More official state stuff

State Sen. Erik Poulsen has a proposal for Washingtont legislators to consider when they're not pre-occupied by the all important Official State Question question. When are we going to finally get an Official Flowering Vine?

This very year, if Poulsen can get a hearing for Senate Bill 6183, which would designate hops for the honor.

Seems fitting, since 75% of the country's supply of hops comes from Washington farms, and it's an indespensible ingredient in our fine micro-brews, but I have an unofficial question...just how much does it cost to get this stuff written up, run through the code revisor, published and pasted into the bill books, heard by a committee, etc. etc. As a former legislative staffer, I have an idea how much time and effort is consumed every time a bill or amendment is introduced, but I'm not sure what it respresents in 21st century dollars. Fun is fun, and I don't want to sound too cranky, but there's a number involved, and I wonder if our legislators know what it is.

The wineries want a question, the breweries want a flower, and I want one of what the leg is drinking...