Public Health is Essential

We're back for the 2025 Washington State Legislative Session! New episodes will drop every Tuesday at 6am through the end of April, so make sure you subscribe on your favorite podcast app and weekly episodes will show up like magic. Can't wait to do this with you again!www.wspha.orgwww.leg.wa.gov

Washington State Public Health Association Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers talk about the last week of the 2024 Washington Legislative Session. And it's our last week hosting this podcast! We'll see you back for Public Health Week April 1-5, 2024!Resources: The WA Governor's Bill Signing PagePrimer on Concurrence, Dispute, and Conference by Foundation for Healthy Generations

In this week's special episode WSPHA Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers, interview Representative Greg Nance (LD 23, Bainbridge Island) about HB 2112, which would offer opioid overdose solutions and education in institutions of higher education. We talk about what to do after a bill passes and how you can get involved if you are a student in college right now.

WSPHA Executive Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rodgers, talk about the happenings of week 6 and 7 during the Washington Legislative Process. We talk about some of the proposed allocations in the budgets. The end is in sight!Resources this week:"A Citizen's Guide to the Budget" by the Senate Ways & Means committee, 2016"The Budget Universe" by the Senate Ways & Means committee, 2023

WSPHA Executive Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers, discuss today's "House of Origin" cutoff and upcoming budget drops. We talk about what the budget means and what to do if you bill is doomed to die this session. Resources:"A Citizen's Guide to the Budget" by the Senate Ways & Means committee, 2016"The Budget Universe" by the Senate Ways & Means committee, 2023

WSPHA Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers, discuss the work done behind-the-scenes in the legislature to prevent wasted time in floor debate. We also have an update on the citizens' initiatives and how the legislature may handle them. Resources: 2024 Cutoff CalendarSenate Floor CalendarHouse Floor CalendarLegislator Email List

WSPHA Executive Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers, talk about the looming first cutoff of session and what that means about the conversation in the legislature moving forward. Resources this week: WA Legislative Website2024 Session Cutoff CalendarWA Legislature: Definitions

Washington State Public Health Association Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Roger, discuss the happenings in the third week of the WA legislative session. They talk about how often bills can change and how you have to stay vigilant when tracking. Resources this week: WSPHA WebsiteLegislative WebsiteTVWHow to sign in to testify and note your positionCrafting a Great Message - Hook, Line, and Sinker

WSPHA Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers, talk with lobbyist Amy Brackenbury about what happened last week and what to expect in the upcoming WA legislative session.Resources from Week 2:WSPHA Website: www.wspha.orgLegislative Website: www.leg.wa.govTVW: www.tvw.orgHow a bill becomes a law (WA edit): https://leg.wa.gov/CivicEd/Pages/bill2Law_elementary.aspxHow to find bills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOQ8gsEBF8E

WSPHA Director, Megan Moore, and Admin Coordinator, Gloria Rogers, talk about the start of the Washington Legislative Session. We dive into feelings of inadequacy doing policy work and lay out the structure of the 2024 short session.Resources from Week 1:WSPHA website: https://www.wspha.org/Legislative Website: https://leg.wa.gov/TVW: www.tvw.org2024 Cutoff Calendar: https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Documents/2024CutoffCalendarDraft.pdfAdvocacy vs. Lobbying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgjZdwLxvdULegislative Committees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSwj98b9lQ8Legislator (and assistants') emails: https://app.leg.wa.gov/Rosters/Members

Welcome to the Public Health is Essential podcast brought to you by the Washington State Public Health Association. I am your host and association Executive Director, Megan Moore. We are excited to announce the return of our podcast for the upcoming Legislative session.We invite you to join us every week for exclusive updates directly from the legislature, some insider scoop, and guidance on how to use your voice for health.Make sure to hit the subscribe button!

This episode of the podcast is about decriminalizing youth purchase, use, and possession or PUP of commercial tobacco and vaping products. This episode was recorded August 24, 2022 before a live-virtual audience with guests Elaine Ishihara of APICAT, the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Advocating Together for Health, and Penny Lipsou, who was with the American Heart Association at the time of the recording. Theme music is Night Drive licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com.

For episode one we are honored to welcome Adrian Dominguez, the newly installed WSPHA Board President and Chief Data Officer of the Seattle Indian Health Board. In this episode, we discuss his public health journey, the state of public health, and what is on the horizon for the Washington State Public Health Association. Theme music is Synapse licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Shane Ivers of silvermansound.com.