Legislative
Futurewise 2025 Legislative Campaign Kick Off Recap!
On Thursday December 12th, Futurewise hosted our campaign kick-off for the 2025 legislative session. A huge thank you to the 75 volunteers and partners that attended to celebrate the launch of the Growing Together campaign. We are especially grateful for … Continue reading
Connecting Communities 2024 Legislative Recap
And that’s a wrap! The 2024 legislative session ended earlier this month on March 7, and our Connecting Communities campaign with it. This short session was a roller coaster of wins and losses as we sailed to the finish line. … Continue reading
Legislative Updates – Week of 3/3/24
Week of March 3 Legislative Update The 2024 legislative session officially ends this Thursday, March 7! Unfortunately, our two priority bills, Transit-oriented development (HB 2160) and Rent Stabilization (HB 2114) did not pass out of the Senate Ways and Means … Continue reading
Legislative Updates – Week of 2/25/24
Week of February 25 Legislative Update We’re in the home stretch! The session ends on March 7, meaning this is the last FULL week. It’s been a busy week too as we are knee deep in cutoffs. Last Wednesday marked … Continue reading
Legislative Updates – 2/18/24
Week of February 18 Legislative Update Wow, what a week it’s been! Last Tuesday marked the House of Origin cutoff, and we had a clean sweep! Both transit-oriented development (HB 2160) and rent stabilization (HB 2114) passed out of the … Continue reading
Legislative Updates – Week of 2/11/24
Week of February 11 Legislative Update We’re over halfway through the 2024 legislative session! It always catches me by surprise just how short the short session is. But halfway means we have a big cutoff coming up– the floor vote … Continue reading
Legislative Update – 2/4/24
Week of February 4 Legislative Update This Tuesday marks the official halfway mark of the 2024 Legislative Session! And with the first cut off last week, things are flying by. The next big cut off to watch is the Floor Vote … Continue reading
Legislative Updates – 1/28/24
Week of January 28 Legislative Update We’re close to the halfway point of the 2024 LegislativeSession, and we’re using last week’s Lobby Day as a launch pad to ramp up our work as we get closer to the first round … Continue reading
Legislative Updates – Week of 1/21/24
Week of January 21 Legislative Update Happy Week 3 y’all! Things are cruising along in the Washington legislature this, both fortunately and unfortunately (rural development bills, I’m looking at you). You may have seen our numerous emails this week … Continue reading
Legislative Update – Week of 1/14/24
Week of January 14 Legislative Update Hard to believe we’re already a week into the 2024 legislative session! This session we’re working to Connect Communities by allowing more housing to be built near transit, preventing sprawl into rural areas, … Continue reading