E-Newsletters

I have many bills in play this short session. Some are holdovers from last session and some are new this session. I will be sending out frequent e-newsletters to keep you updated on priority issues in our office until Sine Die (what we call the last day of ...

The 2019 legislative session was intense and to the surprise of everyone, we finished ON TIME! We were very far from agreement on many key issues, even up to the final day. But deadlines have a tendency to move folks, and we managed to pass a balanced budget that invests ...

Sen. Hasegawa's Legislative Update - 3/16

Sen. Hasegawa's Legislative Update - 2/14

Sen. Hasegawa's Legislative Update - 1/17/19

With only hours to go before the deadline, a state budget passed the Legislature and was sent to the Governor’s desk for his signature – narrowly avoiding a government shutdown. Unfortunately, I had to vote no on the budget because it relied almost entirely on a regressive property tax increase that ...

The regular 2017 legislative session ends on Sunday, and although we have operating budget proposals from the House Democrats and Senate Republicans, negotiations have stalled. Despite multiple attempts by Democratic budget negotiators to initiate talks, Republicans are refusing to come to the table. While this is very frustrating, talks on education ...