The third week of the legislative session has been completed. The cut-off date for bills to pass out of policy committees is February 2nd.  WACOPS reports that they are hopeful that all of their 2010 legislative priorities to be voted out of House Committees prior to that deadline.

View the list of pending legislation.  Most of these bills deal with law enforcement issues or LEOFF 2 pension items, but it is an interesting read.

Once bills pass out of policy committees they go to the Rules Committee which is chaired by the Speaker of the House. This committee decides which bills will go to the floor of the House to receive a vote from the full body. WACOPS reports that they have briefed members of this committee about the legislation.

February 3rd will be Law Enforcement Day in Olympia. Both the Senate and the House will be running resolutions honoring fallen officers.  This will be broadcast on TVW and you can check with www.tvw.org for local station and airing times.