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Week Overview General Update Last week was filled of policy hearings and executive sessions as we worked towards the opposite house policy cutoff on March 26th. We also started seeing some bills start to be heard by the fiscal committees given there is a quick turnaround of just one week... Continue Reading
Week Overview General Update Last week had a continued focus on policy committee hearings and executive session as policy committees considered bills that have been sent over from the opposite house. Given the limitation on companion bills this year (where the same bill is introduced with... Continue Reading
Week Overview General Update The beginning of last week was focused on getting bills passed off the floor by house of origin cutoff on Tuesday. Bills that didn’t pass out of the chamber in which they were introduced by that day are considered dead unless they are deemed necessary to... Continue Reading
Week Overview General Update We have officially passed the halfway point in the 2021 legislative session! Both chambers were mostly on the floor last week debating and voting on bills that are in their house of origin. They were on the floor late into the night on some days; both chambers... Continue Reading
Week Overview General Update Last Monday, February 22nd was house of origin fiscal cutoff where all bills referred to a fiscal committee had to be passed out of committee by that date. Those that didn’t get out of committee are now considered dead. The exception are bills deemed... Continue Reading
Week Overview General Update Last Monday, February 15th was house of origin policy cutoff where all bills referred to a policy committee had to be passed out of committee by that date. Those that didn’t get out of committee are now considered dead. The exception are bills deemed... Continue Reading
Week Overview General Update The past week was largely focused on getting bills heard and passed out of their house of origin policy committee by the February 15th cutoff. The week was filled with tight hearings and committee votes on bills (called executive session). Some committees have... Continue Reading
Week Overview General Update During week four of the 2021 legislative session we saw continuation of public hearings on bills as well as executive sessions. A handful of committees also held work sessions this week. One work session this week that was of particular interest was a... Continue Reading
Week Overview General Update Week three of session continued with a focus on policy committee activity that again included work sessions, hearings, and executive session. The first cutoff of session is quickly approaching. All bills have to pass out of their policy committee in their house... Continue Reading
Week Overview General Update The second week of the legislative session saw more work sessions and hearings, committee votes on bills (known as executive session), and even some floor action on early priority bills. Legislators, staff, lobbyists and advocates are all acclimating to the... Continue Reading
Week Overview General Update The legislature convened for the 2021 legislative session on Monday, January 11th. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the legislature will be convening virtually with just a few exceptions of leadership in each chamber when needed and a few members with limited... Continue Reading
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively affecting small businesses across our state, and East King County was the first epicenter for this virus in the United States. The East King Chambers Coalition strongly encourages the Washington State Legislature to pri- oritize... Continue Reading
