OLYMPIA, Wash. — State House and Senate Democrats have unveiled a COVID-19 relief plan.
It looks to spend $2.2 billion in federal aid money on COVID-19 relief efforts in Washington state.
The plan includes $618 million to boost vaccination efforts and contact tracing, and $668 million for school assistance, $365 million to aid renters and landlords and $240 million for grants to businesses.
The bill also looks to spend $50 million for emergency childcare funding and $65 million for the Immigrant Relief Fund.
The new legislation is one of a series of bills being fast-tracked in the Legislature to provide different types of relief.
Earlier last week, Republican Rep. Drew Stokesbary had offered his own version of a bill which would additionally spend state rainy day money to fund the Working Families Tax Rebate originally passed in 2008, provide assistance to students and schools, and add relief for small businesses.