Category Archives: E-News

Dear neighbors, Our lives today are shaped in many ways by our forgotten history. One of the important reasons we have such a thriving maritime economy in Washington today is a federal law passed just over 100 years ago by ...

Dear neighbors, This week, the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision granting a constitutional right to women to make their own reproductive health choices, we heard five bills that are aimed at providing services and protections in the ...

Dear neighbors, One of the most important issues I’ve worked on at the Legislature is ensuring workers receive a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work. Over the years, through legislation, initiatives, and rulemaking, we’ve made great progress in ...

Dear neighbors, Happy New Year! This week, we began the 2023 legislative session, our first in-person session since 2020. We are back at the Capitol in Olympia, but we have retained some of the popular ways that people can participate ...

  Learn how a bill becomes a law at leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Overview.aspx. Find legislation on the issues important to you at leg.wa.gov/billinfo/. Watch broadcasts and archived videos of your democracy in action at TVW.org. Testify before legislative committees remotely or in person ...

Dear neighbors, Today I have good news and better news. The good news is that our Senate Page Program is back and running after a two-year sabbatical while the Legislature operated mostly remotely and there was no reason to have ...

Dear friends and neighbors, To the many of you who tuned in last night for our 33rd district end of session virtual town hall, a big THANK YOU for your interest and for participating with your questions and comments. If you were ...

Dear neighbors, Do you have questions about what the Legislature did about health care, housing, transportation or public safety this year?  You’re invited to join your 33rd District lawmakers for a virtual town hall at 6 p.m. on Monday, March ...