Dear Friends and Neighbors, Please join me, Senator Manka Dhingra and Representative Larry Springer for a Telephone Town Hall on Thursday evening. This is a great opportunity to get your…
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Video Update: Modernizing requirements for police chiefs and sheriffs, regulating sodium nitrate, and preparing for the FIFA World Cup!
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2025 legislative session is well underway, and I want to update you on an important piece of legislation I’ve sponsored that recently passed out of…
Legislative Update: Committee Work and Protecting Immigrant Communities
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Now that January has come a close, we are headed into Week 4 of the legislative session. Here’s the latest on our process and a few…
Video Update: Session Priorities, Budget Challenges, and FAFSA/WAFSA Completion
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2025 Legislative Session convened on January 13th. We are working on a wide range of issues, including addressing the housing crisis, medical and behavioral health,…
Welcome to the 2025 Legislative Session!
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2025 Legislative Session is now underway! The Legislature convened on Monday, and we are working on a wide range of issues, including supporting overburdened communities,…
A Note About Election Year Restrictions and How to Contact My Office.
Dear Friends and Neighbors, This is my last email update until this fall. During an election year, state ethics law requires certain restrictions on a legislator’s communications to prevent the…
Legislative Update: Recapping the 2024 legislative session.
Friends and neighbors, We made some major accomplishments during the 2024 legislative session. We focused on boosting support for our public schools, the urgent concern of a dramatic rise in…
Budgets that Invest in Families, Climate Resiliency and Infrastructure
Dear Friends and Neighbors, During this year’s session, the Legislature crafted “supplemental” budgets, which make adjustments to the comprehensive biennial budgets that we passed last year. The final proposals are…
Goodman legislation to protect Supreme Court justices heads to governor.
OLYMPIA — A bill to increase protections for Supreme Court justices is one step closer to becoming law. The state legislature passed House Bill 2056, sending it to the governor’s…
Video Update: A Q&A on Legislation to Curb Impaired Driving
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Impaired driving is one of the leading causes of traffic fatalities in Washington—right up there with speeding and distracted driving. Last week, the Washington Traffic Safety…