E-Newsletter - Sen. Jamie Pedersen

Legislative action on childcare and early learning

by sdcadminApr 30 20211 Comments

Dear friends and neighbors: Years from now, we will remember the Fair Start for Kids Act (SB 5237) as a landmark achievement of the 2021 legislative session. Our childcare and early ...

Legislature adjourns; police accountability bills approved

by sdcadminApr 25 20210 Comments

Dear friends and neighbors, The 2021 Legislature has adjourned for the year. While the 105-day session was conducted mostly on Zoom, we managed to complete our work on time for the ...

Progress on police accountability & town hall coming up

by sdcadminMar 02 20210 Comments

Dear friends and neighbors: We are nearing the halfway mark of the 105-day legislative session in Olympia. Our top priority this session has been to help the people of our state ...

2021 legislative session begins

by sdcadminJan 15 20210 Comments

Dear friends and neighbors, The 2021 legislative session started this week under circumstances unlike any in our state’s history. Our legislative buildings in Olympia were surrounded by security fencing. Hundreds of ...

Dismantling Racism in Policing

by sdcadminJun 25 20200 Comments

A colleague of mine recently quipped that in 2020, we have been living simultaneously through 1918, 1932, and 1968. It has indeed been an unsettled and unsettling year, causing me ...

State government responds to the pandemic

by sdcadminMar 27 20200 Comments

The last few weeks have been difficult and emotional for people here in Seattle and across the world. Our response to COVID-19 has required us all to alter our lives ...

Sen. Pedersen's legislative update

by sdcadminFeb 14 20200 Comments

We passed the halfway mark this week on our 60-day legislative session in Olympia. The pace has been intense as we considered more than 1,800 bills on subjects ranging from ...

2019 Session Review: For the people, by the people

by sdcadminSep 19 20190 Comments

Often the best ideas for new laws originate with friends and neighbors who are willing to tell their stories and put in hours of work to develop and ...