HOW BILLS BECOME LAW

w a s h i n g t o n s t a t e l e g i s l a t u r e

c i v i c e d u c a ti o n p r o g r a m s

HOW BILLS BECOME LAWAND MANY WAYS THEY DON’T

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c i v i c e d u c a ti o n p r o g r a m s

Bills Introduced Bills Passed Vetoed/Partially Veto

2155

32914

1963

30615

4118

635

29

House Senate Total

BILL OUTCOMES 2013-2014

1 7out ofevery

bills introduced becomes law

HERE’S HOW

1DRAFTING

ideastudy

writing

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ambulance seatbelts

trespass notices

digital privacy

hospital employee

breaks

GMO food

labelingtribal

schoolseminent domain

ambulance seatbeltstrespass noticestrespass notices

GMO food labeling

eminent domaindigital privacy

hospital employee breaksGMO food labeling

tribal schools

education funding

Seahawks license plates

oil trains

alcohol in theaters

sewer districtscrab fishing

covering highway loads

marijuana licensesminimum wage

bridge safety

teacher evaluation

mental health care

prison constructiontaxes

rural librariestransparency

fingerprintingsmall business assistance

gun control

Christmas tree farms

plastic bag ban

beekeeping

mint growers

1aDRAFTING

sponsors“dropped”

HOPPER

3333333 HB1152 HB1134 HB2180 HB2255 SB5620 SB5048 SB6583

3333333H H H H S S S

2INTRODUCTION

first readingcommittee

assignment

House Labor & Workforce

House Education

House Tech. & Econ. Dev.

Senate Agriculture

House Transportation

Senate Law & Justice

Senate Higher Education

3333333 HB1152 HB1134 HB2180 HB2255 SB5620 SB5048 SB6583

3POLICYCOMMITTEE

hearingtestimony

amendmentsvoting

3333333 HB1152 HB1134 HB2180 HB2255 SB5620 SB5048 SB6583

Passed, referred to

appropriations

Heard, not voted

Passed, referred to

Rules

Not heard Not heard

Passed, referred to

appropriations

Passed, referred to

appropriations

3aFISCALCOMMITTEE

hearingtestimony

amendmentsvoting

3333333 HB1152 HB1134 HB2180 HB2255 SB5620 SB5048 SB6583

$

Passed, referred to

RulesPassed,

referred to Rules

Passed, referred to

Rules

(no fiscal hearing needed)

Referred to Rules

4RULESCOMMITTEE

gatekeeping“pulls”

Floor CalendarX

Review Calendar/White Sheet

Consideration Calendar/Green Sheet

House

HB1152HB1134HB2255

Senate

SB 5048

House

HB1134HB2255

Senate

SB 5048

House

HB1134

HB2255

Senate

SB 5048

5FLOOR ACTION

second readingamendments

debatethird reading

final passage

PASSED HOUSE85:12

PASSED HOUSE 58:40

PASSED SENATE 31:17

3 3 3 HB1134 HB2255 SB5048

6OPPOSITE CHAMBER

repeat process

PASSED SENATEwith amendments

Died in Senate committee PASSED HOUSE

with amendments

3 3 3 HB1134 HB2255 SB5048

7RECONCILING

negotiationconcurrenceconference

3333 HB1134 SB5048

**h

H HS Sh House concurred in

Senate amendmentsSenate concurred in House amendments

3 3PASSED

LEGISLATURE

8GOVERNOR

signveto

partial veto 3 3 HB1134 SB5048

SIGNED VETO

9IT’S A LAW!

3 1134 – S2.SL

AN ACT Relating to state-tribal education compact schools

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