This video is part of our series informing you of the latest in state policy. Paul updates viewers on the latest policy happenings in Olympia and beyond. This update includes the first hearing of Washington state’s income tax bill yesterday, which had the largest number of registrants express opposition to the bill in the state’s history.
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00:00 – Introduction
00:47 – Ed Schweitzer named WPC research fellow
01:13 – Federal school choice tax-credit program update
03:44 – SB 6346 state income tax
05:37 – Ryan Frost testimony recap
08:35 – Call to investigate child care subsidy fraud
10:14 – Bill to adopt a 32-hour workweek
12:23 – Bill to impose limits local enforcement on homelessness
14:00 – Sound Transit 75-year bond proposal
15:00 – Boeing shifts jobs to South Carolina
16:37 – Lightning round: HB 2303, HB 2100, HB 1319
Bills mentioned in this video:
SB 6346, to enact a state income tax: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6346&Year=2025
HJM 4014, to urge federal review of alleged fraud in Washington’s child care subsidy programs and related oversight concerns: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=4014&Year=2025
HB 2611, to cut the standard workweek from 40 to 32 hours by triggering overtime after 32 hours: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2611&Year=2025
HB 2489, to restrict local governments from enforcing certain public-safety ordinances related to public camping/parks/street sleeping: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2489&Year=2025
SB 6148, to let Sound Transit issue much longer-term regional transit bonds (WPC frames it as moving toward 75-year debt): https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6148&Year=2025
HB 2303, to ban subcutaneous microchipping of employees: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2303&Year=2025
HB 2100, to expand Seattle’s JumpStart-style payroll tax statewide : https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2100&Year=2025
HB 1319, to create a wealth tax: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1319&Year=2025
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