1. Puget Sound Legislative Priorities: On December 11, 2024, the Puget Sound Leadership Council adopted 2025 Puget Sound Legislative Priorities to guide the recovery community's efforts during the upcoming legislative session. Key topics include funding capital grants, land use and habitat protection, accelerating fish passage correction, permit streamlining, stormwater and 6PPD, and riparian habitat improvements.

2. 2025 Puget Sound Bill Tracker. The Partnership will host a Puget Sound Bill Tracker on our website. The tool will include bills the Partnership has identified as relevant to Puget Sound recovery and will identify how each bill is progressing through the legislative process as we pass major procedural milestones. Inclusion of a bill in the tracker does not indicate the Partnership's position on proposed legislation. Users can filter the tool by Action Agenda topic area and other parameters. 

3. 2025 Puget Sound Budget. The Partnership will host a Puget Sound Budget Viewer on our website. The budget viewer contains information and proposed amounts for budget items that affect Puget Sound recovery. The viewer currently includes agency requests and additional proposals from the Governor's budget (including both budget adds and budget cuts) and will be updated with legislative committee proposals later in session.

4. Puget Sound Legislative Calendar. The Partnership will host a Puget Sound Legislative Calendar on our website. We will update the calendar webpage every Thursday afternoon (approximately) with information for the following week. The calendar will list upcoming committee meetings (including public hearings) involving legislation and information about issues that affect Puget Sound protection and recovery. 

5. Puget Sound Legislative Update Call. Partnership staff will lead a call-in meeting on Fridays, from noon to no later than 1:00 p.m., to review the most important legislative issues we're following and discuss partner perspectives. The first call will take place this Friday, January 10, 2025. If you were signed up for the call in past years, you will receive an agenda and call-in info later this week in advance of the first call.