Post Legislative Session Wrap Up Webinar
Join us to hear Washington State PTA’s legislative consultant, Marie Sullivan, summarize how things went during the 2026 Legislative Session
What to Expect during the 2026 State Legislative Session
The Washington State legislative session is right around the corner. Join WSPTA’s legislative consultant Marie Sullivan as she gives a preview of what to expect. Date has changed to January 8th as of November 2025. Register below.
Pre-Session Legislator Panel
The WSPTA Advocacy Team along with our legislative consultant Marie Sullivan will be hosting a panel of legislators to talk about what to expect in the upcoming 2026 legislative session. Confirmed panelists: Senator Paul Harris, R-Vancouver (Bio here) Representative Michael Keaton, R-South Hill (Bio here) Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos, D-Seattle (Bio here) Senator Lisa Wellman,…
PTAs and Politics: Protecting Your PTA’s Tax-Exempt Status
One of the many benefits of being a part of PTA is support around topics that may be new or seem intimidating to you, like protecting your PTA’s tax-exempt status. Washington State PTA would like to help our PTAs sort out some of the challenges that politics and elections can bring. This resource provides guidelines…
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2025 Washington Legislative Session Debrief
Join us to hear Washington State PTA’s legislative consultant, Marie Sullivan, summarize how things went during the 2025 Legislative Session. The session will highlight the WSPTA scorecard on wins and losses on major policy bills and budget related to adopted legislative priorities and resolutions.
Week 13: Capital Budgets Released, Governor Says “No Go” on Wealth Tax
By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org View our comprehensive bill tracker looking ahead to week 13 here. Over the past few weeks, lawmakers have been focused on releasing their proposed House and Senate biennial budgets for operations, transportation and construction and narrowing down the number of bills under consideration that will make it to Governor Bob Ferguson’s…
Week 12: House and Senate offer differing operating budget proposals for K-12 education
By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org View our comprehensive bill tracker looking ahead to week 12 here. House and Senate Democrats released their proposed 2025-27 operating and transportation budgets on Monday, March 24th, held public hearings on Tuesday, and accepted amendments on Thursday. On Saturday, the Senate passed the operating budget (ESSB 5167) by a vote of…
Bring On the Budgets (and the Revenue Ideas!)
By Marie Sullivan, legconsultant@wastatepta.org Be sure to check out our comprehensive Week 11 Bill Tracker to see how bills we support have fared. Last week the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council reported that anticipated revenue collections would be down by nearly $900 million over the next four fiscal years: $479 million in 2025-27, and $420…
Hs Civil Rights & Judiciary SB 5098
Advocacy Committee member Dr. Gwen Loosmore testified in favor of E2SSB 5098, restricting the possession of weapons on the premises of state or local public buildings, parks or playground facilities where children are likely to be present, and county fairs and county fair facilities. Gwen said that a simple restriction like those presented in the…
WA Faces Revenue Decline in New Budget Outlook
By Advocacy Committee, ptaadvocacydir@wastatepta.org On March 18, the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council released the latest revenue forecast. The figures further worsened the state’s financial outlook, adding to an already projected operating budget shortfall of up to $15 billion over the next four years. The latest forecast projects nearly $900 million less for…