OLYMPIA – The Millionaires Tax, which will provide a major and sustainable funding increase for schools, health care and other essential services, help fix Washington’s broken tax code and provide tax cuts for millions of working Washingtonians and small businesses, was passed off the Senate floor on Monday. Senate Bill 6346, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, passed the chamber on a 27-22 vote and will now head to the House of Representatives for further consideration. “Today was a momentous step forward,” Pedersen said. “For Washington’s 1.1 million school kids, people struggling to afford health care, and small businesses looking for help, that help is on the way.” Less than 1% of the wealthiest households in the state would pay the ...
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Noel Frame (she/her) has represented the people of the 36th Legislative District as their state senator since January 2023, after having served the district as state representative beginning in January 2016.
Noel is an award-winning legislator, having been honored more than 15 times for her work advocating for youth involved in the foster care and juvenile justice systems, expanding services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavioral health challenges, championing economic development, and fixing the state’s upside-down tax code. She takes on many of the toughest challenges facing our state – reforming our criminal legal system, building more affordable housing, strengthening and investing in the diverse communities that make up Washington state, balancing our tax code, and more.
Read Sen. Frame’s full biography here.
