I’m Just a Bill!
How Shayan’s or any Law may move towards passage
For each bill senate/house, there are 3 potential steps that have to be secured in each committee-***Every step requires very close scaffolding and intense advocacy by constituents throughout Washington State***
- Session starts in Jan.
- Shayan’s law is referred to the Health care & Long-Term Care for a hearing. (See contact information for members and staff here)
- The committee studies the bill and may hold public hearings on it. The members can then vote it out of committee (once it’s scheduled for an executive session, reject or take no action on the bill. If no action is taken the bill dies. Our Senate bill has had it’s first hearing and is being studied in committee.
- It will then go to the fiscal committee (Ways & Means). The committee studies the bill and may hold public hearings on it. It can then pass, reject or take no action on the bill. Deadline for bills to be read in fiscal committees to be published (if the bill’s fiscal note makes it into the budget by the deadline, it will be given a brief extension).
- The bill is then referred to the Rules Committee.
- The Rules Committee can either place the bill on the second reading of the calendar for debate before the entire body, or take no action.
- At the second reading, a bill is subject to debate and amendment before being placed on the third reading calendar for final passage.
- After passing the senate, the bill goes through the same procedure in the house(deadline TBD).
- If amendments are made, both the Senate and the House must approve the changes.
- When the bill is accepted in both houses, it is signed by the respective leaders and sent to the governor.
- The governor signs the bill into law or may veto all or part of it. If the governor fails to act on the bill, it may become law without a signature.
