The King County Democrats Legislative Action Committee (LAC) is chaired by [remote_get url=”https://s.kcdems.org/api/chairsub?s=!name&cm=legislative”] . KCDCC has adopted a Legislative Action Agenda for the 2016 session.
The LAC meets monthly with legislators and sends out periodic Legislative Action newsletters throughout the Legislative session. Please join our mailing list by checking legislative action on our volunteer sign up form.
Tuesday, April 7th is the deadline for fiscal bills to move out of committee. You will find our Bill Tracker here. Among our bills that died at the policy cutoff are Breakfast after the Bell, Paid Sick Leave, Equity in Contraceptive Care and Small Consumer Installment Loans. The Washington Voting Rights Act survives. After long…
No bills died this week. With appreciation to our friends and colleagues at Washington State Budget & Policy Center, the State League of Women Voters, and the State Low-Income Housing Alliance, here is a compendium of their budget analyses, which reflect our priorities, particularly for education and human services which are by far the largest…
Printable version Updated 4/6/2015Call your legislators and the Gov. at 1-800-562-6000 and urge them to support your bill. HOUSE BILLS STATUS COMMENTS & ACTION SHB 1223 Financing Workforce Housing (Springer) (also SB 5208) Substitute bill passed House 63-35 (3/5); passed by Senate Human Services, Mental Health & Housing (3/31); referred to Senate Rules (4/1) Substitute bill makes…
Please register now for the King County Democrats’ Legislative Action Day in Olympia, on Presidents Day, Monday, February 16, 2015, from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. (You can schedule appointments with Legislators in the afternoon from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM) The Lobby Day Briefing will be held in Senate Hearing Room 3 of the…
The 2015 legislative session begins January 15 and ends 105 days later on April 27th. Each of the following organizations sponsors a lobby day that includes training on their legislative agenda issues, inspirational speakers including people directly affected by the issues, and appointments with your legislator. These organizations are consistent with our KCDCC platform and offer in-depth training and…
printable version Revenue & Tax Reform: Pass a capital gains tax on the wealthy to raise additional revenue to fund Basic Education and meet McCleary obligations Close corporate tax exemptions that lack accountable performance objectives and results in terms of living-wage jobs and other measurable community benefits Require the Legislature to adopt a Tax Expenditure…
The November LAC Meeting takes place Sunday 11/16 2:00-4:00 at the Northeast Branch Seattle Library, 6801 35th Ave NE, Seattle. Our program will be setting our priorities (subject to executive board approval) for the upcoming legislative session.
Ballots have dropped; too many doorbells to ring. You know the drill…
The September LAC Meeting takes place Sunday 9/21, 2:00-4:00 at the Kirkland Library, 308 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, 98033. Our special guest will be Peggy Maze Johnson of Heart of America Northwest, the Hanford watchdog group.
The August KCDCC Legislative Action Committee Meeting will take place Sunday 8/17, 2:00-4:00pm at Covington Library 27100 164th Ave SE, Covington, right before the Kent-Kangley Road passes under Highway 18 Special guest is Tina Orwall, State Representative (33rd LD) and Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore