Dear Neighbors, Due to unforeseen circumstances, this Sunday’s in-person Town Hall has been cancelled. Though we will not be meeting in person, you can still join me for a Telephone town Hall with my 48th Legislative District seatmates on Thursday, ...
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Dear Neighbors, Please join me in-person for a town hall! My colleague and I will be delivering an update on much of our work here at the capitol and taking as many questions/comments as we can! We’re meeting Sunday, March ...
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OLYMPIA – A bill to protect our Rail Worker labor force taking leave passes Senate securing spot as one of the nation’s first of its kind. SB 5267 sponsored by Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue) aims to protect rail workers from employer ...
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Dear Neighbors, Legislative session is at full sprint this year and we just passed one of our biggest checkpoints: Policy Cutoff. Simply put, if a bill isn’t in Rules by then, it is highly unlikely it will move forward during ...
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OLYMPIA—Sen. Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue) spoke before the Washington State Senate today on her bill to remove the state’s requirement for advisory votes on revenue legislation, excoriating the ballot-cluttering remnant of an otherwise unconstitutional initiative that cost the state millions each ...
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Enshrining reproductive freedom in the state constitution Sen. Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue), spoke at the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care today in strong support of a proposed amendment, SJR 8202, seeking to codify abortion and access to reproductive ...
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SEATTLE — A host of Washington state’s top elected officials, including Gov. Jay Inslee, Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, pledged Tuesday to fight for reproductive rights amid the very real possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court ...
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The Washington Legislature is using one of the largest infusions of federal money in state history to invest in a wide spectrum of attempts to reduce homelessness. Supported largely by surplus revenue, fewer debts and leftover federal funds from the ...
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Dear neighbors, We have officially ended the 2022 legislative session and I am extremely proud to report we made some tremendous strides for everyday working Washingtonians. When we adjourned on time for the fifth year in a row this year, ...
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Friends and neighbors, This week the Senate passed a supplemental operating budget that puts Washingtonians first and we’re working around the clock to pass some other heavy hitting legislation that gives back to working families. We know Washington state is ...
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