RIP: Bills that didn’t survive the WA Legislature’s first major deadline

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RIP: Bills that didn’t survive the WA Legislature’s first major deadline

The Washington state Capitol building in Olympia. (Photo by Bill Lucia/Washington State Standard)Bills dealing with cow burps, the state flag, and changes to police traffic stop standards are among the first to land in the legislative graveyard this year in Olympia.  This session, lawmakers in the state House and Senate have introduced nearly 1,800 bills. To stay alive, much of that legislation needed to get voted out of policy committees by Fri…