The legislative and policy team regularly produces briefing documents that cover a wide swath of topics, including higher education policy, state budget and statutory obligations, UW policy, and national higher education trends. Please contact Jed Bradley with any questions or comments.
Publications on this page will be made available in an accessible alternative format upon request to Elise Glassman.
2025 Briefs
- 2025 Session Fiscal Note Summary
- 2025 Session Bill Summary
- Final Compromise: 2025-27 Biennial Operating and Capital Budgets [Updated May 21, 2025]
- Published Price vs. Net Price - 2025 Update
- House and Senate 2025-27 Biennial Operating and Capital Budget Proposals [Updated April 1, 2025]
2024 Briefs
- Governor Inslee’s 2025 Supp. Operating and 2025-27 Operating & Capital Budget Proposals [Updated January 24, 2025]
- Published Price vs. Net Price - 2024 Update
- Overview of Activity Based Budgeting (ABB) Trends at the UW in Seattle - FY24 Update
- 2024 Session Bill Summary
- 2024 Session Fiscal Note Summary
- Final Compromise: 2024 Supplemental Operating and Capital Budgets [Updated April 23, 2024]
- House and Senate 2024 Supplemental Operating and Capital Budget Proposals
2023 OPB Briefs
- Governor Inslee's 2024 Supplemental Operating and Capital Budget Proposals [Updated January 30, 2024]
- Published Price vs. Net Price - 2023 Update
- 2023 Session Bill Summary
- 2023 Session Fiscal Note Summary
- Final Compromise: 2023-25 Biennial Operating and Capital Budgets [Updated May 18, 2023]
- House and Senate 2023-25 Biennial Operating and Capital Budget Proposals
- Overview of Activity Based Budgeting (ABB) Trends at the UW in Seattle - FY23 Update
- Overview of Recent Faculty Code Mechanisms Utilized to Enact Merit Related Compensation Changes
2022 OPB Briefs
- Governor Inslee’s 2023 Supp. Operating and 2023-25 Operating & Capital Budget Proposals
- Published Price vs. Net Price - 2022 Update
- 2022 Session Bill Summary
- 2022 Session Fiscal Note Summary
- Final 2022 Supplemental Operating and Capital Budgets [Updated April 15, 2022]
- Overview of Activity Based Budgeting (ABB) Trends at the UW in Seattle - FY22 Update
- House and Senate 2022 Supplemental Operating and Capital Budget Proposals [Updated March 1, 2022]
2021 OPB Briefs
- Governor Inslee's 2022 Supplemental Operating and Capital Budget Proposals
- Differential Tuition - 2021 Update
- 2021 Session Bill Summary
- 2021 Session Fiscal Note Summary
- Final Compromise: 2021-23 State Biennial Operating and Capital Budgets
- House and Senate 2021-23 Biennial Operating and Capital Budget Proposals
- Published Price vs. Net Price - 2021 Update
2020 OPB Briefs
- Governor Inslee’s 2021 Supp. Operating and 2021-23 Operating & Capital Budget Proposals [Updated February 11, 2021]
- Overview of Activity Based Budgeting (ABB) Trends at the UW in Seattle – FY21 Update
- 2020 Session Bill Summary
- 2020 Session Fiscal Note Summary
- 2020 State Supplemental Budgets
- Published Price vs. Net Price - 2020 Update
- Senate and House Leadership 2020 Supplemental Budget Proposals
For OPB Briefs for fiscal years before FY2020, please visit the OPB Briefs Archive.