1. 2014 Supplemental Legislative Session Office of Planning & Budgeting Office of State Relations January 8, 2014

2. UW’s “Billtracker” System

3. Our bill tracking and fiscal notes processes remain integrated
2014 billTracker: System OVERVIEW
Our bill tracking and fiscal notes processes remain integrated
Billtracker captures and coordinates bill analysis across campus and includes fields, when activated, to gather fiscal note data (Becka will cover the latter next)
Ability to view fiscal and policy analyses in user view
Coordinated effort from UW HR and F2

4. Public view and features: opb.washington.edu/billtracker
billTracker: access
Public view and features: opb.washington.edu/billtracker

5. billTracker: “My BILLTRACKER”
My Billtracker view and features:

6. billTracker: Process
Admins add a bill
Assign assessors
Assessors receive

7. billTracker: Process
View feedback section
Click on “Assess this Bill”
Contact us with questions

8. Assessment requests
Remember that clear, concise, and conscientious is easier for us to use than sarcastic, short or rambling responses
Assessments are policy reviews and opinion gathering; separate and distinct from fiscal impact
As usual, Anja and I will do our best to update bills in the system daily
We will send out s to you when bills change significantly and bring your attention to elements that are potentially problematic/positive according to priorities established by State Relations/OPB
We will also you directly if a bill is up for a hearing and we haven’t heard from you (the more we prioritize notifications, the less effective we’ll be in summarizing legislation for you!)
Please use the My Billtracker feature to track bills as they move through committee/floor/other chamber

9. We will also post to our blog and website: OPBlog: Higher Ed Junction
Budget Updates
When budgets are released, OPB will quickly review and discuss with State Relations
OPB will produce budget briefs and send these out to our standard lists
We will also post to our blog and website:
OPBlog: Higher Ed Junction
opb.washington.edu
Supplemental budget session, so we expect technical corrections, targeted investments (if any) and hopefully, a fast and furious race to sine die on March 13th