Fantastic Fridays

• Week 3 | Welcome to the 2023 Legislative Session! | January 27, 2023

  Happy Fantastic Friday! The Legislative Session Has Begun! Dear friends and neighbors,   January 9th marked the beginning of the 2023 legislative session, and I am honored to return once again as… READ MORE

• The 2022 State Budgets | March 25, 2022

  I know it has been hard for you and your family. The past two years have been rough, our nation is experiencing inflation, and too many workers and small businesses… READ MORE

• Week 9 | The 2022 Session Comes to an End | March 11, 2022

  We just wrapped up the 2022 Legislative Session! After a jam-packed 60-days, we adjourned late last night after passing the finalized transportation and operating budgets. In future newsletters, I’ll go… READ MORE

• Week 8 | Behavioral Health, Salary Transparency, Catalytic Converter Theft, & More | March 4, 2022

  MMIWP Alert System Bill Passes the Senate As many of you know, I am the only Native American currently serving in the Washington State Legislature, and that is the perspective… READ MORE

• Week 7 | Budget Week & Billy Frank Jr. Statue Meeting Scheduled | February 25, 2022

  It’s budget week in Olympia! With only a few weeks left in the 2022 legislative session, my colleagues and I are hard at work finalizing the details of supplemental state… READ MORE

• Week 6 | Supporting Students & Parents, ADUs, WA Silenced No More, & the Small Biz Flex Fund | February 18, 2022

  We’re Two-Thirds of the Way Through Session This past Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. marked a major deadline in our 60-day legislative session – house of origin cutoff, the time by… READ MORE

• Week 5 | Move Ahead WA, Supporting Our Healthcare Heroes, & Serving WA | February 11, 2022

  Introducing Move Ahead Washington, a transportation package for a sustainable future I’m excited to announce that House Democrats have unveiled Move Ahead Washington, our transportation package that creates a sustainable, achievable… READ MORE

• Week 4 | Legislative Cutoffs, Building Electrification, & Charity Care | February 4, 2022

  Understanding Legislative Cutoffs Although it feels like we just started, we’re over a third of the way through this year’s legislative session! In fact, yesterday we passed the first legislative… READ MORE

• Week 3 | Protecting and Restoring Salmon, Police Accountability, & You’re Invited to a Lunar New Year celebration | January 28, 2022

  House Bill 1117 Passed the House A bill I introduced last session, House Bill 1117, passed the House again this week on a vote of 57-40! The bill integrates salmon recovery into the Growth… READ MORE

• Welcome to the 2022 Legislative Session! | January 14, 2022

  Just like last session, we’ll be doing most of our work virtually to help keep the public, staff, and lawmakers safe. There are also some guidelines we’ll be following to help protect… READ MORE