The Washington State House Appropriations Committee (WA House APP) considers the operating budget bill and related legislation, budget processes, and fiscal issues such as pension policy and compensation. The committee also considers bills with operating budget fiscal impacts.
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Observations
WA Legislature - Update
(April 25, 2025)
The conferenced version of the operating budgets was scheduled for release on Saturday morning in time for chamber votes on Sunday in the final sprint towards adjournment sine die.
WA Legislature - Update
(April 22, 2025)
Legislators began to position the operating budget towards completion, albeit while moving NTIB legislation in the background, as the clock wound down towards the end of the regular session.
WA Legislature - Update
(April 7, 2025)
Legislators worked over the weekend ahead of the Opposite House Fiscal Committee Cutoff on Tuesday positioning the cannabis “agricultural worker” unionization bill for potential movement.
WA Legislature - Update
(April 5, 2025)
On Friday legislators passed the first cannabis bill of 2025 and senators planned to hear testimony on legislation authorizing collective bargaining rights for plant-touching workers on Saturday.
WA Legislature - Update
(April 4, 2025)
Representatives heard testimony opposed to slashing State support for businesses transitioning to worker-owned models and the Senate requested a closed conference on the operating budgets.
WA Legislature - Update
(April 3, 2025)
Seven cannabis bills made it through Wednesday but two didn’t make the cut as activity renewed in fiscal committees where adjacent revenue legislation and one cannabis-related bill were scheduled.
WA Legislature - Update
(April 2, 2025)
Five cannabis-related bills were advanced on Tuesday but two were left behind as the Opposite House Policy Committee Cutoff encroached at close of business on Wednesday.
WA Legislature - Update
(April 1, 2025)
Following two public hearings on Monday and passage of the House operating budget, seven cannabis-related bills were up for executive sessions on Tuesday ahead of the next cutoff.
The Week Ahead
(March 31, 2025)
Before the next cutoff on Wednesday, senators would consider the WSLCB lab authority bill just as agency Enforcement tried to stretch that authority to encompass non-mandatory samples.
WA Legislature - Update
(March 31, 2025)
The cannabis policy committee in the Senate shuffled legislation to address House bills before the next cutoff as the behemoth operating budget was maneuvered between the chambers.