That third key deadline passed on Wednesday, which required bills to pass off the House or Senate floor so they could start getting committee hearings in the opposite chamber.
Much could still go wrong for the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, and some ambitious progressive proposals have already fallen by the wayside.
Republicans in the minority meanwhile cheered Wednesday’s passage of Senate Bill 5352, a bipartisan bill to ease restrictions around law enforcement vehicle pursuits, and of Senate Bill 5536, which would create a gross misdemeanor penalty for drug possession but also provide options for substance-use treatment.
Senate Minority Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, cited those two bills, saying
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