This Week: Special Session Enters First Full Week

Last week marked the beginning of a 30-day special session following the completion of the 2015 regular session at the end of April.  The first few days of special session saw some action, which is a schedule that is likely to follow this week.

The House and Senate are scheduled for pro forma sessions the first part of this week. There are no House committees scheduled to date to meet this week, and only a handful are expected to meet in the Senate at the end of the week.

Legislature Sine Dies…To Return Next Week

This evening the Washington Legislature ended the 2015 regular legislative session. The regular session ended without the passage of a biennial operating, capital or transportation budget or several policy bills that would be necessary to implement the budgets proposed this session.

Governor Inslee immediately announced a special session to begin April 29.  The Legislature will have 30 days to complete their work.