The Washington State Legislature began its 2022 Legislative Session on Monday, January 10, 2022, and ended on Thursday, March 10, 2022 This week’s alert is a wrap up of the bills that were alive on Monday, March 7th and gives a status as to whether or not the bills have passed the legislature and whether Governor Inslee has signed them … Read More
1st District Democrats – Legislative Alert for March 7, 2022
The Washington State Legislature began its 2022 Legislative Session on Monday, January 10, 2022, and ends on Thursday, March 10, 2022 This Thursday, March 10, 2022, is the last day allowed for the regular session under the WA State Constitution. The only bills that remain alive are bills necessary to implement the budget and bills that have passed both chambers. … Read More
1st District Democrats – Legislative Alert for February 28, 2022
The Washington State Legislature began its 2022 Legislative Session on Monday, January 10, 2022, and ends on Thursday, March 10, 2022 Today – Monday, February 28, 2022, is the last day for opposite house bills to pass out of the House fiscal committees and the Senate Ways and Means and Transportation committees. Friday, March 4, 2022 at 5:00 PM is … Read More
1st District Democrats – Legislative Alert for February 21, 2022
The Washington State Legislature began its 2022 Legislative Session on Monday, January 10, 2022, and ends on Thursday, March 10, 2022 This Thursday, February 24, 2022, is the last day for bills to pass out of the opposite house committee (except for those bills in the House fiscal committees and the Senate Ways and Means and Transportation committees). And then … Read More
Legislative Alert for February 14, 2022
The Washington State Legislature began its 2022 Legislative Session on Monday, January 10, 2022, and ends on Thursday, March 10, 2022 This Tuesday, February 15, 2022 is the last day for bills to pass out of their house of origin. Thursday, February 24, 2022 is the last day for bills to pass out of the opposite house committee (except for … Read More
1st District Democrats – Legislative Alert for February 7, 2022
The Washington State Legislature began its 2022 Legislative Session on Monday, January 10, 2022, and ends on Thursday, March 10, 2022 Today, Monday, February 7, 2022, was the last day for bills to pass out of the House fiscal committees and Senate Ways and Means and Transportation committees in their house of origin. Tuesday, February 15, 2022, is the last … Read More
1st District Democrats – Legislative Alert for April 27, 2021
The 2021 Legislative Session ended on Sunday, April 25, 2021. Bills that passed the legislature have been sent to the governor’s office for his action to sign the bill into law, allow it to become law without his signature, and/or veto the entire bill or a portion of it. A number of bills have been signed into law and others … Read More
Legislative Alert for February 8, 2021
The 2021 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 12, 2021 and is scheduled to end on Sunday, April 25, 2021. Monday, February 15, 2021 is the first cutoff date. This is the last date that bills must pass out of committee in the house of origin except for those in the House fiscal committees and Senate Ways and Means and … Read More
Legislative Alert for February 1, 2021
The 2021 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 12, 2021 and is scheduled to end on Sunday, April 25, 2021. February 15, 2021 is the first cutoff date. This is the last date that bills must pass out of committee except for those in the House fiscal committees and Senate Ways and Means and Transportation Committees. Top Action of the … Read More
Legislative Alert for January 25, 2021
The 2018 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 12, 2021 and is scheduled to end on Sunday, April 25, 2021. February 15, 2021 is the first cutoff date. This is the last date that bills must pass out of committee except for those in the House fiscal committees and Senate Ways and Means and Transportation Committees. You can contact your … Read More
Legislative Alert for January 18, 2021
The 2018 Legislative Session began on Monday, January 12, 2021 and is scheduled to end on Sunday, April 25, 2021. 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. If you need to look up your legislators, use the following link to find them: http://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/ … Read More
Legislative Alert for March 8, 2020
The 2020 Legislative Session started on Monday, January 13, 2020 and is scheduled to end on this Thursday, March 12, 2020. As this is a short session, bills moved rapidly through the session. March 2, 2020 was the last day for bills in the opposite house to pass out of the House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and … Read More
Legislative Alert for February 23, 2020
The 2020 Legislative Session started on Monday, January 13, 2020 and is scheduled to end on Thursday, March 12, 2020. As this is a short session, bills are moving rapidly through the session. This Friday, February 28, 2020 is the last date for bills in the opposite houses from their origin to pass out of committee except for those in … Read More
1st Legislative District Democrats – Legislative Alert for April 21, 2019
We are rapidly approaching the end of the legislative session. We have one week before the session closes. The session ends on April 28, 2019. The only items that can be considered this week in the legislature are initiatives, alternatives to initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, matters that affect state revenue, messages pertaining to amendments, differences between … Read More
1st Legislative District – Legislative Alert for April 14, 2019
We are rapidly approaching the end of the legislative session. We have two weeks before the session closes on April 28. Bills are moving quickly in Olympia: Wednesday, April 17 marks the last day in session that bills which are not directly needed to help implement the budget can be considered in the opposite chamber. This means all currently viable … Read More
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