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• First Legislative Cut-off has passed; did your bill(s) survive?

  Yesterday marked the first of many calendar cut-off days in the Washington Legislature. This cut-off required all policy bills to move out of policy committees. Did the bill(s) you were following get through? Posted Feb 22 2011, 02:04 PM by Website Director with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: legislature, bills, cut-off, policy

• Lawmakers consider Transparency Reform

  Last year, WashingtonVotes.org noted several transparency issues in the Legislature. This year, lawmakers are considering SB 5419 , which would provide additional transparency reforms. Here is an excellent blog post, " Lawmakers address need to improve... Posted Jan 26 2011, 01:18 PM by Website Director with | with no comments Filed under: transparency, lawmakers, bills

• Prohibiting smoking in vehicles with minors aboard

  SB 5016 , introduced by Sen. Scott White , would prohibit smoking in a vehicle when minors are in the car. Under the bill, the offense would be considered a traffic violation, but would only be enforced as a secondary offense. This means a enforcement... Posted Jan 11 2011, 01:33 PM by Website Director with | with no comments Filed under: legislature, bills, traffic violation, smoking, Sen. White