Washington Legislature adjourns 105-day session

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The Washington Legislature has adjourned its 105-day legislative session after sending Gov. Jay Inslee a new two-year state budget and several revenue bills that pay for increased funding to programs ranging from special education to mental health, as well as a clean energy measure that was a centerpiece of his legislative agenda.

The budget passed the House on a 57-41 vote late Sunday night after clearing the Senate on a 27-21 vote.

Budget writers in the Democrat-led chambers reached agreement on the $52.4 billion budget Thursday, but full details of the budget were not made public until Saturday.

More than $800 million in new revenue was passed by the Legislature ahead of passage of the underlying budget, including an increase in business and occupation taxes on large banks and a change to the state’s real estate excise tax.