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Washington State Capitol Building
26 Nov
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2025 legislative session – big issues, new roles!

Dear friends and neighbors, The 2025 legislative session is approaching, and we have a lot of work to do! Let’s build more affordable housing, fix our upside-down tax code to fully fund education, reform our criminal legal system, and more! ...

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Washington State Capitol Building
22 Feb
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About those initiatives…

Dear friends and neighbors, We had a great event in the Senate this Monday – Children’s Day – when legislators and staff get to bring the children in their lives to work and pass bills with kids joining us on ...

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Washington State Capitol Building
07 Feb
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Bill to make clergy members mandatory reporters of child abuse passes Senate

Legislation to make members of the clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect passed the Senate on a 44-5 vote today. The bill, SB 6298, is sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle) and now goes to the House of ...

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Washington State Capitol Building
22 Jan
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New Bill on Clergy Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse from Sen. Noel Frame

Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle) today introduced an updated proposal to make members of the clergy mandatory reporters of child sexual abuse, SB 6298.  Currently, Washington is one of just seven of states in the country that do not list clergy ...

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16 Jan
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Town hall this Saturday!

Dear friends and neighbors, It’s the second week of the legislative session and we’re hard at work on hearing and passing bills! Legislative Town Hall Details I hope you will join me and my seatmates Rep. Liz Berry and Rep. ...

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Washington State Capitol Building
09 Jan
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Our priorities for the 2024 session

Dear friends and neighbors, The 2024 legislative session has begun, and we have just 60 days to act on legislation on all the important issues facing our state. I’m excited to work with my seatmates in the House, Rep. Liz ...

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04 Oct
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Join us! Drop-in town hall Tuesday October 10

Join your 36th Legislative District delegation for an informal drop-in town hall event on the evening of Tuesday, October 10th! Sen. Noel Frame, Rep. Liz Berry, and Rep. Julia Reed will be there to answer your questions and discuss our ...

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Washington State Capitol Building
26 Jun
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Drop-in town hall on June 29!

Dear friends and neighbors, I hope you’ve been having a great June! We’ve had a chance to catch our breath after the 2023 legislative session, review what happened, and start working toward 2024. I’m excited about what we accomplished and ...

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Washington State Capitol Building
16 May
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36th LD delegation votes for bill to address substance use disorder

Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle), Rep. Liz Berry (D-Seattle), and Rep. Julia Reed (D-Seattle), all voted today to pass an amended version of SB 5536, legislation to address substance use disorder by increasing the availability of treatment. Berry and Reed both ...

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Washington State Capitol Building
27 Apr
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The Legislature has adjourned

Dear friends and neighbors, The 2023 legislative session has adjourned, and I wanted to send you an update on some of the major issues of session and our state budgets. Funding education is a subject we heard a lot about ...

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