WSATA LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION PAGE
Legislative Updates
3-28-2007 SSB 5503 Makes it out of the House Health Care Committee Today!: With a vote of 11 yes's to 2 no's SSB 5503 passes out of the House Health Care Committee today and will now move into the Rules Committee. [more]
2-26-2007 Please attend tomorrows hearing on HB 1585: Please come tomorrow to Olympia to support HB 1585. Our hearing starts at 6pm in the John L. O'Brien Building, Hearing Room A. [more]
2-19-2007 Hearing on HB 1585!: A hearing has been set for February 27th at 6pm. Location TBA for now. [more]
2-9-2007 HB 1585 and SB 5503 Updates: HB 1585 needs a hearing in the House Health Care Committee. We need to continue to contact the representatives on the HCC. SB 5503 has moved out of the Labor, Commerce and Research committee and moved into the Rules committee. [more]
2-1-2007 Olympia day today: Meeting scheduled for today. No changes to schedule. Go to your WSABE Legislative Update #2 for details on directions to the Capital. Read on for more details [more]
1-26-07 Need support at the State Capital on Feb. 1st: On Feb. 1st at 3:30 SB 5503 is having a public hearing. We need our membership there to sign in and support the bill. Read on for more details. [more]
1-23-2007 Athletic Training licensure bill gets new numbers: Senate Bill 5503 and House Bill 1585. Please refer to the Washington Legislative web site for detailed up to date information on the progress of these two bills. A link to the Washington State Legislature home page is provided at the bottom of this web p [more]
Letter of Support
Click Here to access a letter of support for the regulation of Athletic Training in Washington State. All instructions are found on the letter.
When Meeting with your Legislator(s): Provide your legislator with the following documents (please print the following two documents and copy them front and back to provide your legislator with one sheet of information to take with them) when you meet with him/her.
a. Athletic Training Fact Sheet
Membership Information: Use the following documents for further information to help supplement your meeting with your legislator.
a. Athletic Training Regulation by State
b. Practice of Athletic Training Overview
c. Athletic Training as a Workforce
d. Athletic Training Education Overview
Washington Legislative Homepage and your Legislator(s): Clicking on the link www1.leg.wa.gov/legislature/ will take you to the Washington Legislative Homepage. Type in your mailing address (for which you are registered to vote) in the ‘Your District Finder’ section to learn who your legislator(s) are, and his/her contact information. In addition, one can track the Athletic Training Licensure bill during the 2007 legislative session from the Washington Legislative Homepage.
Please forward any and all information to Mike Coco at mcoco@wsu.edu.