Author Archives: abond

06 Mar
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One week left!

Dear friends and neighbors, There’s just one week left in the legislative session! We have completed our work on many important issues, but we still have a lot left to do. Legislators are working this weekend to negotiate the final ...

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27 Feb
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State budget proposals – what’s in, what’s out

Dear friends and neighbors, With just two weeks left in the legislative session, we have both the House and Senate budget proposals before us, and we are moving toward agreement on a final plan to supplement the underlying biennial budget ...

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20 Feb
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Millionaires Tax passes the Senate!

Dear friends and neighbors, I’m thrilled to report the Senate passed the Millionaires Tax off of the Senate floor on a 27-22 vote! This is an exciting move forward for funding schools, health care, and essential services, paid for by ...

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13 Feb
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Senate bills moving forward

Dear friends and neighbors, This has been a busy week in the Senate, with full days of floor action on bills. In the next two weeks, we’ll also see major progress on the budget proposals made by the House and ...

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11 Feb
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Flood warning for renters passes Senate

Legislation to provide flood warnings to renters passed the Senate on a 46-3 vote on Wednesday. SB 6237, sponsored by Sen. Jessica Bateman (D-Olympia), requires that landlords disclose to tenants and potential tenants if the property is located in a ...

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06 Feb
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Funding schools by taxing millionaires

Dear friends and neighbors, I’m glad to let you know that one of the most important bills of the session has been introduced – the Millionaires Tax proposal, to raise funding for schools, health care, and services by taxing the ...

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30 Jan
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The top issue I’ve heard from you

Dear friends and neighbors, We’re now nearly a third of the way through the legislative session. We’ve already passed legislation through the Senate on some of the biggest and most important issues before us. ICE face masks We are all ...

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23 Jan
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Town hall recap

Dear friends and neighbors, I hope you had a chance to watch our online town hall with Reps. Beth Doglio and Lisa Parshley last Monday night. If you missed it, it’s on YouTube here. We answered pre-submitted and live questions ...

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16 Jan
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Big issues in the Legislature

Dear friends and neighbors, This was the first week of the legislative session, with eight more to go. The week began with all the usual start-of-session steps, like hearing the state of the state address from Gov. Bob Ferguson. You ...

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14 Jan
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New protections for seniors in independent living facilities introduced

Sen. Jessica Bateman (D-Olympia) introduced a bill providing a new set of protections for seniors in independent living facilities. Current law contains legal protections for seniors in licensed elder care facilities that provide more complex care like memory care. But ...

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