Legislative Updates

WEEK 7: Fiscal cut-off!!!   Today, March 1st, is the last day for bills to get out of their original fiscal committee.  House bills with a fiscal impact have to be out of the Appropriations Committee and Senate bills with a fiscal impact out of the...

Week six: Cut-off week Today, February 22nd, is the first cut-off of the 2019 session. Today is the day that bills must be out of their original policy committee or they die. Committees have been spending a lot of time this week hearing and...

Quite the week in Olympia!  Very rarely has the legislature shut down (for any reason) but that they did on Monday!  All hearings were cancelled and very few people were around the capitol.  On Tuesday things started picking up a bit, with 8:00...

Snow, sun and now more snow??!!   The week started out on a snowy note with a number of people who had planned to come to Olympia for hearings or meetings with legislators unable to do so.  That said, the legislature did not come to a grinding halt...

As week three comes to a close, it is interesting to think that if this legislative session was a short one, the first cut-off would be right around the corner.  As it is, about four weeks remain to the cut-off (Feb. 22nd), when bills need to be...

A number of committees not only heard bills this week but also exec’d (passed out of committee) a number of them.  Given how many bills have been introduced, passing at least some now makes sense!   In addition to committees passing bills,...

Welcome to the 2019 legislative session!   Have 10 months really gone by since the 2018 session ended?  Apparently they have!  Now we are back at it in Olympia; meeting with legislators, attending hearings, reading and summarizing bills, dashing...

Partners for Our Children wishes all of you a very happy 2019!  With a new year comes possibility of change and endless opportunities. We hope this year brings you prosperity and growth!   STATE UPDATES State legislative session about to start… and...

Happy November! Here's the monthly federal update from POC. So much is happening, and we want to share a few highlights with all of you. Please contact us if you have any comments about the update or suggestions about specific content you want us to...

Since 2012, Partners for Our Children has tracked and published summaries of hundreds of bills introduced by the Washington state legislature.   Today, April 4th, 2018, we are pleased to launch our new federal legislation tracker (click on the "...