Legislative Report By Boswell Consulting Only two weeks remain in the 2025 legislative session. Last week, legislators focused their attention on moving legislation through fiscal committees by the opposite chamber fiscal committee cutoff on April 8. Many majority...
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Rent Control + UI for Striking Employees Still in Play | Legislative Report
Legislative Report By Boswell Consulting The 2025, 105-day legislative session is on its final stretch. April 2 was the cutoff where all bills that passed their chamber of origin needed to be passed by the opposite chamber policy committee to stay alive this session....
WA Budget Proposals Released + Policy Cutoff April 2 | Legislative Report
Legislative Report By Boswell Consulting The legislature has now passed the half-way point of the 105-day session. As we approach the March 12 house of origin cutoff, some bills will not advance due to the high volume of proposed legislation and the session’s tight...

Dead Bills That Didn’t Make Cutoff + Paid Family and Medical Leave Bill Updates
Legislative Session Report Friday, Feb. 21 was the first major bill cutoff of this legislative session, meaning that all bills needed to be voted out of their house of origin policy...

Update: Seattle’s Proposition 1A & 1B
The Seattle election results from Feb. 11 showed the Seattle Public Schools levies, which the Chamber endorsed and contributed to, passed with flying colors, and Proposition 1B has...

UI for Employees on Strike + Data Privacy Proposals Scheduled to Move Ahead This Week | Legislative Report
Legislative Report We are a quarter of the way through the 2025 legislative session. As of last week, the number of daily bill introductions has slowed down and we’re seeing more...

Statewide Budget Survey 2025
Together, the Association of Washington Business, Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and Washington Roundtable commissioned a poll to better...

Rent Control Moves Forward Quickly + What’s Happening with the State Budget
Legislative Report Week three in Olympia was full of legislation moving quickly through the process with executive sessions. The first handful of bills were brought to the House floor...

End of Small Biz PFML Exemption, Unemployment for Employees on Strike + More
Legislative Report In week two of the state legislative session, the legislature held public hearings on several high-profile pieces of legislation including policies on firearms,...
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Member Feature: Pure Green
Today's featured member, Alicia Anderson Pieri, franchise owner of Pure Green Downtown Seattle, says she is thrilled to have the first location of Pure Green in Seattle, which will be...

RFP is Open: WA Small Biz Megaevent Playbook
Curious about how to get involved with the FIFA World Cup 2026™ in Seattle? We’ve got an exciting opportunity for you! Today the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce launched a...

Member Feature: Dynamic and Innovative Research Solutions
Today's featured member, Dr. Gillian Marshall, owner and principal of Dynamic and Innovative Research Solutions, says her company is a social and behavioral science research and...

Member Feature: Natalie Quick Consulting
Today's featured member, Natalie Quick, President and CEO of Natalie Quick Consulting, says her public affairs company focuses on solving problems for you. Tell us about your business...

Closing May 31 – Apply to Comcast RISE today
Comcast RISE – Elevating small businesses is back in King County and more small businesses are applying each day. Key Dates Application Window: May 1-31, 2025 Recipients...

Member Feature: Quick ’n Brite
Today's featured members, Sean Fay and Justin Fay, Co-owners and Co-CEOs of Quick ’n Brite say it is a powerful, biodegradable, and non-toxic all-purpose cleaner made in the USA right...
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