Legislative Resources
Glossaries
- Leg website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/glossary.aspx#top
- UW: https://www.washington.edu/opb/state-operations/legislative-process-terms/
Find your district:
DRW documents:
- 9 Components of Your Story
- Sample Stories and Answer Keys
- Emailing and Calling a legislator
- Pam’s Top Ten
- Remote Testimony Written and Video Guide
- Accessible Meeting Guidance for Legislative Staff
- Accessible Meeting Guidance for Legislators
External Resources:
- Washington Low Income Housing Alliance – a powerful coalition of diverse organizations and individuals working together to build and protect safe, healthy, affordable homes for everyone in Washington.
- Washington Legislative and Policy Advocates – a nonpartisan educational forum focused on health and wellbeing. It is also host to the Mental Health Policy Roundtable.
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network – Sharing Your Story for a Political Purpose Toolkit
Contacting legislators:
Other helpful things
- Legislative Explorer- An interactive data visualization that allows anyone to explore actual patterns of lawmaking in the legislature: http://legex.org/
- How a Bill becomes Law: https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Bill2Law.aspx
- Overview of the legislative process: https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Overview.aspx
- TVW: https://www.tvw.org/
- Bill Information Page: https://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/
- A guide to the WA State budget process: https://www.ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/legacy/reports/budgetprocess.pdf