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Washington’s 105-day legislative session begins Monday. Opening day will bring pomp, process and back-to-school energy as lawmakers — many new to the job — dive into four months of politics ...
January 13: The Washington State Legislature convenes at the Washington State Capitol, Olympia, [5] and is "the first time that both of a state legislature's chambers have been led by LGBTQ+ people": Laurie Jinkins, Speaker of the House, and Jamie Pedersen, Senate majority leader. [6] [7]
The State Legislature meets in the Legislative Building at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia. As of January 2025, Democrats control both houses of the Washington State Legislature. Democrats hold a 59–39 majority in the House of Representatives [ 2 ] and a 30–19 majority in the Senate.
The state constitution allows both houses to write their own rules of procedure (article II, section 9) and to elect their own officers (article II, section 10) with the proviso that the lieutenant governor may preside in each house and has a deciding vote in the Senate, but that the Senate may choose a "temporary president" in the absence of the lieutenant governor.
Jan. 5—Soon, more than 100 politicians from all over Washington will walk into rooms with coastal rhododendrons and English dogwood flowers printed on the carpet. They will begin to debate ...
The Olympian and McClatchy’s other Washington news sites — The News Tribune, The Bellingham Herald and Tri-City Herald — will host a free question-and-answer livestream with state lawmakers ...
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The State Senate Chamber of the Washington State Capitol. The Washington State Legislature is the state's legislative branch. The state legislature is bicameral and is composed of a lower House of Representatives and an upper State Senate. The state is divided into 49 legislative districts of equal population, each of which elects two ...