May 15, 2018

Director of Legislative Affairs (DOLA)

Letter to Successor

Hello!

Congratulations on being hired as the new Director of Legislative Affairs! This position offers a unique opportunity to have real, positive impacts in the lives of students, both at UW and across the state! It is arguably the most external-facing position within ASUW, and Rene will tell you that you are among the most important members of student government. However, this is a student position, which means that you will be doing a lot of learning on the job. I encourage you to keep this in mind as you move through the year and to be forgiving to yourself if there is something that you do not know. I did not feel qualified at all when I was fired hired for this position, and I felt a lot of imposter syndrome. But in the end, I have learned and grown! I hope you will be able to do the same!

If you have any questions or need any advice at any point in the year, you are always welcome to reach out to me! My contact information is below:

Email: walkerp@uw.edu

Phone: (360)-947-0577

Best of luck!
Phoebe Walker

NOTE: I came into this position with no transition documents (other than some very non-comprehensive notes from 2018). The only transition I had was through a string of long meetings with my predecessor, who recounted their year and gave advice from memory. I took notes on everything they said, but because this year in particular was very different from years past, I worry that I will not be able to provide you, my successor, with comprehensive transition documents for your term as DOLA. I hope you will find the knowledge that I have to offer helpful and will be able to add what you learn for your successor too!

Logins

NOTE: You will need to update these passwords each year!

NOTE: These are probably not all the logins you will need to know. There may be logins or codes to different parts of ASUW office, the HUB, or other accounts that are relevant to your job. Ask Coop for help if these ever come up!

Important Contacts

NOTE: You can find contact information for any position within ASUW on Slack or the ASUW website!

Year-Long Timeline

SUMMER QUARTER

NOTE: Before your summer hours officially start in September, monitor your ASUW email for WSA activity. There may be an orientation around August.

• Office planning
  • Goal-setting, GOTV, Legislative Reception, etc.
• Preparation for Legislative Steering Committee
  • Legislative agenda draft, meeting time/location, timeline, welcome materials, etc.

FALL QUARTER

• Legislative Steering Committee
• GOTV efforts (Community Organizer)
• Legislative Reception (Assistant Director)
  • Typically falls around mid-to-late-November
• Begin Huskies on the Hill planning

WINTER QUARTER

• Legislative Session!
  • Starts on the second Monday of January; runs 60 days in even-numbered year; runs 105 days in odd-numbered years
• Huskies on the Hill
• Husky Stories campaign (Community Organizer)

SPRING QUARTER

• End-of-session reports
• Additional programming as desired (Assistant Director + Community Organizer)
  • e.g. Rock the Vote concert, panels with activists or legislators
• Preparation for Fall Quarter
  • LSC at-large member recruitment, etc.

Legislative Steering Committee (LSC) and the Legislative Agenda

The Legislative Steering Committee is responsible for drafting the legislative agenda in Fall Quarter. Once the legislative agenda has been drafted, it must then be approved by the Student Senate and the Board of Directors.

Legislative Steering Committee Membership + Responsibilities: ASUW Constitution, Article XI, Section 4

Legislative Agenda Approval Process: ASUW Bylaws, Article III, Section 1

Fall Quarter Timeline

NOTE: The Legislative Reception serves as the unveiling of the legislative agenda, so you should adjust the timeline below according to when the Legislative Reception is scheduled. It would be best to have the legislative agenda passed out of the Board of Directors 1-2 weeks before the Legislative Reception to allow for designing and printing time. If you cannot make this deadline, the absolute deadline listed in the bylaws is the final Friday of Fall Quarter.

• Summer Hours
  • Prepare legislative agenda draft, welcome materials, timeline, etc.
    • Welcome materials may include the purpose of the committee, the legislative agenda approval process + timeline, a summary of the previous legislative session, the previous legislative agenda, etc.
  • Reach out to Director of Diversity Efforts to elect JCC representatives
  • Send out welcome email; arrange meeting time + location
• Week 1
  • Meeting #1
• Week 2
  • Meeting #2
• Week 3
  • Meeting #3
• Week 4
  • Meeting #4
  • Pass out of Legislative Steering Committee
• Week 5
  • Present to Student Senate
  • Deliberations
• Week 6
  • Deliberations (cont.)
  • Pass out of Student Senate
  • Present to Board of Directors
  • Pass out of Board of Directors
• Week 7
  • Design + print pamphlets for Legislative Reception
• Week 8
  • Legislative Reception
• Week 9
• Week 10

After Fall Quarter… It is outlined in the ASUW Constitution that the committee serves as a “legislative advisory” committee after the legislative agenda is approved and throughout the legislative session. This has not been done in years past, but it would be useful to convert at-large members and any other members who wish to stay to a policy volunteer group, and membership can be opened to anyone else who wishes to join. This would offload the work that would be needed to recruit a new set of volunteers, create continuity, and allow you to begin work writing one-pagers, etc. right away!

Get Out the Vote (GOTV)

Get Out the Vote (GOTV) efforts are headed by the Community Organizer. They take place during the first half of Fall Quarter (until election day in November).

Notes as the DOLA: In years past, OGR has organized its own GOTV drive. However, this has overworked the Community Organizer and has not proven effective, as there are many other drives being organized by other organizations during this time. Our office believes that, rather than organizing a separate GOTV drive, the Community Organizer should work with a coalition of organizations to support existing GOTV drives. We have adjusted the job description to this effect and hope that it will make things easier in the future!

Legislative Reception

The Legislative Reception is organized by the Assistant Director, in partnership with GPSS. It typically takes place during the second half of November and serves as an unveiling of the ASUW Seattle and GPSS legislative agendas.

Notes as the DOLA: This event has not always been organized in partnership with GPSS, but it would be best to do so! Be sure to reach out to your GPSS contacts early on to begin planning. As explained in the “Legislative Steering Committee (LSC) and the Legislative Agenda” section, 1-2 weeks before the Legislative Reception would be an ideal deadline for the legislative agenda to be passed by the Board of Directors.

Huskies on the Hill

Huskies on the Hill is ASUW’s tri-campus lobby day. It is organized in partnership with ASUW Bothell and ASUW Tacoma. (More details on organizing Huskies on the Hill can be found in the Assistant Director’s transition documents.)

NOTE: The date for Huskies on the Hill should be set for before the policy cutoff in the legislative session. Legislators will have more availability and lobbying efforts will be more effective during this time.

Structure of the Event

In the week before the event, a lobbying training is provided by the DOLA and/or the student lobbyists from the other UW campuses. During this training, students are provided with tips on how to lobby, one-pagers on each of the bills, etc. On the day of the event, students are bussed from their campuses to the state capitol in Olympia. Students are divided into groups and have meetings scheduled with legislators according to their legislative district. Students are provided with meeting schedules, state capitol campus maps, legislator biographies, etc. Throughout the day, students attend their scheduled meetings. Lunch will be provided. Additional activities may be planned, such as guest speakers, tours, etc. At the end of the day, students are bussed back to their campuses.

Lobbying Materials to Prepare

• Lobbying training presentation
• One-pagers on each bill
• Legislator biographies
• Group schedules (including meetings, lunch, additional activities, etc.)
• State capitol campus maps
• Any additional materials you can think of!

NOTE: To access resources and planning from the 2021 Huskies on the Hill, you can view the “HOTH 2021” folder in your Google Drive here!

Washington Student Association (WSA)

The Washington Student Association (WSA) is a state-wide lobbying organization comprised of student associations from universities across the state. It has its own legislative agenda which is set by the Board of Directors and is lobbied on through the legislative liaison program. It also has its own leadership, comprised of the Executive Committee, and professional staff, comprised of the Executive Director, Zack Turner.

NOTE: Pay close attention to emails from the WSA! You will be expected to attend meetings and orientations, and you will be working closely with them in Olympia. The professional staff and the other student lobbyists are resources to you!

UW Membership

ASUW shares a joint membership with GPSS. Dues are collected through the UW chapter of WSA (WSAUW), a separate RSO on campus, which uses the STAR system. The STAR system is based on a contract with the university that must be renewed every four years through a petition. (Ask Rene for more details!) Dues are paid to WSA twice per year. ASUW and GPSS share 9 votes on the Board of Directors (6 for ASUW, 3 for GPSS).

NOTE: WSAUW and ASUW are separate. Be sure to conduct any business as an administrator of WSAUW through your personal UW email.

Board of Directors + General Assembly

The Board of Directors is comprised of leadership from the member student associations. They meet about once per quarter. General Assembly is comprised of general students from the member student associations. They meet about twice per year. You will likely be expected to partially represent ASUW Seattle at these meetings!

NOTE: Board of Directors and General Assembly meetings have been held in-person in the past, requiring travel and lodging arrangements on the part of attendees. (There is a portion of the OGR budget for travel and lodging reimbursements if this is the case.) However, the structure of these meetings may change post-COVID. Pay close attention to emails from the WSA for more information as these meetings approach!

Legislative Liaison Program

The Legislative Liaison Program is how WSA lobbies on its legislative agenda. The “Legislative Liaisons” are the student lobbyists from the member student associations, including you! You will coordinate with the student lobbyists during the legislative session, wherever agendas align. There will be a lobbying training provided by the WSA for all student lobbyists shortly before the start of the legislative session.

NOTE: While you will be working closely with the other student lobbyists in Olympia, do not forget that your responsibility is always to the ASUW Seattle legislative agenda!

Legislative Session

NOTE: For this portion of your transition documents, I have kept the notes from the 2018 DOLA. I figured that their perspective would be more accurate to what your experience will be, since you will (hopefully) be lobbying in person. I hope their notes are useful to you!

NOTE: You can view the 2021 End-of-Session Report here!

PART I: WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE

Membership:

Washington state is made up of 49 state legislative districts that elects 2 state representatives and 1 senator. These districts are redrawn every 10 years, with the next redistricting being in 2021. State representatives serve for 2 year terms, and senators serve for 4 year terms. Washington state does not impose term limits for members. Here is a map of the districts (2012 – 2021):

The state legislature is a bicameral body with the lower house of representatives and the upper senate. The house of representatives is comprised of 98 members, and the Senate is made up of 49 members. Both houses have leadership which hold significant sway over legislative priorities and bill movement throughout the legislature. Both parties within each house has separate, leadership.

House of Representatives http://leg.wa.gov/House/Pages/Leadership.aspx

Senate http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Senators/Pages/SenateLeadership.aspx

Committees:

Both houses also contain committees where the majority of policy making occurs. Committees are specific to a particular a subject area, and relevant bills are referred to their corresponding committee for public hearings and committee approval. Committee leadership is comprised of a chair, a vice chair, a ranking member, and an assistant ranking. The remaining non-leadership members of the committee can number from 5 – 20. Democrats and Republicans both sit on the committee, but the majority party will always have one more member and thereby one more vote than the other party on each committee.. As a result, the chair and vice chair of each committee belongs to the majority party. Committee leadership is selected by party leadership.

House Standing Committees: http://leg.wa.gov/House/Committees/Pages/default.aspx

Senate Standing Committees: http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/Pages/default.aspx

How Does a Bill Become a Law?

Note: This is how good policy is made. If you are ever lobbying for legislation that has not gone through this process (i.e. no stakeholders, no legal council, no bipartisan support), reconsider if the legislation is good policy.

1.When an interest group identifies a policy that they would like to see implemented, they develop this policy through conversation and policy research. Multiple stakeholders are brought in to provide insight on this particular topic. Also, extensive research into its effects and best practices from outside sources is performed. Very little policy is ever novel, as policymaking is cumulative. Using other policy as framework is a great way to develop strong policy.

2.Upon consensus between stakeholders, the interest group write the language of the bill in consultation with legal council. The bill language is constantly brought back to stakeholders to ensure clarity of message and purpose. The interest group then brings this finished bill to a variety of legislators to see which individual who agree to be the primary sponsor. The primary sponsor will be the biggest advocate of the bill in Olympia,

3. The primary sponsor will then work to gather secondary sponsors who will sign on to this legislation. The secondary sponsors should sit on both sides of the aisle.

4. The bill can either be introduced before session (called prefiled) or introduced during session before the 1st policy cutoff.  It is extremely advantageous to prefile a bill, as these bills are introduced on the first day of session. Given the limited timeline for legislative sessions, work hard to have a bill ready before session. Also, the same bill can be introduced to both houses as companion bills. This is very advantageous, more on this later.

5. The bill will undergo its 1st reading on the floor, and will be introduced to its relevant policy committee. For our purposes, this is the Senate or House Higher Education Committee.

6. At the policy committee, the chair will schedule a public hearing for testimony. Testimony in this committee should be focused on “why this policy is important”. However, not all bills will receive a public testimony. Bills that have been introduced to the state legislature in previous years can move on without testimony. The chair will schedule an executive session to “vote the bill out of committee”. The chair will not schedule an executive session without having the votes to pass a bill. If a bill ever loses a vote to move out of committee, the bill is dead.  

7. The bill will then move on to its chamber appropriate fiscal committee. An exception to this is bills that have absolutely not fiscal impact or fiscal statement. This is very rare however. For our purposes, this is the Senate Ways and Means Committee and the House Appropriations Committee.

8. At the policy committee, the chair will schedule a public hearing for testimony. Testimony in this committee should be focused on “why is it important for the state to pay for this policy”. However, not all bills will receive a public testimony. Bills that have been introduced to the state legislature in previous years can move on without testimony. The chair will schedule an executive session to “vote the bill out of committee”. The chair will not schedule an executive session without having the votes to pass a bill. If a bill ever loses a vote to move out of committee, the bill is dead.  

9. The bill will then move on to the rules committee. In order for the bill to be heard on the floor, somebody must pull the bill out of the rules committee. The rules committee is chaired by the Speaker in the House, and the Lieutenant Governor in the Senate. There are two main ways a bill can be pulled.

1. The majority party has a group leadership pull where a large number of bills can be pulled out at once. However, they always pull bills that have primary sponsorship from their own party.
2. Each individual from both parties can pull one bill every rules meeting. However, this is often political, as members will trade favors for rules pulls.

10. Once the bill has been pulled, it will move onto the appropriate house’s floor calendar. The order of consideration is determined by the leadership, and it does not necessarily follow the order on the website. Leadership will usually not put a bill up for a vote unless they know it will pass.

11. If voted and passed in the first house, this bill will now repeat steps 5 – 10.

12. Once the bill has passed the second house, the bill will be signed by the governor. Be sure to attend for your governor’s pen!

Legislative Staff:

Staff will be your biggest asset in lobbying. They are also the most accessible people in legislative offices, so you will most likely have the best relationships with these individuals.

Member Staff: Staff that make up the office of individual legislators.

Legislative Assistant (LA): each member has one LA. The LA is the right hand person of the legislator, has control of the legislator’s meeting calendar, and has huge influence in how the legislator thinks about bills. The staff of House members typically only has this individual.

Legislative Aid (also LA, but if you say LA in Olympia they assume Legislative Assistant): Usually only found in Senate offices or in House Leadership. They are usually front desk individuals who report to the Legislative Assistant. They can have control of the legislator’s meeting calendar, and has limited influence in how the legislator thinks about bills.

Intern: Usually only found in Senate offices or in House Leadership. They are usually front desk individuals who report to the Legislative Aid. Often are students at UW, which can be a good relationship to make.

Becoming close to staff is crucial. They are great advocates for bills to the legislator directly. This will also help you schedule meetings. Finally, close relationships make your social experience in Olympia much better. Going drinking with the staff is very beneficial.

Committee Staff: Staff that make up every individual committee.

Each committee has a variety of policy and legal experts who create fiscal notes, or bill summary. They are also in charge of giving bill reports. Often times these staffers are not completely versed in the bill’s details and impacts, and so giving them one pagers and notes will be beneficial in providing accurate information to legislators.

PART II: LEGISLATIVE SESSION

Each year’s legislative session begins on the 2nd Monday of January and alternates between short supplemental (even numbered) years and long budgetary (odd numbered) years. Supplemental years are 60 days, and long sessions are 105 days. Both of these timelines include weekends, as sometimes committee meetings or floor action can occur on Saturday and Sunday.

1. Legislative Website: This website will become your best friend, and it is important to check this website throughout the day.

2. 2. Cutoff Calendar: Write down the session cutoff dates in a clear place where you will not forget about them. One of the first things the State Legislature will do is to establish a cutoff calendar that can be found here  http://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/cutoff.aspx.

Key Dates (these will change from year to year):

-January 8th: Session Begins

-First Policy Cutoff: Any bill not through the first policy committee by this day will be removed from consideration.

-First Fiscal Cutoff: Any bill not through the first fiscal committee by this day will be removed from consideration.

-House of Origin Cutoff: Any bill that has not passed the first house by this day will be removed from consideration.

-Second Policy Cutoff: Any bill not through the second policy committee by this day will be removed from consideration.

-Second Fiscal Cutoff: Any bill not through the second fiscal committee by this day will be removed from consideration.

-Opposite House Cutoff: Any bill that has not passed the second house by this day will be removed from consideration.

3. Bill Tracker: Develop a bill tracker to follow every higher education bill moving through the House or Senate in the Legislature. Here is a snapshot of my tracker last year

PART III: LOBBYING

Some like to say that the goal of a lobbyist is to “start discussions” and “move forward a conversation”. My (Ernie Tao) personal view of this school of thought is that clients, such as the ASUW, do not pay for a lobbyist to be in Olympia to do something as nebulous as talk to legislators and wear nice clothes. You are here to

1. Pass Existing ASUW Agenda Legislation
2. Introduce New ASUW Agenda Legislation
3. Pass Said New ASUW Agenda Legislation
4. Bolster the Image of the Association Through Relationships and Professionalism.

As said earlier, the most important thing you will bring into the legislative session is the relationships you have cultivated throughout the interim. The second most important thing will be you ability to cultivate additional relationships quickly and efficiently.

One Pagers: developing clear, concise, and accurate one pagers to hand out to legislators and staffers is very effective in moving your bill. Handing them out during testimony is allowed, and c

Overview:

In this guide, each lobbying activity will have a number in parentheses to represent where they are most relevant in the legislative process found in part II above. For example: Contact each member of the rules committee (9) will signify step 9. This guide will try to run parallel to the legislative process (steps 1 – 12) as much as possible.

In this job, you will spend a great deal of time speaking to individuals and groups to convince them to vote/think/act your way. Keep in mind that your goal is not to have everybody go your way, only half + 1. For those who you cannot sway, hear their concerns and compromise where you can. Respectfully disagreeing and remaining polite is essential.

When you serve as a student lobbyist, both in and out of session, your political views should never come into play. You are a neutral party carrying out your client’s agenda. This agenda and higher education may lean a certain political orientation to some. However, you as the lobbyist must remain non-partisan. To do this, keeping your emotions in check is critical. You must respond to a legislator speak about something you personally stand against with politeness and understanding. Telling them that you respectfully disagree is as far as you can go.

Finally, you are not just one voice in Olympia. You speak for the entire student body, and the entire student body can speak to you. Use your OGR team to advocate for your legislation!

NOTE: the primary sponsor of the bill will be your biggest advocate. Asking them to contact committee chairs and individual members for public hearings, executive sessions, rules pulls is very effective.

Lobbying at Committee:

The first step to lobbying at committees is to give your bill a public hearing. The chair is responsible for scheduling a public hearing, so the most direct method is to meet with them or their staff and to ask for it. In these meetings: clearly communicate why this bill is a priority for your client, what this bill will solve, and what this bill’s impacts are. If you are unable to get a meeting with the chair or their staff, meeting with the other members on leadership (vice chair, ranking member, ranking minority member), or other members on the committee can help. Asking these members to urge the chair to schedule a public hearing can move the bill.

Next, prepare your testimony. Keep you testimony, short, direct, and evidence based. As a student lobbyist, your value added is the student perspective. Bringing in student stories is enormously influential in Olympia. If there are only a handful of people testifying on a piece of legislation, you will most likely have all the time you need to testify. However, if the committee meeting has a long agenda or the legislation has a long line of testimonies, the chair will institute a timer (usually 2 minutes). Keep an eye on the timer, as chairs can cut you off as soon as your time is up. Running long is considered impolite.

Finally, get your bill scheduled for an executive session and gather the votes needed to pass out of committee. To do this, you will need to once again go to the chair to ask for an executive session. If you cannot get a meeting with the chair again, go through leadership and membership. Meet individually with every member on this committee to discuss the bill details, their concerns, and their vote.

During committee hearings, you are able to “pull” a member out of committee to briefly speak to him/her. Hand the security guard a note stating who you are, which member you want to talk to, and what you want to talk about. The guard will pass the note to the member, and that member may or may not take your request. If you have a close relationship with the member or are a constituent, you have a much higher chance of being spoken to.

Policy committees: mainly focused on bill impacts on students / higher education.

Fiscal committees: these committees are much larger, and much more stringent on passing bills. The majority of your bills will die in fiscal committees because the members fail to see why funds should be allocated for your policies. Remember that the state’s budget is only so large, and that appropriating one bill will prevent appropriating another bill.

Fiscal Notes are key in this committee. These are attached to almost every bill, and can be found in the bill summary page.

Esample : SB 5525 http://apps2.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5525&Chamber=Senate&Year=2017

Fiscal Note:

Your testimony for fiscal committees must address why the given bill is worth the attached fiscal note, and why it is important for the state to pay for it. Data and statistics are important in this committee. If you hear disapproval from the committee’s leadership on the size of the fiscal note, work with the primary sponsor to reduce the fiscal note. Compromise is the name of the game.

The House Appropriations Committee will always be tougher than the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Keep this in mind in your lobbying behavior

NOTE: You will be directly lobbying for a handful of bills, but you should have your finger on every higher-education related bill in the legislature (and on your tracker!). For every public hearing you should decide to do one of three actions:

1. Testify: You can testify pro, con, or other. This is a direct way to speak to the committee members and to have them ask you questions. This is usually reserved for your top priorities.
2. Sign in: You can sign in pro, con, or other. This is a way to publicly demonstrate your support for a piece of legislation without having your direct testimony in public.
3. No action: You can decide to not act. This is for bills that you do not feel are relevant to ASUW, or for bills that you need more time to decide on an action.

Rules Committee: Once your bill clears the fiscal committee, it will move to the rules committee. Each chamber has its own rules committee, and it is definitely worth attending a couple to understand how the process works. In order for a chamber to vote on a bill it must be “pulled” out of the rules committee.

Rules committee meetings can be called by the chair (Speaker of the House /Lieutenant Governor) at any day / time. Your first priority should be getting your bill onto the leadership rules pull. They can pull as many bills as they like, as long as it is from their party. Members will never pull bills from the opposite party. If you are unable to do so, you will need to convince individual members to pull the bill for you.

Floor Vote: Speak to caucus leadership to hear their concerns about the bill. Gaining their support will be a huge benefit to having the bill pass. Whipping votes will be very difficult for you as an individual lobbyist. However, having students from all legislative districts call their representatives will be very beneficial.

During floor sessions, you are able to “pull” a member out of the floor to briefly speak to him/her. Hand the security guard a note stating who you are, which member you want to talk to, and what you want to talk about. The guard will pass the note to the member, and that member may or may not take your request. If you have a close relationship with the member or are a constituent, you have a much higher chance of being spoken to.

Note on Legislator Voting Behavior

Membership of each committee will almost always vote the way they are told by committee leadership. Committee leadership will always vote the way they are told by caucus leadership. This drives home the point that caucus leadership holds enormous sway over bill movement and policy decisions.

However, with enough pressure from constituents / lobbyists committee membership can vote against their committee leadership. If committee leadership has enough votes to move a bill in their favor, they will let individual members “vote their conscious” for symbolic or personal reasons.

The take home here is that a great deal of time should be devoted to leadership to sway them onto your side. However, if leadership is not on your side applying pressure on individual members can still be effective.

On the floor, there is often more wiggle room for individual members to vote their way. Certain members in each party are more prone to vote against their party / according to their conscience.

Relationship Building
Every sunday, look at the committee meeting schedules (http://leg.wa.gov/) and floor schedules for the upcoming week. Use this to update your bill tracker. Meetings will often be scheduled weeks in advance so be strategic when you want to meet with certain members and what topics you need to cover.

Your first week, work hard to develop relationships with staffers. You should already have good relationships with legislators from the interim. Figure out which social events are being held the first week, and work hard to be invited to them. A good way to make connections is through legislative interns from UW.

Between meetings during session, stop by legislator’s office to speak to staffers you are close with.

Husky Stories Campaign

The Husky Stories campaign is organized by the Community Organizer. Student stories are collected and compiled into a booklet or alternative format to be distributed to legislators.

Notes as DOLA: This campaign intersects with your work as the student lobbyist during the legislative session, as students may consent to have their stories shared with legislators or to give public testimony through the campaign.

After Legislative Session…

After the legislative reception, your remaining responsibilities as a student lobbyist will be:

1. Drafting and presenting the End-of-Session Report
   • You must present this report to the Student Senate and the Board of Directors
2. Interim work (as desired)
   • You may jumpstart the work on legislative goals to pass on to your successor for the following year, as desired (e.g. drafting bills, strategizing with partner organizations or legislators)
3. Appoint at-large members for Legislative Steering Committee
   • You must work with the ASUW President and the ASUW Director of University Affairs to appoint at-large members for the Legislative Steering Committee for the following Fall Quarter
   • NOTE: It would also be a good idea to reach out to Student Senate leadership to ensure that they elect the Student Senate representatives for the following Fall Quarter!

Aside from that, there is typically not much going on during Spring Quarter for OGR. You may organize additional events as desired and do any other work to offload the following Fall Quarter for your successors. Of course, you will also be responsible for hiring and transitioning your successor!