Legislative Review

Legislative Review

Each weekday during the legislative session, Legislative Review gives you daily recaps of the top debates at the State Capitol. Over the weekend, a weekly recap summarizes the debates from the entire week. Episodes of Legislative Review are also produced when legislative committees meet during the interim between legislative sessions.

Episodes

March 21, 2024 72 mins
Legislative Year in Review covers the top issues, bills and debates of the 2024 legislative session.
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Legislative Review features highlights from Thursday's legislative activity (3/7/24).On the final day of the 2024 session, supplemental state operating and transportation budgets are approved in the House and Senate.
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March 7, 2024 10 mins
On this episode of Legislative Review: A bill pertaining to future natural gas consumption in Washington State and both chambers approve the State's Supplemental Capital Budget
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March 5, 2024 11 mins
Legislative Review features highlights from Monday's legislative activity (3/5/24).On today's episode: The House votes on citizen initiatives addressing police pursuits of vehicles, parents' rights in education, and prohibiting state and local personal income taxes.
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March 5, 2024 9 mins
Legislative Review features highlights from Monday's legislative activity (3/4/24).On today's episode: The Senate votes on citizen initiatives addressing police pursuits of vehicles, parents' rights in education, and prohibiting state and local personal income taxes.
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March 2, 2024 8 mins
Legislative Review features highlights from Friday's legislative activity (3/1/24).On today's episode: Merging Washington state's carbon market with California and Quebec; and a push for electric school buses is debates in the Senate.
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March 1, 2024 7 mins
Legislative Review features highlights from Thursday's legislative activity (2/29/24).On today's episode: Bills to place epinephrine autoinjectors in schools, promote fentanyl and opioid prevention education in schools, and protect consumers from predatory loans.
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February 29, 2024 10 mins
On today's episode: Citizen initiatives on police pursuits and parental rights in education get public hearings before joint House/Senate committees at the State Capitol.
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February 28, 2024 8 mins
On this episode of Legislative Review, the Seante holds a contentious debate concerning voters' pamphlets. Plus - a joint committee holds a public hearing on Intiative 2111.
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February 27, 2024 10 mins
Legislative Review features highlights from Monday's legislative activity (2/26/24).On this episode: The House meets over the weekend and passes its version of the supplemental operating budget; the House Appropriations Committee hears bills that aim to employ more public defenders and prosecutors in underserved areas, and reqire a new computer science requirement for high school graduation.
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February 23, 2024 7 mins
On this episode of Legislative Review: A bill that aims to help with rent stabilization and the Senate debates their version of the Supplemental Operating Budget.
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February 23, 2024 10 mins
Legislative Review features highlights from Thursday's legislative activity (2/22/24).On today's episode: The Senate passes bills dealing with police officer recruitment, "co-living" housing, and instructional materials in schools.
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February 22, 2024 8 mins
Legislative Review features highlights from Wednesday's legislative activity (2/21/24).On this episode: The Senate's supplemental state transportation budget; a Senate committee votes out a number of bills related to public schools; and a House committee hears a bill to eliminate the state's Fish and Wildlife Commission.
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February 21, 2024 9 mins
The House and Senate Democrats drop their respective versions of the state supplemental operating budget. Plus, a sneak peak at the Democrats' supplemental transportation budget.
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February 20, 2024 10 mins
The house passes a resolution honoring the Japanese Americans who were interned in WWII, a Senate committee holds a public hearing on a gun bill and the Senate passes a resolution on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Stay tuned for budget talks.
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February 16, 2024 8 mins
on this episode of Legislative Review: A hearing on the Senate's verson of the Capital Budget and bill pertaining to guns in certain public places.
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February 16, 2024 10 mins
Legislative Review features highlights from Thursday's legislative activity (2/15/24).On this episode: A bill to authorize the WA Attorney General to investigate police deadly force incidents; a bill proposing public utility tax exemptions for green hydrogen; and a bill to make EpiPen more available in schools for emergency care for allergic reactions.
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February 15, 2024 9 mins
On this episode of Legislative Review: We take a look at a bill that would try to stabilize rent in Washington State. And also topics covering grocery mergers and Ukrainian Americans.
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February 14, 2024 11 mins
On this episode of Legislative Review: A bill concerning unemployment insurance benefits for striking workers advances in the House. Also - legislation concerning payment for women and minority-owned public works subcontractors, and a bill aimed at giving incarcerated people a second chance.

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February 13, 2024 10 mins
Legislative Review features highlights from Monday's legislative activity (2/12/24).On today's episode: Over the weekend, the House approves a bill to require Holocaust and genocide eduction in schools; on Monday, the Senate debates a bill concerning the state's election database, and the House considers a bill to encourage social-emotional learning in schools.
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