2020-2021 Legislative Update

Did you know that GPSS has a student officer that lobbies for graduate students all winter quarter in Olympia? During the 2020 session, there were 46 bills found to impact students that GPSS engaged with. Of these bills, GPSS actively tracked 25 specific bills and advocated in favor of 13 of them. The 13 bills are listed below by topic area, with brief descriptions and final outcome. The legislator in parenthesis is the prime sponsor of the bill that proceeded furthest through the legislative process.

Read the full memo here.