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County lobbying team reports late-session progress on public safety, behavioral health, agritourism and other bills
Summary
Snohomish County’s legislative team briefed the council April 23 on late-session developments in Olympia, naming public safety funding, behavioral health crisis funding and an agritourism taxation change among items moving toward final action.
Annika Kavan, senior government affairs analyst in the county executive’s office, delivered the executive's final scheduled update for the 2025 legislative session at the end of the council’s April 23 meeting. She was joined online by the county’s state lobbying team.
Josh, a member of the county’s lobbying team, told the council the legislature appeared to be narrowing the revenue package and that negotiations with Gov. Jay Inslee were ongoing. He said the multi-component revenue package reported in the press at one point as roughly $12 billion had been reduced through amendments; he and a colleague described it as smaller and said recent changes removed a state-level property tax component. Josh noted the legislature and governor were still completing work in the final days of session.
On specific bills the staff…
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