WPC’s Vice President for Research Todd Myers outlines what to expect this week in the legislature and what to expect from WPC.
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00:00 – Introduction
00:42 – Cutoff Rules
01:23 – SB 6346 Hearing and Sign-In Instructions
02:02 – Editorials Turn Against Income Tax
03:33 – SB 2088 Dietitian Licensing Compact
05:22 – SB 6134 Strike Unemployment Repayment Notice
05:46 – SB 6354 EV Direct Sales
06:34 – SB 5496 Limits Home Purchases
07:45 – HB 2416 Spokane Waste-to-Energy and CCA
08:57 – Supplemental Budgets and Revenue Forecast
09:19 – SB 5000 Evergreen State Nickname
09:59 – Maryland “Old Line” Nickname Story
10:22 – SB 5325 Columbia Basin Cactus
Bills mentioned in this video:
SB 6346, to create a state income tax:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6346&Year=2025
SB 2088, to join a multi-state licensing compact for dietitians:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2088&Year=2025
SB 6134, to require notices to striking workers that unemployment benefits may need to be repaid if they later receive backpay:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6134&Year=2025
SB 6354, to allow qualifying EV manufacturers to sell vehicles directly to consumers in Washington:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=6354&Year=2025
SB 5496, to prohibit businesses above a 100–single-family-property threshold from acquiring additional single-family residential properties:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5496&Year=2025
HB 2416, to loosen restrictions affecting Spokane’s waste-to-energy facility under the Climate Commitment Act framework:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2416&Year=2025
SB 5000, to officially designate Washington’s nickname as “The Evergreen State”:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5000&Year=2025
SB 5325, to designate the Columbia Basin cactus as Washington’s state cactus:
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5325&Year=2025
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