OLYMPIA— “Addressing challenges within the Washington State Ferries (WSF) is vital to staying efficient and eliminating the expense of maintaining vessels that have outlived their expected lifespan. Many of these…
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27th LD Update: Important Transportation Bills + Join Me at a Town Hall on 3/18
Dear friends and neighbors, The last time I wrote you, we had not yet started our 10-day run of bills on the House floor. That hectic activity ended last Wednesday,…
Fey’s Bill to Form a Working Group to Restart the Airport Process Passes House
OLYMPIA—This afternoon the House passed HB 1791 with a vote of 88-9, which will ultimately restart the process on Washington’s airports. “Opposition to the state’s proposed airport sites had been…
House Approves Fey Legislation to Help Homeless Students
OLYMPIA – Legislation sponsored by Rep. Jake Fey (D-Tacoma) to help combat student homelessness by providing additional resources to schools and communities was approved by the House today with a…
Fey’s State Trooper Bill Advances to the Senate
OLYMPIA—Rep. Jake Fey (D-Tacoma)’s bipartisan bill (SHB 1638) to make being a state trooper a more attractive career choice was heard on the House floor today and passed with a…
27th LD Update: Transportation Bills are in Motion + Save the Date for an In-Person Town Hall
Dear friends and neighbors, In Olympia, we are getting closer and closer to floor action in the House. Debates on bills on the House floor start on Monday, Feb. 27,…
Fey on HB 1638: An Incentive Program to Make Being a State Trooper a More Attractive Career Choice
OLYMPIA—Rep. Jake Fey (D-Tacoma) has introduced HB 1638, which will focus on the recruitment for the Washington State Patrol (WSP). The bill is an incentive program to make being a…
27th LD Update: Attracting and Hiring More Washington State Troopers & More
Dear friends and neighbors, A couple weeks ago, I told you about the bicameral traffic safety press conference I attended. That event addressed several House and Senate bills regarding driver…
27th LD Update: Today’s Bicameral Traffic Safety Press Conference + Looking at New Airport Sites
Dear friends and neighbors, I had the honor of speaking at a bicameral traffic safety press conference this afternoon, where Gov. Jay Inslee was in attendance. Like other states in…
27th District Legislative Update: The Work on Implementing Move Ahead Washington Begins
Dear friends and neighbors, We are back in person in Olympia for the 2023 Legislative Session and I am excited to get to work! During the 2022 Legislative Session I…