To my community — In 105 days, we accomplished a lot. We acted to protect reproductive freedom and gender-affirming care, reduce gun violence by banning assault weapons, worked hard rapidly address our housing supply and invested in building out our behavioral health systems. You can read more about the budget I worked on and the bills we moved across the finish line below but the bottom line is: it remains my honor and privilege to represent you in Olympia. That said, we are not quite done yet… By the time you are reading this, the Legislature is preparing to reconvene for a special session to continue working on a statewide drug possession law. For more info on that, click here. Read More

To my community ̶ With just a week to go in this legislative session, we're rapidly approaching deadlines and trying to get bills across the final finish line. Last week marked another pivotal cutoff, where bills have to pass the opposite chamber to still have the chance of becoming law. This week, we'll be working out any differences between bills passed by the House & Senate and voting on a final state budget. But before session comes to a close, I just wanted to share a few of the bills I’ve sponsored and championed that made it this far and a little about what you can expect from our Capital Budget, which I help to negotiate. Middle Housing HB 1110 passed the Senate last week! ...