Dinosaurs, drug laws and police pursuits on lawmaker to-do lists

OLYMPIA — Honoring Suciasaurus rex, celebrating Chinese-Americans, reining in the state schools superintendent and making drug possession a felony again are on the to-do list for lawmakers next year.

Whether they get these done in the rapidly approaching 2023 legislative session is another matter.

Legislators have begun pre-filing bills for introduction on the first day, Jan. 9. They’ll then have the rest of the 105-day session to get them through both chambers and onto the desk of Gov. Jay Inslee.

Not every one will make it through. Often, the early filings are of legislation that failed before.

Here are snapshots of a few certain to garner attention.

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