Taking action to interrupt the cycle of homelessness before it begins, the Washington state Senate today passed legislation that would require 14 days notice to evict a tenant. Senate Bill 5600, sponsored by Sen. Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue), also expands legal access ...
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Greetings! We are now over a month into the 2019 legislative session and, through snow and sleet, the Senate is hard at work passing bills out of committee! This session, I’ve introduced a combined 37 bills, joint memorials and resolutions, ...
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Sen. Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue) was sworn in today for her first full term serving Washington’s 48th Legislative District, which includes Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, the Points communities, and Medina. Kuderer joined the Senate in 2017 upon appointment and quickly established herself ...
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Sen. Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue) will lead efforts to address the growing crises related to housing and homelessness in Washington state as chair of the newly created Senate Housing Stability & Affordability Committee. Selected by her colleagues in the Senate Democratic ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, When Democrats won the Senate Majority last November, my legislative colleagues and I immediately felt what Martin Luther King Jr. once called the “fierce urgency of now.” Hoping to embrace it, the Senate Democratic Caucus laid ...
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In 1998, voters approved Initiative 200, a measure that effectively banned affirmative action on Washington’s college campuses and in state contracting. The aim of the initiative was to level the playing field in college admissions and public employment. But it ...
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From The Seattle Times: Gov. Jay Inslee recently signed legislation that represents what one lawmaker called “a seismic shift” in the state’s efforts to reform the juvenile-justice system. The new law removes a handful of crimes from the list of ...
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A package of bills to improve the lives of women throughout the state were signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Jay Inslee. The “Putting Women First” package runs the gamut from equal pay, to the Reproductive Parity Act, to sexual ...
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Five bills aimed at increasing voting access, representative government and exposing hidden money in elections were signed into law Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee. The Access to Democracy package – which includes The Washington Voting Rights Act, automatic voter registration, ...
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Last week, Governor Inslee vetoed Senate Bill 6617, the Legislative Public Records Act (LPRA). After hearing from the people of the 48th District, I believe it was the right decision. I originally supported this legislation because it expanded transparency and ...
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