UPDATE: OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee will sign the $38.2 billion operating budget sometime today, probably this evening, after it passed the Legislature last night.

His office had earlier scheduled the budget signing for 3:30 p.m., but later sent an update saying it had been rescheduled for "later this evening". They had delayed scheduling the formal signing until staff could read through the entire document.

Some legislators are expected to take a break from votes to attend the signing ceremony. But the Legislature has a full plate of bills to digest today, which will be the final day of the session which started back in the second week of January.

It could be a long day that stretches past midnight and into Wednesday. The House must still pass the $16.1 billion transportation budget and both chambers must pass a capital budget which won't be released until sometime late in the afternoon or early evening.

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