2011 Legislative Session

Day 38 - We were able to move HB 1200 out of the General Government Appropriations Committee with a 12-0 vote. With any luck, citizens of WA State will be able to purchase fresh, healthy WA grown meat products in the grocery stores and restaurants by this fall. Today is the "Policy Cutoff" day, which means all policy bills in the house origin must be moved out of the various committees by 5:00 PM today. Monday is the "Fiscal Cutoff", except for bills Necessary to Implement the Budget or NTIB.

We should have some big news very, very soon ... stay tuned!

 #HB  #1200  #Rep  #David  #Taylor  #Meat  #Inspection  #Program  #15th  #District  #Policy  #Cutoff
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2011 Legislative Session

Day 37 - Today was fairly uneventful. HB 1200 was heard in the General Government Appropriations Committee and I'll have to work to get it out of Committee. The Agencies hung a $1.1 million on the fiscal note, which doesn't take into account revenue increases coming from producers. Every $1 produced in the cattle industry translates to $3.30 on Main Street. We heard HB 1825 in the Environment Committee today, which would shut down the TransAlta plant in Centralia Plant in 2020. It's a terrible bill that would have monstrous impacts on power generation in Washington State.

Tomorrow should be an interesting day. I have meetings from 7:45 AM until 8:00 PM ... the deadline for policy committees in Thursday, so things are starting to move quickly. It looks like some of us will be working on Saturday, too. Bid meeting tomorrow morning with Leadership ... more to come.

 #TransAlta  #HB  #1200  #Rep  #David  #Taylor  #Centralia  #15th  #District
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