News

• 2022 Session Wrap-Up: Legislative Successes | May 2, 2022

  Dear Friends and Neighbors, The legislative session ended last month, and in only 60 days, your state legislature passed over 300 bills, including the state operating budget, construction budget, and… READ MORE

• 2022 Session Wrap-Up: Investing in Recovery | April 25, 2022

  Dear Friends and Neighbors, We recently wrapped up the 2022 Legislative Session after passing policies and making investments that will help our communities grow and recover as we come out… READ MORE

• Editorial: Electrify diesel trucks serving the ports to build a cleaner supply chain | March 10, 2022

  When we think about transportation, we often think about how we personally get around — but cleaning up how goods are moved will have an outsized impact on our health… READ MORE

• In the News: WA House votes to ban ‘high-capacity’ magazines, bill now heads to the governor | March 6, 2022

  After more than three hours of debate, Washington House Representatives passed a ban on “high-capacity” magazines in the state late Friday night. House members voted to pass the measure 55-42…. READ MORE

• In the News: Big victory for supporters of stricter gun laws: WA Legislature approves new ammunition limits | March 5, 2022

  OLYMPIA — The Washington House has voted to prohibit the sale, importation, distribution and manufacture of firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, marking a major victory… READ MORE

• An Update on the 2022 Supplemental State Budget Proposals | March 3, 2022

  Dear Friends and Neighbors, With less than two weeks left in the 2022 legislative session, my colleagues and I are hard at work finalizing the details of the supplemental operating,… READ MORE

• Cutoff Update, Move Ahead WA, & Are You Disaster Ready? | February 17, 2022

  Dear Friends and Neighbors, Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. marked a major deadline in our 60-day legislative session – house of origin cutoff, the time by which all non-budget bills must… READ MORE

• Upcoming Mini Town Hall, Bill Update, & Tackling the Climate Crisis | February 3, 2022

  Dear Friends and Neighbors, We’re almost half-way through this 60-day session, and there is never a dull moment in virtual Olympia! The big news last week was that Governor Inslee signed… READ MORE

• Stay Connected During the 2022 Legislative Session | January 19, 2022

  Dear Friends and Neighbors, Welcome to the 2022 Legislative Session! I’m proud to continue to serve as your representative for the 11th Legislative District as we head into another remote session. Just… READ MORE

• Opinion: Washington must hold climate polluters accountable | January 16, 2022

  Unprecedented and deadly heat waves. Stronger storms and coastal flooding. Worsening droughts and extreme weather that threaten our health, agriculture, and economy, from the streets of my district to the… READ MORE

• Food and Housing Insecurity | November 15, 2021

  Dear friends and neighbors, With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I wanted to use this newsletter to highlight food insecurity. One in every ten Washingtonians struggles with hunger and one… READ MORE

• Second chances and fresh starts for criminalized youth | August 9, 2021

  Dear friends and neighbors, Along with summer comes the time when new state laws and pandemic recovery programs passed by the legislature this year are implemented. Now that the state… READ MORE

• My Community and Interim Priorities for the Rest of 2021 | June 18, 2021

  Dear friends and neighbors, After wrapping up the 2021 Legislative Session, my colleagues and I were able to take a quick recess to spend time with friends and family and… READ MORE

• Wrapping up the 2021 Legislative Session | May 3, 2021

  Dear friends and neighbors, We did it! After a historic 105 days, the Legislature is adjourned. This first Legislative session was one for the books. Not only did we adapt… READ MORE

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  Hackney on final passage of Capital Gains Tax | April 21, 2021

  Rep. David Hackney, D-11, delivers floor remarks on final passage of Senate Bill 5096, Capital Gains. The measure will impose a 7% tax on the sale of long-term assets, such… READ MORE

• Newsletter – Addressing environmental justice in the 11th District | April 16, 2021

  Dear friends and neighbors, In the spirit of Earth Day next week, I wanted to take this newsletter to talk about an issue I deeply care about: climate justice. Our… READ MORE

• Bill upgrading state agencies’ data systems to become a law | April 14, 2021

  OLYMPIA – Today, Gov. Inslee will sign Rep. David Hackney’s (D-Tukwila) sponsored legislation, HB 1274, giving Washington state agencies the option to transition their data systems to a third-party, commercial… READ MORE

• Transportation Budget, Expanded Vaccine Eligibility for all Washingtonians 16+ and Good News for HB 1274 | April 1, 2021

  Dear friends and neighbors, We are in the final stretch! There’s less than one month left in the 2021 Legislative Session. This week both the Senate and House released their… READ MORE

• Telephone Town Hall Tonight, Broadband Access and Supporting Long-term services and Medicaid | March 17, 2021

  Dear friends and neighbors, This week marks a year since our state first shut down due to COVID-19. The past year has been challenging in more ways than one, highlighting… READ MORE

• MEDIA ADVISORY: 11th Legislative District Telephone Town Hall Next Wednesday | March 12, 2021

  Please join Reps. David Hackney and Steve Bergquist, and Sen. Bob Hasegawa for the first 11th Legislative District Telephone Town Hall of 2021. This upcoming Wednesday, calls will go out to… READ MORE

• Legislative Update, Legislative Youth Advocacy Council and Renters’ Rights are Human Rights | March 5, 2021

  Dear friends and neighbors, We are halfway through the 2021 Legislative Session and we’d love to hear from you! My colleagues and I have spent every day of the last… READ MORE

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  Bill Creating Office of Independent Investigations Passes House | March 3, 2021

  OLYMPIA – On the first anniversary of the killing Manuel Ellis, the Washington State House of Representatives passed a bill to mandate independent investigation of deadly uses of force by… READ MORE

• LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: House passes Rep. Hackney’s first bill allowing state agencies to upgrade their data infrastructure | February 26, 2021

  OLYMPIA – Last night, the House passed HB 1274 with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 96 to 2. This bill, introduced by Rep. David Hackney (D-Tukwila), gives state agencies the… READ MORE

• Legislative Update: Bills that are close to the finish line, My Presidents’ Day Speech, and Sunday’s Mini-Town Hall info | February 17, 2021

  Dear friends and neighbors, We are six weeks into the legislative session and this week we passed our first major deadline of the session: policy committee cut-off. This is the… READ MORE

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  Ask David 2: Childcare programs, revenue & gun responsibility | February 15, 2021

  Rep. David Hackney, D-11, responds to constituent emails on addressing the childcare crisis, the need for progressive revenue and bills regarding gun responsibility.