Legislative Updates

Washington Legislature approves $16.9 billion transportation package, with $500 million allocated for Bellevue projects, enhancing highways, transit, and infrastructure.

The 2022 Washington State legislative session, lasting 60 days, focused on police reform, behavioral health, housing, and economic recovery.

Opposite house fiscal cutoff passed; 378 of 399 bills cleared fiscal hurdle. Budget negotiations underway. Final week focuses on amended bills.

Busy legislative week: Senate proposed transportation, operating, and capital budgets. Numerous hearings, executive sessions, and policy cutoffs, with floor action ahead.

House and Senate held floor sessions and committees, with a 21-hour House session. Bills face cutoffs; 438 survive. Worker protest reported. Economic forecast positive; budgets pending release.

Mid-2022 legislative session update: Passed fiscal cutoff, shifted to floor action. House increased in-person members. COVID-19 measures adjusted based on declining rates.

February 3: Bills moved from policy committees; exceptions for budget-related bills. February 7: Fiscal committees decide bills’ fate. Budget discussions intensify amid increased revenue projections.

Session’s first cutoff on February 3rd requires bills to pass policy committees; next fiscal cutoff on February 7th for fiscal committees. Long-Term Care program implementation delayed. 1,009 bills introduced.

The 2022 short legislative session in Washington began on January 10, focusing on budget adjustments and addressing urgent issues.