NASW-WA supports the social work licensure compact. HB 1939 (adopting the social work licensure compact) sponsored by Rep. Tina Orwall, is making progress during this year’s legislative session in Washington. HB 1939 has passed the House, and is scheduled for executive session in the Senate Ways & Means this week. If you click the link to the bill above, you can send a message to your lawmakers and ask them to support HB 1939. Go to HB 1939 (adopting the social work licensure compact), then click "send a comment on this bill to your legislators."

The Chapter is excited about the bill's progress this year. We look forward to Washington joining the Compact to enhance social work licensure mobility. 

Find out more about the Compact at https://swcompact.org/

To find out more about bills that NASW-WA supports and tracks, go to https://www.votervoice.net/NASWWA/home