Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Governor signs package of transportation, safety, education and housing bills
Summary
At a ceremonial signing in the governor's conference room, the governor signed a large package of bills affecting transportation funding and ferries, construction safety, education measures, housing conversion incentives and workforce programs; the ceremony included family members of a crane-accident victim and statements about climate and public-safety investments.
The governor signed a package of bills in a conference-room ceremony that included measures on transportation funding, worker and public safety, education and housing policy.
Leading the package was House Bill 21 34, a supplemental state transportation budget the governor said addresses declining transportation revenue and rising project costs. The governor said the Climate Commitment Act has already added $1,000,000,000 in this biennium and that this supplemental contributes another $140,000,000 in Climate Commitment Act revenues plus $154,000,000 in future funding for ferry construction and electrification. The governor also said the budget provides $30,000,000 in additional operating support for ferries, a pilot program to test speed-camera technology on Interstate 5 and more training slots for…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
