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HB 1445, according to the WA Coalition for Police Accountability, “grants authority to the state attorney general to do investigations of agencies where there is an alleged pattern and practice of violating the civil and constitutional rights of persons”: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=House&mId=30498&aId=149800&caId=20627&tId=3
HB 1388 allows the Attorney General to take action if a landlord raises rent in a discriminatory or retaliatory way: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=House&mId=30524&aId=149742&caId=20676&tId=3
HB 1389 caps rent increases at 3% or the rate of inflation, whichever is higher (but never more than 7%) https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=House&mId=30524&aId=149742&caId=20676&tId=3
HB 1389’s Senate companion bill: https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=30522&aId=149936&caId=20739&tId=3
