Glossaries
- Leg website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/glossary.aspx#top [1]
- UW: https://www.washington.edu/opb/state-operations/legislative-process-terms/ [2]
Find your district:
- State: https://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder/ [3]
- Congress: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/map [4]
DRW documents:
- 9 Components of Your Story [5]
- Sample Stories [6] and Answer Keys [7]
- Emailing and Calling a legislator [8]
- Pam’s Top Ten [9]
- Remote Testimony Written and Video Guide [10]
- Accessible Meeting Guidance for Legislative Staff [11]
- Accessible Meeting Guidance for Legislators [12]
External Resources:
- Washington Low Income Housing Alliance [13] – 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 [14] – 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 [15]
Contacting legislators:
- Roster: https://app.leg.wa.gov/Rosters/Members [16]
- DRW House and Senate Email Lists [17]
Other helpful things
- Legislative Explorer- An interactive data visualization that allows anyone to explore actual patterns of lawmaking in the legislature: http://legex.org/ [18]
- How a Bill becomes Law: https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Bill2Law.aspx [19]
- Overview of the legislative process: https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Overview.aspx [20]
- TVW: https://www.tvw.org/ [21]
- Bill Information Page: https://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/ [22]
- A guide to the WA State budget process: https://www.ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/files/public/legacy/reports/budgetprocess.pdf [23]