Providing striking workers with unemployment checks. Protecting unspent gift card balances for consumers. Keeping the old name for a new state building.
These are among the matters Washington lawmakers are teeing up for debate in the 2024 session.
Legislators on Monday could begin pre-filing bills for introduction on the session’s first day, Jan. 8. To succeed, legislators will have to push their ideas through the process pretty quickly because the coming session is scheduled to last just 60 days.
Here’s a look at a few bills that are now in the hopper.
