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:

• State: https://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder/
• Congress: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/map

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:

• Roster: https://app.leg.wa.gov/Rosters/Members
• DRW House and Senate Email Lists

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