Monday, March 7 marked a major deadline for bills to pass out of the chamber where they originated to remain under consideration this session. The exceptions to this cutoff are bills that have been or will be designated NTIB or “necessary to implement the budget.”
The Senate and House worked through Saturday, with the House finishing up work after midnight, prompting one legislator rising to speak on a bill, “Good morning, Mr. Speaker.”
As a result, very few education policy bills were left on the calendar when the clock struck the self-imposed cutoff of 5 p.m.
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Updates on the Legislature and state government from the Washington State School Directors' Association.
