Legislative Bulletin
The Legislative Bulletin, emailed weekly during session and monthly during the interim, is one of AWC’s most valuable legislative resources for cities. It covers what you need to know about issue areas, hot topics, and how to take action on city priorities.
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Legislative session recap
April | 2024 session outcomes | AWC Statement of Policy | 2025 agenda-setting process
Legislative session 2024
March 11 | Sine die | Supplemental budgets pass | Legislative Session recap webinar
March 4 | Session roundup video | Vehicular pursuits update | Traffic safety cameras
February 26 | State budgets comparison | Initiatives update | State budget podcast
February 19 | Supplemental budget proposals | CAD Top 10 | Legislative recap webinar
February 12 | Property tax cap | Affordable Homes Act | ReWRAP Act
February 5 | Halfway to sine die | Initiatives with city impacts | AWC federal priorities
January 29 | Property tax letter | Public safety funding | New opioid settlement
January 22 | Revise property tax cap | Public records | City budget priorities
January 15 | Revise property tax cap | REET proposal | Public safety revenue tools
January 8 | Property tax cap coalition | Governor’s budget | Ballot initiatives
Interim 2023
December | ARPA deadline | PFAS settlements | City Action Days
November | Ballot initiatives | Officer recruitment | Wildland Urban Interface Code
October | AWC 2024 legislative agenda | Congress averts shutdown | Clean building rules
September | 2024 Legislative priorities | Proposed ADA rule | Federal funding deadline
August | 2024 Legislative priorities | Housing legislation | Fish passage rules
July | Legislative Bulletin | Extreme heat | Blake refunds | Federal broadband allocation
June | Blake webinar | Debt ceiling: city impacts | 90 years of city advocacy
Legislative session recap
May 22 | 2023 session outcomes | Blake fix passes in special session
Legislative special session 2023
May 15 | Legislators convene May 16 to address drug possession law
Legislative session 2023
April 24 | Blake fix fails | AWC housing proposal | 2023-25 budgets passed
April 17 | REET for affordable housing | Blake bill passes House | Property tax cap
April 10 | REET options for housing | Middle housing bill | Blake bill amendments
April 3 | Transportation budgets | Budget comparison chart | Vehicle pursuits letter
March 27 | Senate budgets | Middle housing | Vehicle pursuits | Public opinion survey
March 20 | Transit-oriented development | Vehicular pursuits | Prevailing wage
March 13 | Vehicle pursuits | Housing density | Public Works Revolving Account
March 6 | Transit-oriented density | Property tax | Affordable Homes Act
February 27 | Middle housing | Affordable Homes Act | Vehicular pursuits
February 20 | Housing revenue | Vehicle pursuits | Property tax cap
February 13 | Budget priorities | Property tax | Vehicular pursuits
February 6 | Vehicular pursuits | Housing revenue | Prejudgment interest
January 30 | Vehicle pursuits | Transit density | Property tax | Infrastructure report
January 23 | Police pursuits | Prejudgment liability | Blake decision | AWC Lobby Day
January 16 | Housing Solutions Group Proposal | WRAP Act | Clean Energy Council
January 9 | Housing proposals | Public works funding | Governor’s budget proposal