Policy Wins Portfolio

These wins reflect nearly two decades of work on Washington policy, legislation and budgets. RNJ Strategies has worked alongside organizations, coalitions and internal teams to develop policy, navigate complex legislative and budget processes, negotiate solutions, secure public funding and move priorities from idea through implementation.

Labor, Economic Justice, and Workforce

  • Paid family and medical leave

  • Equal pay protections

  • Unemployment access for striking workers

  • Limits on non-compete agreements

  • Childcare Workforce Standards Board

  • Maritime Salary Survey Modernization

  • Apprenticeship and workforce development expansion

  • Organizing rights for cannabis agricultural workers

  • Ensured competitive salaries to recruit and retain maritime professionals through updates to the statewide salary survey

  • Community and technical college faculty funding

  • K–12 education staff investment

Gun Violence Prevention

  • Assault weapons ban

  • High-capacity magazine prohibition

  • Permit-to-purchase firearms law

  • Universal background checks

  • Enhanced background checks for assault weapons

  • Centralizing the statewide firearms background check system

  • Safe firearm storage requirements

  • Requirement to report lost and stolen firearms

  • Extreme risk protection orders

  • Firearm dealer accountability

  • Creation of the Statewide Office of Firearm Violence Prevention

  • Gun industry accountability legislation

Survivor Protections and Justice Reform

  • Elimination of the statute of limitations for sexual assault

  • Workplace sexual harassment policy reform

  • Rape kit reform and rape survivor safety laws

  • Strengthened protection orders for survivors of domestic and sexual violence

  • Wrongful death statute reform

  • Paid safe leave for victims of hate crimes

  • Establishment of Washington’s hate and bias incident reporting hotline

  • Over $100 million dollars secured for victim services

Health, Safety, and Childcare

  • Safe staffing standards for healthcare workers

  • Guaranteed meal and rest breaks for frontline hospital staff

  • Expanded dental therapy statewide to authorize licensed providers in Tribal clinics and public health settings, improving access to preventive and restorative oral care for underserved communities

  • Capital investments in childcare facilities

Ballot Initiatives, Revenue Strategy, and Democracy

  • Public investment impact disclosure requirements

  • Strategic support for revenue coalitions

  • Led and supported revenue coalition efforts, including capital gains to fund early learning and K-12 education

  • Budget protections during economic downturns

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RNJ supports organizations across the life of a policy or budget priority, from research and policy development through legislative strategy, negotiation, advocacy, and implementation.

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