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2015-Special 2<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Legislative Update from Olympia<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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08 May 2015<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

SPECIAL SESSION DRAGS ON<\/p>\n

NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY<\/p>\n

After a flurry of holdover bill passing on 29 April, there has been no floor activity since the special session began.\u00a0 There have been a handful of committee meetings, mostly to discuss future plans and activities (such as local town hearings or monthly work sessions in Olympia) before the next regular session begins in January 2016.<\/p>\n

No doubt the budget conferees are hard at work behind the scenes.\u00a0 What the status of those negotiations might be is a mystery.\u00a0 The Democrat budget proposal calls for more than a $1 BILLION tax increase.\u00a0 As I recall, Governor Inslee ran for office on a “no new taxes” promise.\u00a0 But he supports the Democrat budget proposal.<\/p>\n

BILL STATUS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*ESHB 1713
\n<\/a>Neutral<\/strong><\/td>\n		Mental health\/guns<\/td>\nCody (D-34)<\/a><\/td>\nS. W&M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* indicates change in status this week<\/p>\n

ESHB = Engrossed Substitute House Bill, SHB\/SSB = Substitute Bill (bill amended in committee), HB = House Bill, SB = Senate Bill, H. Aprop = House Appropriations, H. Jud. = House Judiciary, S. L&J = Senate Law & Justice, S. W&M = Senate Ways & Means<\/p>\n

HEARING(S) SCHEDULED:<\/p>\n

At this point, there is no published agenda for next week.<\/p>\n

LEGISLATIVE HOT LINE: You may reach your Representatives and Senator by calling the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-562-6000. Toll free!!! The hearing impaired may obtain TDD access at 1-800-635-9993. Also toll free!!!1-800-562-6000 TDD 1-800-635-9993<\/p>\n

OTHER DATA: Copies of pending legislation (bills), legislative schedules and other information are available on the legislature\u2019s web site at \u201cwww.leg.wa.gov<\/a>\u201c. Bills are available in Acrobat (.pdf) format. You may download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader from Adobe\u2019s web site (http:\/\/www.adobe.com<\/a>). You may also obtain hard copy bills, initiatives, etc, in the mail from the Legislative Bill Room FREE OF CHARGE by calling 1-360-786-7573. Copies of bills may also be ordered toll free by calling the Legislative Hotline at (800) 562-6000. You may also hear floor and committee hearing action live at http:\/\/www.tvw.org\/<\/a> (you need \u201cRealAudio\u201d to do this, available free at the TVW web site).<\/p>\n

By reading the House and Senate \u201cbill reports\u201d (hbr, sbr) for each bill, you can see how individual committee members voted. By reading the \u201croll call\u201d for each bill, you can see how the entire House or Senate voted on any bill. The beauty of the web site is that ALL this information is available, on line, to any citizen.<\/p>\n

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