wa-law.org > bill > 2025-26 > HB 2049
HB 2049 - K-12 education funding
leg.wa.gov | RSS Feed
Revisions
📰 Articles
- 05/15/2025 Senate Democrats - Liz’s Loveletter: 2025 session ends with progress on housing, education, and recycling! - Sen. Liz Lovelett
- 05/02/2025 Senate Democrats - 2025 session ends with progress on public school funding - Sen. Jamie Pedersen
- 04/29/2025 Cascade PBS - Canada’s Liberal Party holds onto power, Mark Carney remains PM | Cascade PBS
- 04/27/2025 Senate Democrats - Legislature passes budget to protect essential services, support K-12 education - Washington Senate Democrats
- 04/27/2025 Senate Democrats - Legislature passes budget to protect essential services, support K-12 education - Sen. June Robinson
- 04/27/2025 Senate Republicans - NEWSFLASH: Legislative Democrats ignore the advice of many and raise $12.5 billion in taxes just for the operating budget - Senate Republican Caucus
- 04/27/2025 House Democrats - Legislature passes budget to protect essential services, support K-12 education – Washington State House Democrats
- 04/25/2025 Cascade PBS - Join Cascade PBS & Daybreak Star Radio for a free film screening | Cascade PBS
- 04/25/2025 FOX13 - What’s still up in the air as WA Legislature wraps up | FOX 13 Seattle
- 04/25/2025 FOX13 - What to expect as WA legislative session nears end | FOX 13 Seattle
- 04/25/2025 The Urbanist - Ferguson’s Continued Focus on Austerity Places King County in Jeopardy - The Urbanist
- 04/24/2025 Cascade PBS - Permits to purchase guns may soon be required in Washington | Cascade PBS
- 04/24/2025 Cascade PBS - New Washington law will exclude medical debt from credit reports | Cascade PBS
- 04/24/2025 MyNorthwest - Tension rises over school funding, taxes in Olympia
- 04/23/2025 The Center Square - School funding bill generates sharp exchange between OSPI's Reykdal and Sen. Braun | Washington | thecentersquare.com
- 04/23/2025 Cascade PBS - Seattle democracy voucher renewal set for August ballot | Cascade PBS
- 04/22/2025 The Center Square - In the dead of night, WA House passes trio of tax hike bills | Washington | thecentersquare.com
- 04/22/2025 MyNorthwest - WA's midnight tax storm: House pushes through big business hit, Tesla tax
- 04/22/2025 The Center Square - Economist: Washington's property tax cap is holding the state back | Washington | thecentersquare.com
- 04/21/2025 KIRO7 - Lacking ‘three-corners agreement,’ state Democrats ditch property tax plan – KIRO 7 News Seattle
- 04/21/2025 Senate Republicans - Democrat legislators still on track for supporting property-tax hikes, just by a different route - Senate Republican Caucus
- 04/19/2025 House Republicans - More tax increase proposals | Washington State House Republicans
- 04/19/2025 House Republicans - More tax increase proposals | Washington State House Republicans
- 04/19/2025 Senate Republicans - ALERT: Senate Democrats pass BILLIONS in new taxes Easter weekend - Senate Republican Caucus
- 04/19/2025 Washington State Standard - Washington needs new voices in the debate over school funding • Washington State Standard
- 04/18/2025 Cascade PBS - WA Supreme Court strikes down Spokane camping ban initiative | Cascade PBS
- 04/18/2025 Senate Republicans - NEWSFLASH: Even MORE tax bills are moving forward - VOTING SATURDAY 4-19 - Senate Republican Caucus
- 04/17/2025 Cascade PBS - Bill to fully fund special ed progresses through WA legislature | Cascade PBS
- 04/16/2025 KUOW - KUOW - Washington state Democrats reveal sweeping new tax plan
- 04/16/2025 Senate Democrats - House and Senate Democrats release updated progressive revenue proposal, hearings in coming days - Washington Senate Democrats
- 04/16/2025 Senate Democrats - House and Senate Democrats release updated progressive revenue proposal, hearings in coming days - Sen. Noel Frame
- 04/16/2025 House Democrats - House and Senate Democrats release updated progressive revenue proposal, hearings in coming days – Washington State House Democrats
- 04/15/2025 Washington State Standard - Democrats in Washington Legislature reveal sweeping new tax plan • Washington State Standard
- 04/15/2025 MyNorthwest - 'It would ruin the housing market': Jake and Spike talk property taxes
- 04/09/2025 FOX13 - WA lawmakers debate raising property taxes to bring in more money | FOX 13 Seattle
- 04/09/2025 The Center Square - Senate Republicans: WA property taxes will skyrocket under bill to remove annual cap | Washington | thecentersquare.com
- 04/09/2025 Quaker Voice On Washington Public Policy - Progressive revenue bills 2025 — Quaker Voice
- 04/07/2025 Axios - WA budget fix could raise property taxes - Axios Seattle
- 04/03/2025 The Center Square - WA House Finance Committee considers three major tax increase proposals | Washington | thecentersquare.com
- 04/01/2025 Cascadia Daily News - Washington Democrats divided on school funding plans | Cascadia Daily News
- 03/29/2025 House Republicans - Budgets and taxes | Washington State House Republicans
- 03/29/2025 House Republicans - Budgets and taxes | Washington State House Republicans
- 03/28/2025 House Republicans - How Democrats want to tax you | Washington State House Republicans
- 03/28/2025 House Republicans - How Democrats want to tax you | Washington State House Republicans
- 03/28/2025 House Republicans - How Democrats will tax you | Washington State House Republicans
- 03/28/2025 House Republicans - The Week Ahead: March 31 - April 5, 2025 | Washington State House Republicans
- 03/28/2025 House Republicans - The Week Ahead: March 31 - April 5, 2025 | Washington State House Republicans
- 03/24/2025 Washington St Pta - Bring On the Budgets (and the Revenue Ideas!) - WSPTA
- 03/24/2025 House Democrats - House Democratic Operating Budget Holds the Line on Housing, Food Assistance, and Maintains Critical Services and Programs – Washington State House Democrats
- United Ways of the Pacific Northwest - New Revenue Approach Release as Sine Die Comes April 27 - United Ways of the Pacific Northwest
Meetings
Wed 04/23 01:30 PM - Ways & Means (WM): SHB 2049 K-12 education funding
20 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- Jodi Boe - Olympia Education Association
- Regen Lorden - Bellevue Education Association
- Girard Thompson - Seattle Education Association/WEA
- 💵Jared Kink - Everett Education Association
- Andi Nofziger - Edmonds Education Association
- Derona Uzzle - Issaquah Education Association
- Patrick Murphy - Olympia School District
- Chris Reykdal - Superintendent of Public Instruction
954 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Tim Eyman - Initiative activist
- Jordan (JD) Brown - HEALTH & WELLNESS MASSAGE
- Randolph Hardy
- Susan Schneider
- Adam Covert
- Megan Blight
- Debbie Noonan
- Laurie Layne
- Charlie Brown - South Sound Superintendents and Federal Way Schools
- 💵Melissa Gombosky - Evergreen Public Schools
- Jeff Snell - Vancouver Public Schools - Vancouver, WA
- David Connelly
- Jonathan Wright
- 💵Devin Gombosky - ESD 105 Schools Coalition
- 💵Marie Sullivan - Eastern Washington Schools Quality Coalition
4 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- 💵Julie Salvi - Washington Education Association
- 💵Clifford Traisman - Seattle, Highline, Bellevue Public School Districts
- Daniel Lunghofer - Washington State School Directors' Association
Thu 04/03 08:00 AM - Finance (FIN): HB 2049 K-12 education funding
2206 👍 - Pro
Testifying:
- Amy Ockerlander - Mayor, City of Duvall & President, Assoc. of WA Cities
- 💵Candice Bock - Association of Washington Cities
- Traci Buxton - Mayor, City of Des Moines & President, Sound Cities Association
- Hunter George - Washington Recreation and Park Association
- 💵Clifford Traisman - Bellevue, Highline, Northshore and Seattle Public School Districts
- Megan Dunn - Snohomish County
- 💵Julie Salvi - Washington Education Association
- Adam Aguilera - WEA member
- Christine Twiss - SEIU 925, Health Room Assistant
- Emily Willard - SEIU 925 & investigator, King Co DPD
- Jennifer Gregerson - City of Everett
- Kim Harless - City of Vancouver, Councilmember
- James Trefry - General Counsel, Washington State Council of County and City Employees, AFSCME, Council 2
- 💵Simone Boe - Washington Education Association
- Kristina Walker - Councilmember, City of Tacoma
- Michael Lilliquist - City of Bellingham, Representative Ward 6
- Nigel Herbig - Mayor, City of Kenmore
- 💵Erin Haick - SEIU 925
- Benton County Commissione Jerome Delvin - Benton County
- Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello - Pierce County Executive
- Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu - Whatcom County Executive
- 💵Nora Burnes - ESD 105 Schools Coalition
- Trevor Greene - Yakima School District Superintendent
16144 👎 - Con
Testifying:
- Laurie Layne
- Jeff Pack - Washington Citizens Against Unfair Taxes
- Tim Eyman - Initiative Activist
- Robert Rieck
- 💵Jan Himebaugh - Building Industry Association of WA
- 💵Katie Beeson - WA Food Industry Association
- Max Martin - Association of Washington Business
- Anna Burt
- Kail Erickson - On Point Housing, sub for DOC
- Mark Navlet
- Tim Eyman - Initiative Activist
- Jimmy Ranson
- Michael Patterson - Washington Association of Mortgage Professionals
- Dave Larson - Tukwila School Board
- 💵Julia Gorton - WA Hospitality Association
- Mary Hull-Drury - Washington Realtors
- McKenzie Darr - NAIOP
- Dakota Manley - Washington State Young Republicans
- Roberto Moll
- xianghui xue
- Ashley Hinzpeter
- Jesse Brawand
- Sherry Huang
- Siyuan Sun
- tracy dale
- Yuying Zhou
- Linda Yang
- Joerg Hallmann
- Kathy VandeGraaf
- Kathy VandeGraaf
- Christopher Rietz
- Mengzhu Jin
- Amy Wang
- Jiandong Hu
- Siyuan Lu
- Hanna Moomaw
- Hanna Moomaw
- Jodi Johnson
- Tina McConaughy
- Yong Long
- Yi Qin
- Wendy Robbins
- Wendy Robbins
- Lori Hall
- 💵Eric Zabala
- YAYUN YANG
- Jim Zhao
- Xiaoyuan Zhou
- Jeffrey Jarvis
- Candy Hoksbergen
- Candy Hoksbergen
- Li Chen
- Andre Scharkowski
- Stacey Carson
- Rebecca Hewlett
- Xiaoyan Li
- Jiayi Li
- Danita Luensman
- Charlotte Luensman
- Yali Wang
- Grace Zhang
- Li Yao
- Gerald Divis
- Jianping Sun
- Yang Zhao
- Peter He
- Minna Yan
- Yang Lin
- Dawn Mace
- Qing yun Liu
- Allen Chongtai Huang
- HUI XING
- Douglas Patton
- Enming Wu
- Honghua Zhou
- Jane Zhang
- Lin Qiu
- Ching Yuen
- Li Tian
- Hong Sodoma
- Tao Zhu
- Cindy Barker-Sego
- Emerald Clark
- Beth Lindenman
- Mingzi Yi
- Deirdra Hammer
- Lifang Huang
- Jennifer Antoine
- Audrey Bryant
- Helen Anderson
- Wayne Anderson
- Brenda Valadez
- Yazhao Qiu
- Shelley Montgomery
- Yaping Jiang
- Hong Li
- Shari Stevenson
- QUAN DENG
- Gordon Hinds
- Gordon Hinds
- Brianna Leitz
- Lori Williams
- Lori Williams
- Lori Williams
- Hai ping Mao
- Julie Dowell
- Julie Dowell
- David Dowell - xxx-xx-xxxx
- Brandie Sullivan
- Connie Betterley
- Raymond Suen
- Matthew King
- Helen He
- Thomas Yuen
- Natalie Wang
- Yafen Hu
- Alan Yuen
- CONSTANCE VERZANO
60 ❓ - Other
Testifying:
- Barbara Posthumus
- Daniel Lunghofer - Washington State School Directors' Association
- Jennifer Burbidge - Washington Recreation & Park Association
- Peihua Sheng
Created by @tannewt. Contribute
on GitHub.