African American Affairs (CAAA), the Commission on Hispanic Affairs (CHA), the LGBTQ Commission, and the Women’s Commission sent a joint-letter to members of the State Legislature to urge support of this package.
View the letter here.