Go, Team! Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming the Garfield High School Men’s Basketball team here at the legislature. Their hard work and dedication paid off! These young…
Newborn Screening bill from Rep. Riccelli passes Senate
Yesterday the Washington Senate passed SHB 1285, legislation requiring that newborns be screened for critical congenital heart defects, authored by Rep. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane. “This bill is an important step…
Thursday, April 9
PRINT Associated Press House passes notification bill on police-returned guns Distracted driving bill dies in Olympia (Clibborn) Senate OKs post-conviction preservation of DNA (Hasegawa, Orwall) Senators propose $3.9 billion…
Healthy housing bill passes
OLYMPIA – A bill to improve the health of Washingtonians passed out of the Senate yesterday on a 48-1 vote. House Bill 1720, sponsored by Rep. June Robinson, will help…
Legislative update: The House and Senate budgets
A couple of weeks ago, the House released our budget that puts us on the path to fully funding education and fixing many of the holes left from the Great…