[fireman15]

“FIRE is pleased to announce an important legislative victory for free speech in Washington state. Senate Bill 5427, which would have created a bias reporting system for the entire state, failed to advance out of the Senate Ways and Means committee.”

https://www.thefire.org/news/washington-state-bill-set-create-statewide-bias-response-teams-law-enforcement-powers-fails

[fireman15]

According to the State legislature’s web page, they have managed to get this abomination out of committee...

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5427&Year=2023&Initiative=false#:~:text=Revised%20for%201st%20Substitute%3A%20Supporting,hate%20crimes%20and%20bias%20incidents.