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Washington leaders tout budgets, ‘millionaires tax’ and public-safety bills as 60-day session ends
Summary
Senate Majority Leader Jamie Peterson and House Speaker Lori Jenkins said the Legislature passed three budgets and bills on public safety, AI and affordability — including a ‘millionaires tax’ that leaders said will cut sales taxes on everyday items — and credited strong interchamber collaboration for landing the session.
Senate Majority Leader Jamie Peterson said the Legislature closed a 60-day session having "land[ed] all of our, 3 budgets" and passed a slate of bills on public safety, health and affordability.
"I'm Jamie Peterson, the senate majority leader," Peterson said, opening the event and listing measures he described as major highlights: a masking bill for law enforcement officers, a bill to protect election data integrity, joining the West Coast Health Collaborative and a bill to align vaccine recommendations with scientific guidance. He said the Legislature also passed…
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