Washington State Senate health bills that advanced to the House before the cutoff Sydney Kurle | Mar 8, 2021
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The past two weeks have been busy in the Washington State Legislature, both houses have had a marathon of floor sessions in order to get bills passed before the house of origin cutoff on Tuesday at 5 pm.
In the Senate there were 20 health or health related bills that were heard in the past two weeks and managed to make it to the House. Here are the 11 that we have been watching.
First up are the bills that made it through floor sessions with minimal debate and support on both sides of the aisle. Senate Bill 5115, sponsored by Sen. Karen Keiser (D.), would create an occupational disease presumption for frontline employees during a public health emergency for the purposes of workers’ compensation. The bill passed with a vote of 48 in favor and one member, Sen. Keith Wagoner (R.), against the bill. The bill has been referred to the House La
Profits on the sale of stocks and bonds in excess of $250,000 would be subject to a new tax on capital gains under a bill narrowly approved Saturday by the Washington Senate.
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by Rich Smith • Mar 6, 2021 at 6:08 pm
About goddamn time. Lester Black
After nine long years of effort and a long debate Saturday afternoon, the Washington state Senate narrowly passed a proposal to tax capital gains on a 25-24 vote.
Democrats who joined Republicans in voting against the measure predictably included Sens. Mark Mullet, Steve Hobbs, Annette Cleveland, and Tim Sheldon.
The bill will now head back to the House for approval, which it will likely receive given that chamber s support for the tax in the past. Governor Jay Inslee included a version of capital gains tax legislation in his budget proposal this year and in previous years, so he won t be a roadblock either.