BILL · 2023–24 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6168

SB 6168: International leadership

Renewing Washington's international leadership.

Summary

Establishes new and modified statutory duties and expands authority of the Office of International Relations and Protocol (OIRP).
Requires OIRP to develop a strategic international engagement plan.
Establishes that the OIRP and the Legislative Committee on Economic Development and International Relations (LCEDIR) is responsible for determining jurisdictions of strategic importance.
Increases the number of legislative members on LCEDIR from 12 to 16.
Creates an Interparliamentary Exchange with British Columbia.
Removes the prohibition on reimbursing travel and lodging expenses from the Legislative International Trade Account.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to renewing Washington's international leadership;

No recorded floor votes.

Feb 15, 2024Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6168)
Feb 15, 2024Senate Rules "X" file.
Jan 24, 2024Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6168)
Jan 24, 2024Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Jan 23, 2024BFGT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6168)
Jan 23, 2024Minority; without recommendation. (SSB 6168)
Jan 23, 2024Minority; without recommendation.
Jan 23, 2024BFGT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 11, 2024First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6168 (2025–26) CCA suspensions · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6168 (2019–20) Operating budget, supplement · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 357, Laws of 2020
SB 6168 (2017–18) School compost & recycling · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6168 (2015–16) Drainage ditches/habitat · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6168 (2013–14) Children's administration · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6168 (2011–12) Renewable energy facilities · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6168 (2009–10) Education program costs · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 578, Laws of 2009
SB 6168 (2007–08) Aerospace development · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House