Category Archives: News Release

OLYMPIA — Ahead of next week’s full operating budget proposal, Senate Democratic budget leaders released their new revenue proposal for the 2025-27 operating budget. “We’ve spent months discussing our budget, learned about how damaging an all-cuts budget might be, and ...

OLYMPIA — Senate Democratic budget leaders plan to release their new revenue proposal for the 2025-27 operating budget on Thursday, March 20. A press release with information on the proposal’s key elements will be sent at approximately 9 a.m., and ...

Legislation to protect children’s mental and behavioral health from addictive social media algorithms and harmful online content passed the Senate on a 36-12 vote Wednesday. In 2024, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report that stated spending 3 hours online ...

Legislation to make clergy members mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect passed the Washington State Senate Friday on a 28-20 vote. Currently, Washington is one of just five states in the country that does not list clergy as mandatory reporters of ...

Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle) introduced SB 5375, legislation to make clergy members mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect. Currently, Washington is one of just five states in the country that does not list clergy as mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation into law today to support rural economic development. SB 5229, sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle), expands the range of economic development projects that can be funded by the state’s Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB), ...

Today, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law legislation sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle) to protect the residents of manufactured home parks from displacement. SB 5198 would require two years’ notice before the closure of a manufactured home park and ...