Final 2019 Legislative Report From NFIB Washington

“Small business was enjoying a better-than-expected run until the final 72 hours of this year’s 105-day legislative session”

The dust has settled and the deadline for Gov. Jay Inslee to either sign, veto, or let bills become law without his signature has passed.

NFIB Washington State Director Patrick Connor has a final analysis on what happened to small business during the Legislature’s 2019 half of its two-year session. Click the graphic below to read his report. Below the graphic, you can read Connor’s periodic updates from the State Capitol.

There is only one reliable source for small-business news in Washington state, and that is right here on your NFIB Washington state webpage, www.nfib.com/washington. You can also get the latest small-business news from NFIB on Twitter @NFIB_WA

Previous Reports From the State Capitol

• May 1—Session Ends on Sour Note for Small Business

• April 19—Capital Gains Bill Favors Wealthiest Over Small Business

• April 12—Low-Carbon Fuel Standards Bill Technically Dead for Year

• April 5—Small Business Pushing Back on Big Tax Hikes

• April 1—Deuling Proposals set State for Budget Negotiations

• March 29—Senate Budget Resurrects Small Business Bill of Rights

• March 25—B&O Tax Hike on Certain Services Proposed to Fund Higher Ed

• March 22—State Flush with Funds, So Why the Call for Higher B&O Taxes

• March 14—NFIB Keeping One Eye on 21 bills, One Eye on Supposedly Dead Bills

• March 8—Big Legislative Deadline Approaches March 13

• March 5—Restrictive Scheduling, Independent Contractors Bills Dead for Year

• February 23—NFIB Still Opposed to Revised Independent Contractor Bill

• February 18—A Public Option That Really Isn’t

• February 15—Legislative Work Buried Under Snowmaggedon

• February 8—NFIB Digs in for Fight Against Harmful Labor Bills

• February 1—Barbers Cosmetologists Mobilize Against Bill-Win

• January 25—Latest Bill Draft Still a Tangled Mess for Hairstylists

• January 18—NFIB Plunges Into Thick of Legislative Action

• January 11—Washington State Legislature Opens for Business