<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Good afternoon,</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">A new bill was filed today to increase the estate tax exclusion amount and the tax rates on taxable estates: <u><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5813&Chamber=Senate&Year=2025__;!!JQLo8HXyDA4!xBzstHm8ppkJE2aboojW5cv9cmTUYxZ6OP2JcveqgIDfxc5TDc2MkIHFf-8QTUk8m0ucZas-Q4Q1g6CQhQ$" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">SB 5183</span></a></span></u>.  <b><u>The bill has a hearing tonight at 5:30 pm</u> in</b> the Senate Ways & Means Committee.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">In case you’re interested, the link to testify remotely is here:  <u><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=33329&aId=167148&caId=26948&tId=2" target="_blank">https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=Senate&mId=33329&aId=167148&caId=26948&tId=2</a></span>.</u></span></p><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (pronouns: he/him)<br>
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