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Telephone town hall rescheduled for Feb. 18

Telephone town hall rescheduled for Feb. 18

Friends and neighbors, Tomorrow’s telephone town hall has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 18 due to a scheduling conflict and to ensure all members of the 3rd Legislative District delegation can attend. I hope you will still be able to join me and Reps. Timm Ormsby and Natasha Hill for the event. We’ll provide an update on progress we are making ...

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About Marcus

Born and raised in Spokane, Representative Marcus Riccelli graduated from Gonzaga University with a Bachelors of Business Administration, and from the University of Washington with a Masters of Public Administration. From 2007 to 2010, Marcus served as U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell’s Eastern Washington Director. Then from 2010 to 2012, he served as Senior Policy Advisor to Washington State Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown.

Elected to the state legislature in 2012, Marcus served 12 years in the House before being elected to the Senate in 2024. As the Majority Floor Leader, he opens the day’s proceedings, assigns bills to committees, and sets the agenda for debates on the Senate floor – ensuring that priority bills are debated and voted on. He also serves on the Ways & Means Committee, Health & Long-Term Care Committee, State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Committee, and the Rules Committee.

Read Marcus’s full biography here.

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The Olympian: All 1.1 million WA students would be eligible for free school lunches under proposed law

The Olympian: All 1.1 million WA students would be eligible for free school lunches under proposed law

All Washington students would have access to free school lunches under a proposed law that was heard in committee Tuesday morning. Sponsored by state Sen. Marcus Riccelli, Senate Bill 5352 would expand the state’s program for free school lunches to ...

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KHQ: Bill aims to remove medical debt from credit scores in Washington

KHQ: Bill aims to remove medical debt from credit scores in Washington

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Lawmakers in Olympia are considering a new bill that could change how medical debt impacts credit scores for residents in Washington. Representative Marcus Riccelli is sponsoring the SB 5480, which seeks to address the financial ...

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