OLYMPIA – Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, sponsored Senate Resolution 8669 on Friday to recognize thousands of Washington state students who are raising awareness of anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools on the National Day of Silence.
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Greetings from Olympia! We are wrapping up the third week of the 2015 legislative session, hard at work on funding our public schools, funding mental health services, and crafting a package of transportation infrastructure investments and the revenue to pay for them. Already, ...
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Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, will take over as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Law and Justice Committee as the legislature convenes the 2015 session. “We will have a lot of important issues to consider in 2015. I am excited ...
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Dear friends, Beginning July 1, election-year restrictions begin on my external communications. These restrictions include updates to this website over the next several months. If you need more information or have a legislative issue, please don’t hesitate to contact me. It’s always an ...
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The lesbian and gay members of the Washington State Legislature applaud Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s announcement that, in accordance with both the Affordable Care Act and Washington’s 2006 anti-discrimination law, that health insurance plans sold in Washington state must provide ...
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OLYMPIA — Seattle University will soon have its own specialty license plate. The bill (HB2100) creating the plate was the last piece of legislation introduced by Sen. Jamie Pedersen in the state House before he joined the Senate late last year. ...
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Sen. Jamie Pedersen, House Speaker Frank Chopp and Rep. Brady Walkinshaw will be holding a legislative town hall on Feb. 22 at 1:30 p.m. at Seattle First Baptist Church on First Hill in Seattle. The lawmakers are taking a brief ...
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