Bills by Topic Results
Bills that have passed the Legislature are shown in bold text with an * preceding them.
LEGISLATURE
   (See also ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE; BUDGETS; ELECTIONS; LEGISLATIVE ETHICS BOARD; NAMED ACTS; PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION; TITLE ONLY BILLS) |
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Abalone, pinto abalone recovery initiative, legislature to establish:
SB 6265 |
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Administrative rules review committee, joint, approval of rules by, procedures:
HB 1240 |
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Administrative rules review committee, joint, eliminating:
HB 2431 |
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Administrative rules review committee, joint, insurance commissioner hearings:
HB 1576 |
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Administrative rules review committee, joint, petitions to:
ESB 5214 |
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Administrative rules review committee, joint, selective review of agency actions:
ESB 5214 |
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Administrative rules review committee, joint, stay of rules during review:
HB 1657, SB 5055 |
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Agencies, legislative, public records disclosure, legislative public records act:
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ESB 6617 (2018) V |
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Agency rule making, annual expiration, when, role of legislature:
SB 5798, SSB 5798, SB 6541 |
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Agency rule making, legislative ratification:
HB 1658, SB 5616 |
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Agency rule making, legislative ratification or agency excellence assessment:
SSB 5616 |
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Agency, definition of, excluding legislative branch for public records purposes:
HB 2886 |
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Aging, legislative advisory committee on, establishing:
HB 2116, SB 5180, 2ESSB 5180 |
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Aquatic lands, reserves, DNR establishment or enlargement, requiring legislation:
SB 5171 |
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Autonomous vehicle technology policy, joint select committee on, establishing:
HCR 4414 |
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Autonomous vehicles, on public roadways, executive/legislative work group, convening:
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SHB 2970, CH 180 (2018) |
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Bills and other legislation, cutoff dates:
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SCR 8400 (2017),
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SCR 8407 (2018) |
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Bills and other legislation, cutoff dates, exempting SHB 3003 from:
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HCR 4415 (2018) |
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Bills and other legislation, racial and ethnic impact statements concerning:
SB 5588, ESSB 5588 |
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Bills, availability before final passage, constitutional amendment concerning:
SJR 8210 |
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Bills, memorials, and resolutions from 2017 first special session, returning to house of origin:
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HCR 4405 (2017) |
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Bills, memorials, and resolutions from 2017 regular session, returning to house of origin:
HCR 4403 |
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Bills, memorials, and resolutions from 2017 second special session, returning to house of origin:
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HCR 4407 (2017) |
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Bills, memorials, and resolutions from 2017 third special session, returning to house of origin:
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HCR 4409 (2017) |
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Bills, memorials, and resolutions from 2018 regular session, returning to house of origin:
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HCR 4416 (2018) |
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Bills, memorials, and resolutions, reintroduction for 2017 first special session:
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SCR 8404 (2017) |
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Bills, memorials, and resolutions, reintroduction for 2017 second special session:
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SCR 8405 (2017) |
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Bills, memorials, and resolutions, reintroduction for 2017 third special session:
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SCR 8406 (2017) |
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Bills, memorials, and resolutions, reintroduction for 2018 regular session:
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HCR 4411 (2018) |
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Bills, revenue equity statements and tax regressivity grades, instituting:
HB 2936 |
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Bills, tax rate equity statements with effective tax rate for, when:
HB 1981, SHB 1981 |
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Bills, that raise taxes, amending senate rules 62, 64, and 67 concerning:
SR 8658 |
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Boad, Ken, senate security, honoring:
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SR 8612 (2017) |
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Bridges, I-5 over Columbia river, bistate bridge project legislative work group:
HB 1222 |
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Brown, Marty, former secretary of senate, recognizing and thanking:
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SR 8669 (2017) |
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Bryant, El Wanda, senate page supervisor, recognizing:
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SR 8662 (2017) |
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Budgets and related bills, restricting considering of legislation to, when:
HJR 4211 |
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Building codes, legislative action to allow implementation, requiring:
SB 5500, SSB 5500 |
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Building codes, update decisions, agency-request legislation requirement:
SSB 5500 |
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Bull, Gina Grant, house page supervisor and former legislative assistant, honoring:
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HR 4616 (2017),
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SR 8623 (2017) |
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Capitol campus design advisory committee, caucuses to appoint members of:
SB 5922 |
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Capitol/legislative building, dome of, filamentous fungi impact/removal, legislature role:
SB 6625 |
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Children's mental health work group, establishing:
HB 2779, SHB 2779,
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E2SHB 2779, CH 175 (2018), SB 6485, SSB 6485 |
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Children's oversight committee, legislative, assumption of duties by DCYF oversight board, when:
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2E2SHB 1661, CH 6 (2017) |
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Children's oversight committee, legislative, repealing, transfer of duties:
SHB 1661 |
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Clibborn, Judy, state representative, honoring:
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HR 4691 (2018),
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SR 8732 (2018) |
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Climate programs oversight, joint committee on, creating:
SSB 6203, 2SSB 6203 |
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College presidents, selection process, to require senate confirmation:
SB 5584 |
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Columbia river I-5 bridge, joint Oregon-Washington legislative action committee:
EHB 2095,
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SSB 5806, CH 288 (2017), SB 6118 |
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Commerce & gaming committee, reducing membership of:
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HR 4648 (2017) |
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Commerce, labor, and sports committee, senate, approving college sports budgets:
SB 5109 |
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Committee staff employment committee, senate rule 51 concerning membership:
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SR 8651 (2017) |
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Committees, renaming legislative systems committees to emphasize technology:
HB 2028, SHB 2028, 2SHB 2028, SB 5729, ESSB 5729 |
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Community economic revitalization board, alternate members from caucuses:
HB 2218 |
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Constitutionality of legislative acts, legislative and court roles in determinations:
HB 1072 |
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Cooke, Suzette, former state representative, recognizing:
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SR 8719 (2018) |
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Dairy day at the legislature, recognizing:
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SR 8606 (2017),
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SR 8693 (2018) |
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Deceased former members, joint session to honor:
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SCR 8402 (2017) |
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Developmental disabilities, individuals with, select committee on supported employment services for, establishing:
HB 2787, SHB 2787 |
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Diversity commissions, ethnic and cultural, advising legislature:
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SB 5020, CH 143 (2018), SSB 5020 |
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Elected officials, financial affairs reporting, suspending or modifying, when:
HB 1833 |
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Elections policy committee, legislative, creating:
HB 2526 |
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Employment relations, joint committee on, modifying provisions:
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SB 5969, CH 23 (2017) |
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Federal government, state agency agreements with, reporting to legislature:
HB 1207 |
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Fee increases, requiring simply majority:
SJR 8214 |
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Fiscal analysis, work group to explore establishing nonpartisan agency:
SB 5443, SSB 5443 |
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Fiscal and program information, work group concerning, convening:
HB 1960 |
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Fiscal impact statements, deadline for preparing:
HB 2936 |
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Fiscal impact, dynamic fiscal impact statements, instituting:
HB 1960, SB 5443, SSB 5443 |
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Fiscal legislation, veto of, budget allotment reductions by governor due to, when:
HB 2392 |
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Fiscal notes, reliability of, work group to study:
HB 1960 |
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Fiscal notes, various provisions:
HB 1960, SB 5443, SSB 5443, SB 5848 |
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Forecasts, economic and revenue, on February 20 during all sessions:
SB 5114 |
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Forecasts, economic and revenue, shifting June forecast to July:
SB 5920 |
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Fraser, Karen, former state representative and senator, honoring:
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SR 8682 (2018) |
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Gift center, legislative, sales of craft distillery and microbrewery products by:
SB 6212 |
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Gorton, Slade, former state representative:
SR 8704 |
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Haler, Larry, state representative, honoring:
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HR 4685 (2018) |
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Health care oversight, joint select committee, actuarial analysis of apple care trust:
SB 5701 |
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Hill, Andy, former state senator, renaming cancer research endowment authority after:
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ESB 5375, CH 4 (2018) |
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House business during interims, conducting:
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HR 4646 (2017), HR 4684 |
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House organized, notification of governor:
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HR 4600 (2017),
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HR 4651 (2018) |
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House rules, permanent:
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EHR 4610 (2017) |
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House rules, permanent rule 23, reducing commerce & gaming committee membership:
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HR 4648 (2017) |
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House rules, temporary:
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HR 4601 (2017),
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HR 4602 (2017) |
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House, election of members, two house districts in each senate district, creating:
SB 6244 |
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Indian affairs, joint summit council on, establishing:
HB 1357, SHB 1357, 2SHB 1357, SB 5511 |
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Infrastructure, joint select committee on, establishing:
HB 2594, SHB 2594 |
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Insurance commissioner, legislative oversight of office of:
HB 1576 |
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Joint session, elective state officers, canvassing vote of:
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HCR 4401 (2017) |
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Joint session, governor's inaugural address:
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HCR 4401 (2017) |
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Joint session, oath of office for statewide elected officials:
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HCR 4401 (2017) |
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Joint session, state of state message:
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HCR 4412 (2018) |
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Judgments against state for tortious conduct of employees, payment, legislature role:
SB 5896, SSB 5896 |
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Kagi, Ruth, state representative, honoring:
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HR 4692 (2018) |
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Kristiansen, Dan, state representative, honoring:
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HR 4687 (2018) |
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Legislation, 2015, technical corrections for tax and licensing law improvements:
SB 5358,
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SSB 5358, CH 323 (2017) |
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Legislative systems administrative committee, joint, renaming:
HB 2028, SHB 2028, 2SHB 2028, SB 5729, ESSB 5729 |
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Legislative systems committee, joint, renaming, and requiring director:
HB 2028, SHB 2028, 2SHB 2028, SB 5729, ESSB 5729 |
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Legislative technology services, office of, establishing in place of LSC:
2SHB 2028 |
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Legislative technology solutions agency, establishing in place of LSC:
HB 2028, SB 5729 |
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Legislative technology solutions, office of, establishing in place of LSC:
SHB 2028, ESSB 5729 |
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Legislators and candidates, ethics board actions concerning, restricting, when:
HB 1994 |
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Legislators, emailed updates during regular legislative sessions from, prohibiting:
HB 2961 |
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Legislators, mailings and public resources use, post-election:
HB 2106,
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SHB 2106, CH 7 (2017) |
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Legislators, offices of, locating in own district when legislature not in session:
HB 1583 |
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Lynch, Kyle E., legislative aide, honoring the life of:
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SR 8626 (2017) |
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Mailings by legislators, restrictions on, waiver of deadline for, when:
SB 5843 |
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Marriages, solemnizing of, by elected state legislative officials:
HB 2385 |
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McCaslin, Bob, state senator, renaming Appleway trail as Senator Bob McCaslin trail:
HB 2952, SHB 2952 |
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Nealey, Terry, state representative, honoring:
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HR 4689 (2018) |
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Operating budget, legislator salary passage contingency, constitutional amendment:
HJR 4205 |
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Pages, Gina Bull memorial legislative page scholarship program, establishing:
HB 1194 |
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Pages, Gina Grant Bull memorial legislative page scholarship program, establishing:
ESHB 1194, SB 5346,
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SSB 5346, CH 322 (2017) |
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Pages, house, supervisor Gina Grant Bull, honoring and remembering:
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HR 4616 (2017),
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SR 8623 (2017) |
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Pages, senate, supervisor El Wanda Bryant, recognizing:
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SR 8662 (2017) |
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Parlette, Linda Evans, former state representative and senator, honoring:
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SR 8708 (2018) |
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Pike, Liz, state representative, honoring:
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HR 4690 (2018) |
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Public lands, transfer of, joint select committee on, establishment:
HB 1103 |
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Public records officers, chief clerk and secretary to be:
HB 2255, HB 2886, SB 6139,
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ESB 6617 (2018) V |
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Public records requests, response of chief clerk of house to:
HB 1594,
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ESHB 1594, CH 303 (2017) |
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Public records requests, role of chief clerk and secretary:
HB 3011, HB 3013 |
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Public records, "state agency" to include legislative branch:
HB 3011, HB 3013 |
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Public records, defining "legislative public records" for disclosure purposes:
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ESB 6617 (2018) V |
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Public records, defining "legislative records" for disclosure purposes:
HB 2886 |
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Public records, legislative offices, chief clerk and secretary to advise:
SB 6139 |
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Public records, legislative public records act, enacting as new chapter:
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ESB 6617 (2018) V |
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Racial and ethnic impact statements concerning legislation, creating:
SB 5588, ESSB 5588 |
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Redistricting commission, submission of plan to legislature, deadline:
HB 1567, SHB 1567, HB 2962, SB 5398, SSB 5398 |
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Rodne, Jay, state representative, honoring:
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HR 4686 (2018) |
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Rohrkemper, Amanda, attorney, code reviser's office, honoring and remembering:
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SR 8624 (2017) |
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Rule making, department of ecology policies, legislative ratification:
HB 1455, SB 5617 |
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Rule making, legislative approval or disapproval of rules:
HB 1241 |
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Rule making, limited delegation of legislative authority to agencies:
HB 1241 |
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Rule making, specific grant of legislative authority:
HB 1241 |
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School extracurricular activities, entities overseeing, policy role of legislature:
SB 5583 |
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Senate business during interims, conducting:
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SR 8677 (2017),
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SR 8733 (2018) |
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Senate organized, notification of governor:
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SR 8600 (2017),
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SR 8679 (2018) |
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Senate rule 51, concerning committee staff employment committee membership:
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SR 8651 (2017) |
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Senate rules 35, 48, and 53, concerning majority vote and one-day notice:
SR 8609 |
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Senate rules 62, 64, and 67, concerning bills that raise taxes:
SR 8658 |
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Senate rules, new, concerning two-thirds vote for changing during special session:
SR 8661 |
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Senate rules, new, concerning ways & means chair and budget negotiations:
SR 8660 |
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Senate rules, new, concerning ways & means chair/ranking member per diem:
SR 8659 |
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Senate rules, permanent:
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SR 8602 (2017),
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ESR 8678 (2018) |
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Senate, ways and means, chair and ranking member per diem:
SR 8659 |
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Senate, ways and means, chair's availability for budget negotiations:
SR 8660 |
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Session laws, as legal material, preservation and authentication:
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SB 5039, CH 106 (2017) |
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Session, 2017 first special, adjourning SINE DIE:
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HCR 4406 (2017) |
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Session, 2017 regular, adjourning SINE DIE:
HCR 4404 |
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Session, 2017 second special, adjourning SINE DIE:
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HCR 4408 (2017) |
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Session, 2017 third special, adjourning SINE DIE:
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HCR 4410 (2017) |
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Session, 2018 regular, adjourning SINE DIE:
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SCR 8409 (2018) |
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Sessions, house business during interims:
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HR 4646 (2017), HR 4684 |
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Sessions, regular, start date, revising:
SB 5994 |
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Sessions, senate business during interims:
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SR 8677 (2017),
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SR 8733 (2018) |
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Sessions, special, senate ways & means chair's budget negotiations availability:
SR 8660 |
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Sessions, special, two-thirds vote for changing senate rules during:
SR 8661 |
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Sexual harassment, unified table on, urging creation as task force on sexual harassment in legislature:
HCR 4413 |
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SHB 3003, exempting from cutoff dates:
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HCR 4415 (2018) |
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Shin, Paull, former state senator, Mukilteo Boys & Girls Club Shin Center groundbreaking:
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SR 8664 (2017) |
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Sommers, Helen, former state representative, naming "1063 Building" after:
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EHCR 4400 (2018), SCR 8403, SSCR 8403 |
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Spanel, Harriet A., former legislator, renaming Blanchard state forest after:
HJM 4010 |
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Spending programs, new statutory in bills, requirements for:
HB 1818 |
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Stambaugh, Melanie, state representative, honoring:
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HR 4688 (2018) |
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State capitol executive committee, establishing with members from caucuses:
SB 5922 |
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Task force on building code council's administration and operations, establishing:
HB 1622, SHB 1622 |
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Task force on election costs, convening:
HB 2529 |
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Task force on future of work, establishing:
SB 6544,
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SSB 6544, CH 294 (2018) |
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Task force on state and local property tax reform, establishing:
SB 6382 |
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Task force on state building code council's administration and operations, establishing:
HB 1436, SB 5412 |
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Task force, joint select, on sexual assault forensic examination best practices:
HB 1109,
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ESHB 1109, CH 290 (2017) |
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Task force, joint, on fire service administration, establishing:
SB 6548, ESSB 6548 |
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Task force, joint, on fish and shellfish enforcement issues, establishing:
SSB 5761 |
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Task force, joint, on healthy relationships campaign, creating:
SHB 2820 |
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Task force, joint, on hydraulic project approval program jurisdiction, establishing:
SSB 5228 |
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Task force, joint, on improving state funding for school construction, establishing:
SB 5702, ESSB 5702 |
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Task force, joint, on maintaining and expanding the data center industry, establishing:
SB 6589 |
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Task force, joint, on sexual assault forensic examination best practices, provisions:
HB 2353, SHB 2353, HB 2648 |
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Task force, joint, on use of deadly force in community policing, recommendations:
HB 1529, HB 1769, SB 5073, SSB 5073 |
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Task force, joint, on water resource mitigation, establishing:
SB 6091,
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ESSB 6091, CH 1 (2018) |
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Task force, joint, on water supply, both ground and surface water, establishing:
HB 2248, HB 2740 |
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Task force, joint, on water supply, concerning groundwater, establishing:
HB 2239 |
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Task force, joint, to simplify criminal sentencing, establishing:
HB 2184, SB 5294, 2ESSB 5294, SB 5952, ESSB 5952 |
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Task force, legislative, Erin's law, establishing:
HB 1539 |
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Task force, legislative, on K-12 governance and responsibilities, establishing:
2ESHB 1886 |
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Task force, legislative, on southern resident orca recovery:
HB 2417 |
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Task force, on carbon-free, renewable, and economical energy, establishing:
2SHB 2283 |
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Task force, on marbled murrelet habit conservation program damage response:
HB 2300 |
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Task force, on preventing proliferation of social security numbers, creating:
HB 2249 |
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Task force, on voter registration, convening:
HB 2595, SB 6353 |
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Tax increase legislation, two-thirds majority for approval:
SJR 8214 |
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Technology, legislative, renaming oversight committees to emphasize:
HB 2028, SHB 2028, 2SHB 2028, SB 5729, ESSB 5729 |
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Testimony, false, by state officers and employees:
HB 2414 |
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Thiessen, Kyle, Washington state code reviser, commending:
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SR 8727 (2018) |
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Trade policy, joint legislative oversight committee on, eliminating:
HB 2430 |
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Transportation committee, joint, studying Washington-Oregon bridge options:
HB 2352 |
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Tribal-state relations, joint committee on, establishing:
3SHB 1357 |
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Veterans' and military affairs, joint committee, regulating authorities reports to:
HB 1978,
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SB 5359, CH 184 (2017) |
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Wibbels, Sandra G., committee assistant, senate committee services, honoring the life of:
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SR 8625 (2017) |
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WorkFirst, legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force:
HB 1482, SHB 1482, E2SHB 1482,
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E3SHB 1482, CH 126 (2018), SB 5440 |