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Legislative delegation briefs Anacortes on new state laws and what the city secured from the 2025 session
Summary
Sen. Liz Lovelett and Rep. Alex Ramel gave Anacortes an overview of recently passed state legislation on housing, recycling and ferries; city staff then reviewed which local requests advanced in the 2025 session, including behavioral health funding and shoreline and pavement grants.
Sen. Liz Lovelett and Rep. Alex Ramel, the Washington legislators representing the 40th Legislative District, briefed the Anacortes City Council on June 2 about several bills that passed in the 2025 legislative session and how they relate to local priorities.
The city’s legislative liaison then presented the City of Anacortes’ 2025 legislative outcomes, noting where the city’s requests won funding or program changes and where proposals did not pass.
The delegation highlighted housing and recycling reforms as session accomplishments. "We're updating the unit lot subdivision process," Sen. Lovelett told the council, describing changes intended to enable ownership of whole parcels when middle-housing types (duplexes through six-plexes) are developed. She also described the recycling reform law: "the big recycling bill, Senate Bill 5,284," which creates an…
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