Maria Vandervert

Welcome to the penultimate GSI Legislative Update for 2022. In this edition: our legislative policy wrap up. More coming soon featuring budget highlights and a deep dive into some of the larger policy pieces from this legislative session. As always, for more information contact Jake Mayson, Director of Public Policy, and for more details about any

Welcome to week eight of the 2022 legislative session. Read more below about the issues in action and check out our 2022 State Agenda or get caught up with updates from weeks two, three, four, five, and seven. For more details about any of the bills in this article, visit the Washington State Legislature page to search by bill number. For more information contact Jake Mayson, Director

Democrat budget writers released their supplemental operating budget proposals on Monday, February 21. Both the House and Senate budgets translate higher-than-expected state tax collections into increased spending on a variety of caucus priorities including healthcare, affordable housing, homelessness, education, the environment, and infrastructure. The House budget proposes increasing the budget to $65 billion, while the