Legislation that would rescue school districts in Washington State from the so-called “levy cliff” is on its way to Governor Jay Inslee following an overwhelming vote of approval in the Washington State House of Representatives.
By a vote of eighty-seven to ten, the House voted to give its assent to Engrossed Senate Bill 5023, originally sponsored by Senator Lisa Wellman (D‑41st District: Mercer Island, Bellevue, Sammamish, Issaquah). ESB 5023 cleared the Senate last night in a near unanimous vote after difficult negotiations between Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats were successfully concluded.
The Senate officially summarized the bill as follows:
The House’s official summary was a bit more detailed:
ESB 5023 is similar to HB 1059, which the House passed back in January, but which has languished in the Senate ever since. ESB 5023 was passed without hearings in either house, although HB 1059 received a hearing on January 11th.
The roll call was as follows:
Roll Call
ESB 5023
Schools/excess levies
Final Passage
3/9/2017Yeas: 87, Nays: 10, Excused: 1
Voting Yea: Representatives Appleton, Barkis, Bergquist, Blake, Buys, Caldier, Chapman, Clibborn, Cody, DeBolt, Dent, Doglio, Dolan, Farrell, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Frame, Goodman, Graves, Gregerson, Griffey, Haler, Hansen, Hargrove, Harmsworth, Harris, Hayes, Holy, Hudgins, Irwin, Jenkin, Jinkins, Kagi, Kilduff, Kirby, Klippert, Kloba, Koster, Kraft, Kretz, Lovick, Lytton, MacEwen, Macri, Manweller, Maycumber, McBride, McCabe, McDonald, Morris, Muri, Nealey, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Orwall, Pellicciotti, Peterson, Pettigrew, Pollet, Reeves, Riccelli, Robinson, Rodne, Ryu, Santos, Sawyer, Sells, Senn, Slatter, Smith, Springer, Stambaugh, Stanford, Steele, Stokesbary, Stonier, Sullivan, Tarleton, Tharinger, Van Werven, Vick, Volz, Walsh, J., Wilcox, Wylie, Young, Chopp
Voting Nay: Representatives Chandler, Condotta, Dye, Kristiansen, McCaslin, Orcutt, Pike, Schmick, Shea, Taylor
Excused: Representative Johnson
Democrats voted unanimously in support of the bill and were joined by thirty-seven Republicans. Ten Republicans refused to lend their support.
Governor Inslee is expected to sign ESB 5023 in due course.
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