1st Legislative District Democrats – Legislative Alert for April 8, 2019

We are rapidly approaching the end of the legislative session.  We have less than one month before the session closes.  As such we will be hitting cutoff dates weekly between now and April 28. The future critical dates for the passage of bills are listed below: Tuesday – April 9:  Cutoff Date for Opposite House Bills to Pass Out of … Read More

1st Legislative District Democrats – Legislative Alert for April 2, 2019

We are rapidly approaching the end of the legislative session.  We have less than one month before the session closes.  As such we will be hitting cutoff dates weekly between now and April 28. The future critical dates for the passage of bills are listed below: Wednesday – April 3:  Cutoff Date for Opposite House Bills to Pass Out of … Read More

1st Legislative District Legislative Alert for March 25, 2019

We have already passed by a few cut-off dates and session benchmarks, which means that we have a few less bills to track, follow and support and we can focus on priorities on a few key issues. The future critical dates for the passage of bills are listed below: Wednesday – April 3:  Cutoff Date for Opposite House Bills to … Read More

1st Legislative District Democrats Legislative Alert for March 4, 2019

March 1, 2019  marked an important milestone in the 2019 Legislative session.   Known as “fiscal committee cut-off”, Friday marked the day that all bills which have not passed out of both the policy committee and fiscal committee to which they were introduced are now “dead” for the session and will likely not move forward on the process this year. From … Read More

1st Legislative District Democrats Legislative Alert for February 25, 2019

The 2019 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 14, 2019.  We have passed the first cutoff date which required bills to pass out of their original policy committee assignments.  Any bills that did not pass out of their policy committees are now dead.  This Friday, March 1 is the 2nd cutoff date and requires bills that are in their original … Read More

1st Legislative District Democrats Legislative Alert for February 18, 2019

The 2018 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 14, 2019.  We are rapidly approaching the first cutoff date this coming Friday, February 22 which requires bills to pass out of their original policy committee assignments.  Any bills that have not passed out of their policy committees will be dead if not passed by then.  The future critical dates for the … Read More

1st Legislative District Democrats Legislative Alert for February 10, 2019

The 2018 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 14, 2019. The critical dates for the passage of bills is listed below: Friday – February 22:  Cutoff Date for Bills to Pass Out of Policy Committees. Friday – March 1:  Cutoff Date for Bills to Pass Out of Fiscal Committees Wednesday – March 13:  Last day to consider (pass) bills in … Read More

Legislative Alert for February 3, 2019

The 2018 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 14, 2019. The critical dates for the passage of bills is listed below: Friday – February 22:  Cutoff Date for Bills to Pass Out of Policy Committees Friday – March 1:  Cutoff Date for Bills to Pass Out of Fiscal Committees Wednesday – March 13:  Last day to consider (pass) bills in … Read More

Legislative Alert for January 27, 2019

The 2018 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 14, 2018 and is scheduled to end on Sunday, April 28, 2019. You can contact your legislators by calling the Legislative Hotline at 1 800-562-6000.  You can also contact them by e-mail using this format:  firstname.lastname@leg.wa.gov.  A complete list of email addresses for all legislators can be found at https://app.leg.wa.gov/MemberEmail/ If you … Read More