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Session

Each year, legislators gather to talk about issues affecting Washington and vote on bills that may become new state laws.

Important 2025 session dates

The session cutoff calendar shows deadlines and dates for legislative activities. 2025 cutoff dates are tentative, and must be approved by both the Senate and House of Representatives.

* After 5:00p.m. on the 94th day, only initiatives and alternatives to initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, matters that affect state revenue, messages pertaining to amendments, matters of differences between the two houses, and matters incident to the interim and to the closing of the session may be considered.

The Cutoff calendar page contains PDF versions of cutoff calendars from 1986-present. 

Floor activity

See the schedule of votes, debates, and other activities happening in the House of Representatives and Senate.

The Legislature will convene for the 2025 regular session on January 13, 2025
The next regular session convenes in 19 day(s) on 01/13/2025

Upcoming committee meetings

During committee meetings, legislators discuss bills and current issues in Washington. Find upcoming meetings and learn how to participate.

See full committee schedule

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Session documents

View documents about the work we've done during legislative sessions.

  • Latest session documents

    See documents about the most recent legislative session including pictorial guide, telephone directory and committee assignments, statistical summary, governor action, and cutoff lists.

  • Cutoff calendars

    A historical list of session cutoff calendars from 1986 to present.

  • Daily journals

    We record the activities that happen on each day of the legislative session. Access daily journals from the most recent session or past sessions dating back to 2005.

  • Discontinued publications

    Find documents we published for past legislative sessions but no longer create.

  • Floor journals by session

    Floor journals have information about specific legislative sessions from 1890 to 2023.

  • Legislative manuals

    We produce legislative manuals every 2 years; they are guides with details about legislators, procedures, and more. Find legislative manuals from 1889 to 2024.

  • Roll call transcripts

    See which legislators voted for or against specific bills during sessions from 1979 to 2024.

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