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Housing, gun control and a failed drug vote: What happened in WA's 2023 legislative session

House Bill 1240, which prohibits the manufacture, importation, distribution and sale of semi-automatic assault-style weapons in the state, sits on a desk before being signed into law by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash.
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House Bill 1240, which prohibits the manufacture, importation, distribution and sale of semi-automatic assault-style weapons in the state, sits on a desk before being signed into law by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash.

Washington's 2023 legislative session was a big session for housing, gun control, and a host of other issues — and it ended this week with a big question mark and a potential "to be continued" when Democrats split on a law upping the legal penalties for drug possession and expanding treatment.

It was the first in-person session since the pandemic hit, and Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay was there in-person to cover it. She joined KNKX's Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick to talk about it.

Listen to their conversation above.

Kirsten Kendrick hosts Morning Edition on KNKX and the sports interview series "Going Deep," talking with folks tied to sports in our region about what drives them — as professionals and people.
Jeanie Lindsay is a state government reporter for the NW News Network. She previously covered education for The Seattle Times and Indiana Public Broadcasting.
Scott Greenstone reports on under-covered communities, and spotlights the powerful people making decisions that affect all of us throughout Western Washington. Email him with story ideas at sgreenstone@knkx.org.