Senate clears package of bills on 60th day; bonding and policy measures win final passage

On its 60th legislative day in Olympia, the Washington State Senate took final action on a package of bills, concurring in House amendments and recording final passage on multiple measures including a constitutionally required bonding measure for transportation.

The Senate voted to concur in House amendments and to give final passage to substitute Senate Bill 6225, described on the floor as the agreed conference transportation budget that will let the state authorize additional transportation bonds to unlock investments over six years; the clerk recorded the final roll call as 49 yeas, 0 nays, meeting the 60% constitutional threshold for a bonding measure.

Lawmakers also concurred in House amendments and passed engrossed substitute Senate Bill 6354, a measure described by sponsors as permitting certain electric-vehicle manufacturers (named on the floor as Rivian and Lucid) to sell directly to Washington consumers; the chamber noted a…