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A House page enters the chamber near a sanitizing station, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. Lawmakers were finishing up their work amid concerns of the state's COVID-19 outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

A House page enters the chamber near a sanitizing station, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. Lawmakers were finishing up their work amid concerns of the state's COVID-19 outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

March 13, 2020

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COVID-19 response became legislative priority in Washington
March 13, 2020 6:58 p.m.

COVID-19 response became legislative priority in Washington

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers started this year's legislative session focused on the state's homelessness crisis and ended it 60 days later amid a global pandemic that led to them passing a supplemental budget with emergency funding for the state's COVID-19 outbreak.