More bills knocked out of running in WA Legislature

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: March 3, 2026

Words: 1,367

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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We’re in the home stretch of Washington’s 2026 legislative session.

It means a near-constant culling of the legislation that lawmakers are considering. Monday and last Wednesday marked important deadlines to get bills out of committees in the chamber opposite where they were introduced.

Measures that didn’t clear these hurdles are likely dead for the year.

Backers of bills that made it can’t breathe a sigh of relief yet.

The rest of this week …

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