Office of Planning & Budgeting
Bill Tracking & Legislative Resources
This webpage provides an overview of the UW’s bill review and tracking processes and includes links to OPB’s most frequently used state websites and resources. OPB provides session updates through the OPBlog and Briefs page. The UW’s Office of State Relations is another excellent resource for updates on the legislative session and state-level happenings.
UW Bill Tracking Process and Assessments
The University utilizes LobbyGov as our bill analysis platform. Users with a UW NetID can log in here: uw.lobbygov.com. Please reach out to OPB’s Policy, Planning & State Operations team if you need access.
- The LobbyGov Bill Review Process guide provides a basic overview for using the LobbyGov bill analysis platform, which replaced BillTracker starting in the 2021 legislative session.
- The Bill Tracking Overview brief provides an overview of the UW’s bill tracking process, including how to submit an effective assessment in LobbyGov.
What We’re Tracking
A list of current legislation tracked by the UW is available below and will be updated throughout the legislative session:
- Bills Status Report – 3.01.2024
- Bill Status Report – 2.23.2024
- Bill Status Report – 2.16.2024
- Bills Status Report – 2.9.2024
- Bill Status Report – 2.2.2024
- Bill Status Report – 1.26.2024
- Bills Status Report -1.19.2024
- Bill Status Report – 1.12.2024
- Bill Status Report – 3.31.2023
- Bill Status Report – 3.17.2023
- Bill Status Report – 3.10.2023
- Bill Status Report – 3.3.2023
- Bill Status Report – 2.17.2023
- Bill Status Report – 2.10.2023
- Bill Status Report – 2.3.2023
- Bill Status Report – 1.27.2023
- Bill Status Report – 1.20.2023
- Bill Status Report – 1.13.2023
Legislative Information
- Bill Information – Users can search for proposed and enacted bills by bill number, topic, keyword, biennium, and more. Each bill’s webpage shows the bill’s progress and current status and provides all bill documents, digests, reports, and amendments.
- How a Bill Becomes a Law – A very brief, step-by-step description of the steps a bill must go through to become a law.
- Overview of the Legislative Process – A more detailed, but still relatively brief, description of the legislative process.
- Legislative Process and Terms – An overview of the Legislative process including common terms.
- Legislative Committees & Committee Calendars
- UW and the State Budget Process
Budget & Fiscal Resources
- Fiscal Information – Interactive statewide fiscal reports and graphs that allow you to compare budget versions, look up historical spending trends, and much more.
- Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program (LEAP) – Find enacted budgets, legislative budget proposals, and supporting documents.
- Fiscal Note Search – Search for fiscal notes by bill number, bill title, or date. For more information about fiscal notes, please see OPB’s fiscal note webpage.
- Fund Account Look-up – A complete inventory of all legally authorized accounts for use by state agencies.
Laws & Regulations
- Revised Code of Washington (RCW) – The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws now in force. It is a collection of Session Laws (enacted by the Legislature, and signed by the Governor, or enacted via the initiative process), arranged by topic, with amendments added and repealed laws removed. It does not include temporary laws such as appropriations acts (i.e. budgets); for information about appropriations acts, please see the LEAP website.
- Washington Administrative Code (WAC) – The Washington Administrative Code (WAC) codifies regulations of executive branch agencies and arranges the regulations by subject or agency. Like legislation and the Constitution, regulations are a source of primary law in Washington State. Click here to see regulations for the University of Washington.
Data Resources
- Education Research & Data Center (ERDC) – ERDC conducts analyses of early learning, K-12, and higher education programs and education and workforce issues across the P-20 system, including the Public Four-Year Dashboard (see next bullet point).
- Statewide Public Four-Year Dashboard – OFM worked with the six public universities and colleges to create this centralized dashboard that displays a number of accountability measures, such as graduation rates and the time it takes to complete a bachelor’s degree for each institution and statewide.