by Boswell Consulting | Mar 6, 2023 | Policy & Advocacy
The legislature has now passed the halfway point of the 105-day legislation session. Last week, legislators devoted almost all their time to debating bills on the floor, extending into the weekend. Several floor debates went late into the evening and even into the...
by Boswell Consulting | Feb 27, 2023 | Policy & Advocacy
Week 7 is now complete, and we are almost at midpoint of the 105-day 2023 legislative session. Last Friday, February 24 was the last day to move bills out of fiscal committees in their house of origin. Several Chamber priority pieces of legislation survived cutoff...
by Boswell Consulting | Feb 21, 2023 | Policy & Advocacy
The 2023 legislative session is now more than one third complete and last week marked the first major cutoff. This year, members of the House have introduced 846 bills and members of the Senate have introduced 767 bills. Last Friday on Feb. 17, all bills needed to be...
by Boswell Consulting | Feb 13, 2023 | Policy & Advocacy
The first major cutoff of the 2023 legislative session is on February 17. Heading into week 6 of the 2023 legislative session, legislators and advocates are working earnestly to pass or kill bills. Bills not necessary to implement the budget must pass out of their...
by Boswell Consulting | Feb 6, 2023 | Policy & Advocacy
Funding for housing and tourism rose as priorities in week four of the 2023 Legislative Session, and the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce supported its members and the alternative jet fuel industry. Housing Housing continues to be a primary focus this...
