The State Legislature adjourned 8 minutes before midnight on April 28, 2019. Our final legislative report is here. In the final 24 hours of the session, the Democrats had the numbers to pass all three budgets and a number of other bills that went down to the wire. Included in…
On April 19, Gov. Jay Inslee signed HB 1148, AIA Washington Council’s signature legislation this session. The bill addresses NCARB-approved changes to the path to licensure, including eliminating a year of AXP electives and allowing all candidates to complete the experience and testing portions of licensure non-sequentially. In addition, the…
April 17, 2019 We are nearing the end of this year’s legislative session in Olympia. April 17 is the deadline for bills that have already passed out of one house to pass out of their second house. There is an exception for bills that impact the budget; these have no…
