Town Hall meeting this Sunday!
Your 5th district delegation, Sen. Mark Mullet, Rep. Lisa Callan, and I will hold an in-person town hall meeting this coming Sunday, March 19 from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Gibson Hall in Issaquah.
We’ll give you an update on the issues we’re working on this session and answer your questions.
Bill’s Bills
Last Wednesday marked house of origin cutoff, which means that any bills not passed out of the House are likely dead, though they will get automatically reintroduced next year.
I am very happy to report that three of my bills continue moving along:
HB 1179, authorizing the state auditor to receive non-conviction data passed the Senate Law & Justice Committee on March 9, went straight to Rules and yesterday it was placed on the Senate Floor Calendar!
HB 1265, establishing a property tax exemption for adult family homes that serve people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and are owned by a nonprofit passed the Senate Committee on Human Services on March 14 and was sent to Rules.
HB 1387, requiring the Criminal Justice Training Commission to study how to establish a program to recruit and train a pool of applicants to increase the number of law enforcement officers in our state was referred to the Senate Law & justice Committee and is awaiting a hearing.
Bipartisanship: We have the stats!
In my March 7 newsletter, I told you that most of the bills we pass are bipartisan and now I have the numbers to back that up: After a week and a half of all-day floor action, we sent 328 bills to the Senate, of those, 257 passed with 80 votes or more, including 196 that passed unanimously.
Values & Priorities
Many of the bills we passed reflect our values and priorities; we had a strong focus on housing, workforce development, behavioral and reproductive health. Click on the image below to watch my latest video update where I discuss the package of bills passed by the House to protect reproductive rights.
Thank you for reading my newsletter. If you need more information on any of the issues discussed here, or on any other legislative matter, please don’t hesitate to contact my office.
Hope to see you on Sunday!
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