By Kathleen Collins, Government Relations Consultant The 2024 legislative session starts January 8. It will be a short 60-day session where legislators will tune up the state’s two-year budgets and address unfinished business. The short […]
By Kathleen Collins, Government Relations Consultant The 2023 session concluded on April 23 having passed 475 bills. This was a long session—105 days—that included preparation and passage of the operating, capital, and transportation biennial budgets. […]
By Kathleen Collins, Government Relations Consultant The 2023 Legislative session has hit the halfway mark toward the April 23 end date. There are several construction and energy related bills that are moving through the process, […]
By Kathleen Collins, Government Relations Consultant The 2023 Legislature will convene in Olympia for a 105-day session on January 9, 2023. The Democrats retained control of both the House and Senate. The Legislature plans to […]
By / Kathleen Collins,Government Relations Consultant The 2023 session starts in January, just a few months from now. The November election is not likely to change Democrat control of the House and Senate, but with […]
By / Kathleen Collins, Government Relations Consultant State agencies have been working on changes to the state building codes and implementation of the Clean Buildings Act. These activities will impact SMACNA contractors. State Building Code […]
By / Kathleen Collins, Government Relations Consultant The Legislature ended its 60-day session on time with a big bump in state spending, no new taxes, and a 16-year transportation funding package. Despite the fiscal impact […]
By / Kathleen Collins, Government Relations Consultant On January 10, 2022, the Legislature will start a 60-day session. Whether it will be in-person or virtual or something in between is unknown at this time. Concerns […]
By / Kathleen Collins • SMACNA Legislative Consultant The Legislature wrapped up its work at the end of April—a session that was unique in many ways. Due to the pandemic, the deliberations were done with […]
By / Kathleen CollinsSMACNA Legislative Consultant By the time you read this, the Legislature will be coming down the home stretch to the end of a most unusual legislative session. The session was for the […]
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