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The Chamber has some big news in the advocacy space — funding for the 124th/SR 520 project has been included in the draft budgets for both the House and the Senate! Our VP of Government Affairs, Jodie Alberts, testified multiple times on this issue, so we are thrilled to see the fruits of... Continue Reading

Weekly Legislative Report Last week both chambers were focused mostly on floor action, working to pass bills sent over from the other chamber by opposite house floor cutoff on Wednesday, April 12th. All bills except those deemed necessary to implement the budget must pass off the floor of the... Continue Reading

Weekly Legislative Report Wednesday, March 29 was the last day for bills to be passed out of their opposite house policy committees. Following that cutoff, attention quickly shifted to fiscal committees. There is a quick turnaround of just one week between opposite house policy cutoff and opposite... Continue Reading

The East King Chambers Coalition recently held its “Chamber Day” event, where throughout the course of the day, members met with nearly 20 state legislators to discuss our joint regional priorities. Transportation funding, the Blake Decision, middle housing, and public safety were at... Continue Reading

Weekly Update This week was filled with policy hearings and executive sessions as the Legislature works toward the opposite house policy cutoff on March 29th. Legislators and lobbyists were also anxiously awaiting the Economic and Revenue Forecast and the release of the Senate capital and... Continue Reading

Weekly Update Last week was focused on policy committee hearings of bills sent over from the opposite chamber. We also saw some bills start to get voted out of committee. This will continue to be the main focus related to bills in the coming week as we work towards the opposite house policy cutoff... Continue Reading

On March 16, the Bellevue Chamber's PLUSH Committee submitted the following letter to City officials and stakeholders. Read for yourself below. Continue Reading

Last Wednesday, four Young Entrepreneurs Academy students pitched their business ideas to a panel of investor judges. The students — hailing from different local high schools — came up with their business ideas based on different personal experiences and with the help of instructor... Continue Reading

Weekly Update The beginning of the week focused on getting bills passed off the floor by house of origin cutoff on Wednesday. Legislators worked long hours with some floor debates going late into the night. Bills that did not pass out of the chamber in which they were introduced by that day are... Continue Reading

Weekly Update As a reminder, last Friday, February 24th, was the cut-off for bills to get out of the house of origin fiscal committees. Click here to see a list of bill statistics from the House and Senate. The past week has been dominated by floor action. Several days at least one chamber... Continue Reading

Weekly Update This last week was fiscal week, which meant there were long days, sometimes going into the evening, of hearings and executive sessions in order to move bills out of fiscal committees by house of origin fiscal cutoff on Friday, Feb 24. The committee meetings are marathons, sometimes... Continue Reading

On February 23, the Bellevue Chamber PLUSH Committee submitted the following letter to Kirkland City officials. Read for yourself below. Continue Reading