Legislative News

Committee work resumes and budgets are released

House and Senate budget writers released their versions of the operating budget over the weekend, holding hearings Monday. Capital budget writers also released their versions of that budget Monday, followed by public hearings on Tuesday. Also this week, the 2026 legislative session marked another...

What Does It Mean To Be In a Team?

Over the past week, I attended two key events, the WACTSA Student Lobby Day in Olympia and the ACCT NLS Conference in Washington DC, which served as the culminating experiences of my internship. At both events, I collaborated with fellow students through WACTSA as well as with peers from other in...

Committees hold hearings after floor action

House and Senate committees got back to work this week as the session reached its House of Origin cutoff deadline Tuesday. That's the self-imposed date by which bills need to be passed by the chamber in which they started to continue in the legislative process.

Fiscal cutoff and full-time floor action

Following Monday's fiscal committee cutoff deadline — when bills with a monetary impact needed to be approved by those committees to continue in the legislative process — this week was dominated by House and Senate floor action.

Committees continue to hear bills, trustee appointments

Committees hear overview, bills regarding dual credit

Reflections On My First Testimiony

Bill addressing student financial aid fraud heard in Senate higher education committee