A holiday for Lunar New Year, a return of green and white license plates
2023 Washington Legislature, Day 29 of 105
OLYMPIA, Feb. 6, 2023 — Welcome to the Monday edition. Expect the legislative rubber to meet the road in a real serious way this week.
Lawmakers face a critical Feb. 17 deadline to get bills passed out of policy committees or else they’re pretty much kaput. Thus executive sessions will dominate the landscape around here. Be warned, versions considered in those sessions often look a heck of a lot different than what was originally introduced.
Among the biggies for which committee votes loom are hospital staffing standards, vehicle pursuit policy, and development of middle housing.
And one I didn’t see coming when this session began — making the Lunar New Year a legal state holiday. And a paid day off for state workers.
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