House addresses increasingly dangerous wildfire seasons
OLYMPIA – The Washington House took major steps to address an increasingly dangerous wildfire season this week as Rep. Larry Springer’s HB 1578 passed unanimously through the House of Representatives. ...
Legislative update on forest fires, tax relief, and environmental restoration work
Dear neighbors, This is a quick update on issues that I’m working on during the 2023 session of the Legislature. These issues—wildland forest fires, tax relief, and riparian restoration work—are...
2022 Legislative Session Newsletter
Learn about some of the historic steps we took this session by clicking on the newsletter image below.
An Update from the 2022 Legislative Session
Dear Friends and Neighbors, This year’s 60-day legislative session just passed the halfway mark. We passed a major deadline – house of origin cutoff, the time by which all non-budget...
State House OK’s long-term plan to prevent and fight wildfires
OLYMPIA — In the 1990s, Washington lost 86,000 acres a year to wildfires. By 2015 the average had climbed to nearly a half million acres a year. Last year? 812,000...
45th-district Legislative Update
As your representative in the Washington State Legislature, I send occasional email updates designed to keep you informed about the issues being debated in Olympia that may impact our community...
E-News from Olympia
Cleaning up our own house is priority number one When the Washington state House of Representatives took its first vote this year it was to protect the legislative community from...
E-News from Olympia
And we’re off! The 2019 Session has begun and the Legislature is full of energy. All members of the House took their oath of office on Monday and it was...
Kirkland Rep. Larry Springer retains leadership role in Democratic House majority
OLYMPIA — Kirkland state Rep. Larry Springer will once again serve as Deputy Majority Leader in the Washington state House of Representatives during the 2019-20 term. Springer, a Kirkland Democrat,...
Our Statement on the Public Records Act
Last week, we voted to approve Senate Bill 6617, the Legislative Public Records Act, which changed how public records would be handled in the Legislature. Unfortunately, the bill should have...