Legislative Updates

It’s hard to believe that we’re half way through the session! Cut-off for bills to be out of their respective fiscal committees was on Tuesday, Feb. 9th and with cut-off for bills to be out of the house of origin Feb. 17th, things have been moving...

Cut-off week is always a whirlwind of activity... Bills have to be out of the original policy committees today and out of the fiscal committees by the end of the day/night on Tuesday, February 9th. So, while everyone is working hard to make sure...

The first major cut-off, when bills must be out of their policy committees of origin, is coming up on February 5th.  As a result, many bills were heard this past week, many more are scheduled for next week, and in addition to hearing the bills,...

Another fast-paced week, full of hearings, the introduction of new bills, lobby days, work sessions, floor action, and more.  A number of committees are already in the process of taking action (exec’ing) on bills since the cut-off for bills to be...

Welcome to the 2016 Legislative Session! It's hard to believe that the session has begun and the first week has flown by. Many new bills have been introduced, committees are also hearing bills from last session, the Governor's budget was heard in...

Ready to take a deep dive into the 2015-2017 budget? Now that the legislative session has finally wrapped, we've put together a chart that compares the 2015-2017 Biennial Budget Proposals around specific items related to children and families....

SINE DIE!!!!  The third special session (fourth session of 2015) adjourned sine die around 12:30 pm this afternoon.  Since July 1st, legislators have been trying to resolve issues related to I-1351 (class size initiative) and the student assessment...

Happy 4th of July! Welcome to week 25 of the 2015 Legislative Session. Just a brief update today - with more to come after session ends (which unfortunately has not yet happened). The good news is that the operating and capital budgets were both...

Welcome to Week 24 of the 2015 legislaitve session! Week 24 and counting!  We are closing in on the final days of the second special session, and, as of this writing, the legislature has not reached agreement on the budget.  11:59 PM on the 27th...

We have reached the end of the third week of the second special session, which has to end no later than June 28th... and could ostensibly be followed by a third special session (ala 2013!).  There was very little public activity in Olympia this week...