Friends, neighbors — 

So far, we’ve passed over 200 bills in the Senate! Scroll down to see where ours stand. ⬇️ 

#1: FOUR of our bills passed the Senate and are headed to the House! 

👉🏽 SB 5555 to help address the behavioral health crisis by creating certified peer specialists to ensure our neighbors who are struggling find support when they need it most. 

👉🏽 SB 5394 to support physicians trained at international medical schools in providing care in Washington by helping grow practice opportunities. 

👉🏽 SB 5732 to ensure seniors who qualify for the property tax exemption program remain eligible when they receive a nominal social security increase. 

👉🏽 SB 5292 to support passenger-only ferries. 

 #2: Where does that leave our other bills? Two are waiting to come to the floor: 

👉🏽 SB 5241 (Keep Our Care Act) to protect patient interests against hospital and health system mergers. 

👉🏽 SB 5534 to move staffing of the Workforce Education Investment Accountability Board to the Washington Student Achievement Council — a good government efficiency bill. 

#3: Wednesday is house-of-origin cutoff, which means we must pass all Senate bills off the debate floor by 5 p.m. that day. After then, we’ll head back to committees to hear the bills sent over by the House. You can learn more our other upcoming legislative deadlines here!  

#4: Don’t forget, my first virtual town hall of 2023 is coming up at noon Saturday, March 11. 

🔗 Register to receive the link here or by tapping the image below! 

💻 When you sign up, fill out a quick survey and share your questions to help us know what you care about! 

Again, if you can’t make it, don’t stress! I’ve got four in-person scheduled for the following week on Saturday, March 18, so we can keep connecting in real time over our neighbors’ shared questions, ideas and feedback. 

📍 Bremerton: 9-10 a.m. at Olympic College 

📍 Port Orchard: 12-1 p.m. at South Kitsap High School  

📍 Gig Harbor: 2-3 p.m. at Swift Water Elementary School 

📍 Key Peninsula: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Longbranch Improvement Club 

#5: Want to get an inside scoop what’s happening in the Legislature? Watch our Leadership Media Availability 9:30 a.m. Thursday! I’ll join Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig and our House colleagues — Speaker Laurie Jinkins and Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon — for a 30-minute overview of the session and what you can expect to see in the coming weeks. Click here to watch!