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The Podcast will be available on a regular basis on the WASA website, or We continue to push for HB 1476 and SB 5128 to be adopted by the full Legislature; subscribe to the Report however, much of the conversation has shifted to the budget—which is what we via multiple podcast apps. [...] As of today, the legislative focus has narrowed from the approximately 1,500 bills introduced this session to just under 250 remaining bills (94 bills already in the Concurrence process; 85 House bills in the Senate Rules Committee or on the Senate Floor Calendar; and 69 Senate bills in the House Rules Committee or on the House Floor Calendar). [...] With the Legislature approaching the April 11 cut-off, legislators this week continued to spend the majority of their time in the House and Senate Chambers (mostly remotely) and the respective political caucuses. [...] This bill, as introduced, was very concerning due to the loose definition of “high risk employee.” The current version of the bill has a very tight definition and clarifies that for a person to be considered a “high risk employee,” the person must: (1) meet the definition of high risk under the CDC; AND (2) have a medical provider recommend removal from the workplace due to high risk of illness. [...] The bill’s House companion, HB 1213, remained alive and continued through the process until it failed to be adopted by the Senate Ways & Means Committee This Week in Olympia: at the opposite house fiscal committee cut-off, with an agreement to use the Week 13, April 5–9, 2021 Senate bill as the legislative vehicle to move the Fair Start for Kids Act.