— by John Stang, from Crosscut.com —
A homeless-housing bill and a veterans’ tuition bill got last-minute reprieves Friday afternoon [March 7].
The Senate Majority Coalition Caucus’ leaders and the House’s Democratic leaders agreed to make those two bills immune from a 5 p.m. Friday deadline to pass bills. In a joint letter, the leaders wrote that they hope to get both bills passed by next Thursday, which is the end of the current legislative session.
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Measures regulating oil-laden trains and providing for emergency preparations for spills [appear to have died in the Washington State Legislature]. The House passed such a bill, which has stalled in the Senate.
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To be sure, the Senate and House have ways to revive policy bills by making them amendments to budget bills or by declaring them to be related to the budget.
To read the full article, go to: crosscut.com/2014/03/07/under-the-dome/119075/legislature-keeps-homeless-veterans-bills-alive/
