E-Newsletters

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 one of our early U.S. Senators, Wesley Jones. This week, members ...

Dear neighbors, This week, the 50^th 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 wake of the current Court’s decision to eliminate that constitutional ...

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 this area. After Initiative 1433 was approved by Washington voters in 2016, ...

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 in legislative deliberations from home, like remote testimony. Read more ...

• 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 at leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Participating.aspx.
• Reach out via the ...
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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Dear neighbors, Since the 2022 legislative session ended in March, I have been listening to constituents’ ideas, preparing for next session, and working on the implementation of past laws. In three areas of crucial importance for our state, I am part of teams tasked by the Legislature with solving knotty problems ...

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 pages on the Capitol Campus. Pages serve for one week during the legislative ...

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 not able to join us, you can watch the ...

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 21. Rep. Tina Orwall, Rep. Mia Gregerson, and I will be ...