A lot of the biggest issues, including more spending on behavioral health and housing, will likely be decided as part of budget negotiations. The next big hurdle for legislation is a Feb. 21 deadline to make it out of policy committees in the opposite house, or Feb. 26 for budget bills to make it out of a fiscal committee.
Lawmakers are considering a couple of measures addressing drug overdoses, including Senate Bill 5906, which would require the Department of Health to develop a drug overdose prevention campaign, and which passed unanimously out of the Senate on Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Lynda Wilson, R-Vancouver, and colleagues from both parties,
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