News Releases

Dear friends and neighbors, Our state has taken a multi-pronged approach to resisting the constant chaos and confusion created by the Trump administration’s harmful actions: deportations without due process, federal layoffs, cuts to education and health care, and relentless attempts to undermine the U.S. Constitution with illegal executive orders. This session the Legislature worked to pass important policy safeguards and ensure the ...

Dear friends and neighbors, This session the Legislature continued to work to ensure everyone in Washington has access to quality, affordable health care. We focused on addressing workforce and facility shortages, improving data collection on health care pricing and service availability, and strengthening long-term and behavioral health care. We also worked to protect access to reproductive and gender-affirming care. We reaffirmed our state’s ...

Dear friends and neighbors, The Legislature worked hard in the 2025 session to improve consumer protections – and with good results! Several new laws will strengthen safeguards for people in Washington, including new “right to repair” laws, banning medical debt from credit scores, and new protections for property owners.

Strengthening consumer protections and safeguards

• HB 1483 requires electronics manufactures ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, Washington is consistently ranked as one of the best places to work and run a business. In 2024, Oxfam ranked Washington the fourth-best place to work, and CNBC ranked the state among the top 10 for business. We are the only state to make the top 10 in both lists. In the 2025 session, the Legislature ...

Dear friends and neighbors, This year the Legislature made significant progress to ensure people are safe and feel safe in their communities. Several new laws will help reduce gun violence, improve our justice system, and strengthen law enforcement training and recruitment.

Improving public safety

• HB 1163 requires most people who purchase a gun to apply for a permit. Applicants ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, Happy Pride Month! Pride has always been a time to celebrate community and reflect on the progress we have made here in Washington to advance LGBTQ+ rights. This year, it is also a time to find unity and strength as we work to defend those rights against the unlawful aggression of the Trump administration. House Speaker Laurie Jinkins ...

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Over the last decade, our state has emerged as a national leader in efforts to reduce carbon pollution and address climate change. Last fall, our state overwhelmingly voted to protect the landmark Climate Commitment Act, passed by the Legislature in 2021. This session, the Legislature took further steps reduce plastic pollution by overhauling the state’s recycling ...

Dear friends and neighbors, The state’s new capital budget includes hundreds of new investments to build and improve public spaces around the state. Reflecting our priority to increase the supply of affordable housing, the budget includes over $770 million in new funding for housing projects around the state.  Thanks to strong community advocacy, several projects in the 43rd district received support this ...

Dear friends and neighbors, The 2025 legislative session adjourned for the year on Sunday evening. During the 105-day session, legislators introduced 2,387 bills, and we expect that Gov. Ferguson will sign about 400 into law over the next few weeks. Significant shortfalls in our operating and transportation budgets made the session challenging, but we made significant progress on a wide range ...

Dear friends and neighbors, Many of us are still trying to process the sudden passing of Frank Chopp. Frank was one of a kind: a community organizer, strategist, and statesman who cared deeply for our community in the 43^rd Legislative District and for people across the state. I had the good fortune to work closely with Frank for the last ...