Bipartisan support to allocate $100 million for COVID-19
OLYMPIA, March 3, 2020 — Nine days. That’s all that’s left in the 2020 session.
There’s much to do.
In the next four days, representatives and senators will be camped for hours on the House and Senate floors as they vote on dozens of bills, most of which will eventually become law.
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• Coronavirus watch: It is and will continue to get worse. On Monday, we learned the death toll had risen to six in Washington as Gov. Jay Inslee called on state lawmakers to provide $100 million in the supplemental budget to cover the costs of state agencies and local health districts responding to COVID-19.
Sen. Steve O’Ban dropped a bill to get the $100 million out of the Rainy Day Fund. Rep. Eileen Cody introduced legislation to withdraw $50 million from the emergency reserves. There’s strong bipartisan support to act swiftly.
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