Another week, another deadline, and it's all about money
OLYMPIA, Feb. 10, 2020 — Welcome to a new week. The early focus will be on moolah.
Tuesday is cutoff day for bills that cost money, raise money or both. That explains the humongous agendas for the House finance and appropriations committees, and the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
Meanwhile, at 3 p.m., Gov. Jay Inslee will sign the session’s first new law and the year’s first tax increase. Senate Bill 6492 plugs a projected shortfall in the state’s new college financial aid program. It ditches a complicated surcharge on a lot of businesses for a flat tax on far fewer — and the state still winds up with a lot more money. Here’s background from Joseph O’Sullivan of The Seattle Times.
The next key deadline is Feb. 19. That’s the last day to consider bills in their house of origin, other than those necessary to implement a budget. Or those which lawmakers later decide to draw up in the middle of the night.
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