To provide resources to our APWA membership regarding local, state, and national rules and legislation that affect public works.

Government Affairs Committee Chairs

Jim Rioux jrioux@ci.olympia.wa.us (360-753-8484)

Contact information for chairs and committee members can also be found by clicking on member names in the column to the right.

Meetings

The Government Affairs committee usually meets twice before the legislative session, once in September and once in December.

During the legislative session there is a weekly Conference Call with the APWA lobbyist Mike Shaw to discuss ongoing legislative activity. 

If you would like to know more about the meetings please contact the chairs.

Click to HERE to record / update your professional information in the Government Affairs Database. (This does not update your main APWA record.)

Work Plan

The work plan can be found here.

Legislative Update

The full legislative update is emailed out to our contact list during the session. For updates and session dates, go to our page >> Legislative Updates.