One third of the 2025 session is done! This week committees were busy voting on bills before the first deadline next Friday, February 21st. If a bill has not moved out of its policy committee by this Friday, it will be considered dead (unless it’s deemed necessary to implement the budget).... Continue Reading
We are quickly approaching the first cutoff of the 2025 legislative session. This is the point in session where it will be harder (but not impossible!) for a bill that hasn’t already been introduced to be heard and passed before the house of origin policy cutoff on the 21st. This is also the... Continue Reading
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 must pass out of their policy committee in their house of origin (in other words the chamber... Continue Reading
The second week of the legislative session began with Martin Luther Jr Day celebrations in the House and Senate. The Legislature honored the life and legacy of the civil rights leader during their Floor sessions with bipartisan remarks and the passage of HR 4602 in the House and SR 8605 in the... Continue Reading
The legislature convened for the 2025 legislative session on Monday, January 13th. This year’s session is considered a “long-session” when legislators convene for 105 days and do the hard work of writing the two-year (biennial) operating, capital, and transportation budgets. They... Continue Reading
End of Session Report At 10:05 p.m. on April 23, the legislature adjourned the 2023 legislative session, Sine Die. The 2023 Washington State legislative session was a long session, which means it lasted for 105 days and included the business of writing the full 2023-25 biennial operating,... Continue Reading
Weekly Update The beginning of the week focused on getting bills passed by the opposite house floor cutoff on Wednesday. All bills except those deemed necessary to implement the budget had to pass off the floor of the opposite chamber by 5pm that day or they are considered dead. Legislators worked... Continue Reading
Weekly Legislative Report Last week both chambers were focused mostly on floor action, working to pass bills sent over from the other chamber by opposite house floor cutoff on Wednesday, April 12th. All bills except those deemed necessary to implement the budget must pass off the floor of the... Continue Reading
Weekly Legislative Report Wednesday, March 29 was the last day for bills to be passed out of their opposite house policy committees. Following that cutoff, attention quickly shifted to fiscal committees. There is a quick turnaround of just one week between opposite house policy cutoff and opposite... Continue Reading
Weekly Update This week was filled with policy hearings and executive sessions as the Legislature works toward the opposite house policy cutoff on March 29th. Legislators and lobbyists were also anxiously awaiting the Economic and Revenue Forecast and the release of the Senate capital and... Continue Reading
Weekly Update Last week was focused on policy committee hearings of bills sent over from the opposite chamber. We also saw some bills start to get voted out of committee. This will continue to be the main focus related to bills in the coming week as we work towards the opposite house policy cutoff... Continue Reading
Weekly Update The beginning of the week focused on getting bills passed off the floor by house of origin cutoff on Wednesday. Legislators worked long hours with some floor debates going late into the night. Bills that did not pass out of the chamber in which they were introduced by that day are... Continue Reading
