Legislative
February 9, 2022
2022 Legislative Town Halls (virtual & phone)
Date Time District Members Location 02/16 6:00pm-7:00pm 32nd Senator Jesse Salomon, Reps. Cindy Ryu & Lauren Davis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WaHouseDems Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WaHouseDems 02/16 7:00pm-8:00pm 44th Senator John Lovick, Reps. April Berg & Brandy Donaghy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenateDemocrats / Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/user/WASenateDemocrats 02/17 5:30pm-6:30pm 1st Senator Derek Stanford, Reps. Shelley Kloba & Davina Duerr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenateDemocrats Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WASenateDemocrats 02/17 6:30pm-7:30pm 28th Reps. Mari…
January 27, 2022
Long-Term Care Payroll Tax to be Delayed for 18 Months
Today (1/27/22), Governor Inslee announced that he has approved an 18-month delay for the long-term care payroll tax known as WA Cares. Last week, the House passed HB 1732, which delays the implementation of the tax for 18 months. The bill changes the start date from January 1, 2022 to July 1, 2023. Yesterday, the…
December 22, 2021
WA Cares premiums still collected starting Jan 1st
On December 17, Governor Inslee issued a press release about the delay of WA Cares Fund premium assessment. Despite this announcement, UW will still collect WA Cares Fund premiums from employees starting on January 1, 2022. FAQ #14 from the State HR page provides an explanation why: The governor has instructed ESD [Employment Security Department]…
December 12, 2021
PSO Legislative Preview Recap
On November 17, the PSO hosted its annual Legislative Session Preview, with guest speaker Joe Dacca, UW Director of State Relations. Over 100 people joined in to hear Dacca share the University’s legislative agenda and take questions. An important highlight is that compensation is the University’s top agenda item for the coming legislative session that…
October 28, 2021
Fall 2021 Legislative update with Joe Dacca Nov 17 2:30pm
Join us for a PSO Fall 2021 Legislative Update DATE: November, 17 2021 @ 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Join the Office of State Relations for an update on the 2021 legislative session State Relations Director Joe Dacca will share the latest news from Olympia and answer your questions You are invited to submit your questions…
July 15, 2021
WA Cares Fund: details and resources
Washington State’s new mandatory long-term care (LTC) insurance under the WA Cares Fund will pay for long-term care expenses (up to $36,500 in total) for those who reside in Washington State when they require long-term care. The WA Cares Fund will be funded by a new payroll tax, starting January 2, 2022, of 0.58% of…
April 21, 2021
State Relations Legislative Session Recap April 30th
With the Legislature nearing the end of its regular session on April 25th, the UW Office of State Relations will host a session recap on Friday, April 30th at 1:00 PM PDT. State Relations Director Joe Dacca will share highlights from session, review the budgets, and answer questions. To register for the meeting, click here…
April 1, 2021
House and Senate Budget Proposals Released
Both the House and Senate recently released their budget proposals. The Office of Planning & Budgeting released a policy brief analyzing both, while State Relations posted a blog entry on the budget proposals, which points out that neither included furloughs.
March 25, 2021
DATE CHANGE: State Relations Legislative Update on April 2nd
2021 Legislative Update Week 11: Budget proposals and their potential impact NEW DATE: APRIL 2, 2021 Time: 1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Register to join: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJModuyrpjwpHdGj7IR2ZMU1sJ_hp2bs96ZR UW NetID required to participate. Join the Office of State Relations on Friday, April 2nd for a quick update on the 2021 legislative session. State Relations Director Joe Dacca…
March 15, 2021
Upcoming Legislative Town Halls
36th District – March 15th 7 PM – View via YouTube, Twitter, or Facebook 34th District – March 18th 6:30 PM – Sign up to join: Washington State Legislative District 34 – (vekeo.com) 40th District – March 20th 11:30 AM – Facebook – Submit questions in advance at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/40thLDTownHall
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