Legislative Action Report — March 30, 2015

No bills died this week. With appreciation to our friends and colleagues at Washington State Budget & Policy Center, the State League of Women Voters, and the State Low-Income Housing Alliance, here is a compendium of their budget analyses, which reflect our priorities, particularly for education and human services which are by far the largest…

Status of Bills for the 2015 Legislative Agenda

Printable version Updated 4/6/2015Call your legislators and the Gov. at 1-800-562-6000 and urge them to support your bill. HOUSE BILLS STATUS COMMENTS & ACTION SHB 1223 Financing Workforce Housing (Springer) (also SB 5208) Substitute bill passed House 63-35 (3/5); passed by Senate Human Services, Mental Health & Housing (3/31); referred to Senate Rules (4/1) Substitute bill makes…

Recommended Olympia Lobby Days

The 2015 legislative session begins January 15 and ends 105 days later on April 27th.  Each of the following organizations sponsors a lobby day that includes training on their legislative agenda issues, inspirational speakers including people directly affected by the issues, and appointments with your legislator. These organizations are consistent with our KCDCC platform and offer in-depth training and…

2015 Legislative Agenda

printable version Revenue & Tax Reform: Pass a capital gains tax on the wealthy to raise additional revenue to fund Basic Education and meet McCleary obligations Close corporate tax exemptions that lack accountable performance objectives and results in terms of living-wage jobs and other measurable community benefits Require the Legislature to adopt a Tax Expenditure…

August 17 LAC Meeting

The August KCDCC Legislative Action Committee Meeting will take place Sunday 8/17, 2:00-4:00pm at Covington Library 27100 164th Ave SE, Covington, right before the Kent-Kangley Road passes under Highway 18 Special guest is Tina Orwall, State Representative (33rd LD) and Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore