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HCR 4401

Establishing cutoff dates for the consideration of legislation during the 2025 regular session of the sixty-ninth legislature.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Chris Corry and 1 co-sponsor

Washington HCR 4401 establishes procedural deadlines halting new bill consideration during the 2025 legislative session, determining which proposals can advance and which face procedural elimination.

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Bill Summary · HCR 4401

Legislative bill overview

HCR 4401 is a concurrent resolution that establishes procedural deadlines for when the Washington State Legislature must stop considering new bills during the 2025 regular legislative session. Such cutoff dates are standard procedural measures that create artificial endpoints for bill consideration, allowing the legislature to focus on final passage of priority legislation before session ends.

Why is this important

Cutoff dates structure legislative operations and determine which bills can advance. Bills introduced after cutoff dates typically cannot move forward unless they receive special consideration, effectively determining the fate of hundreds of proposed measures. This directly impacts which public policy proposals get debated and which are deferred or killed.

Potential points of contention

  • Late-filing bills disadvantaged: Measures introduced near session start have more time to advance; those filed after cutoff dates face near-certain defeat regardless of merit, potentially limiting responsive legislation to emerging issues
  • Majority party control: The party controlling the legislature can strategically use cutoff enforcement to block minority party bills while protecting their own through procedural exceptions or suspensions
  • Limited transparency on specific dates: Without seeing the actual cutoff dates established in the resolution, stakeholders cannot evaluate whether timelines are reasonable or favor particular legislative priorities

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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