The October 2020 edition of AIA Washington Council’s is available HERE. Read about: The 2021 Legislative Session, which will move online Online events on advocacy training and how to navigate the legislative session and the state’s legislative website How you can participate in AIA|WA’s first ever virtual lobbying day, Capitol…
Join us for Advocacy in Action, a free, 3-part webinar series on how architects can effectively advocate for the issues most important to you. AIA Washington Council advocates on behalf of our members on a range of issues, including: Climate change and the role of the built environment in addressing…
AIA|WA’s December Newsletter is available for download HERE. In it you’ll find information about the first three weeks of the 2020 Legislative Session in Olympia, including our work on bills related to contracting, architect licensing, the B&O tax, C-PACER, embodied carbon, the State Building Code Council, housing and more. For…
AIA|WA’s October Newsletter is available for download HERE. In it you’ll find information about: Former Executive Director Jeffrey Hamlett receiving the Jennie Sue Brown Award AIA|WA’s legislative agenda for 2020 AIA|WA’s position on Initiative 976 AIA National’s Knowledge Communities and more! If you have comments or suggestions, please let us…
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…
Architects Advocate is a nonpartisan advocacy group of architecture and design firms committed to creating healthy and livable communities through their work and advocating for national action on climate change through public policy. Two elements lie at the heart of Architects Advocate’s work: its mission is to enact meaningful legislation and…
We have now completed week three of a 60-day legislative session and are fast approaching the first cutoff on February 2. Bills that are to continue through the process must be passed out of committee and read on the House or Senate floor by the end of the day on Friday. With…
On Dec. 15 the U.S. House and Senate Conference Committee released their version of the tax reform legislation. We are encouraged by the changes made as the bill moved through the legislative process. This legislation moved through both chambers at lightning speed, but thanks to the rapid response of AIA’s…
