By Jim Hedrick, GSI WA State Lobbyist and Spokane Regional Advocate The most significant development of the week wasn’t just the hearings and fiscal committee actions—it was Governor Bob Ferguson’s news conference, where he outlined approximately $4 billion in additional budget cuts for the legislature to consider. These cuts, in addition to those in Governor […]
Legislative Session Update: Week 7 – February 24-28, 2025 Read More »
By Jim Hedrick, GSI WA State Lobbyist and Spokane Regional Advocate The 2025 legislative session is now one-third of the way over. Friday, February 21 was the cutoff for bills to be voted out of policy committees in the House of Origin. Fewer than 20% of bills introduced become law, and this is the first
Legislative Session Update: Week 6 – February 17-21, 2025 Read More »
By Jim Hedrick, GSI WA State Lobbyist and Spokane Regional Advocate It is two weeks until the February 21 policy committee cutoff, the first procedural milestone of the 2025 session. Legislators continue to introduce bills, committee hearings dominated with public testimony taken on hundreds of bills and the process of marking up and taking votes
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