Dear friends and neighbors, 📢 We made it to cutoff! The first one anyway. For those who are new to the legislative process, cutoff is an important and sometimes sad…
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Olympia Update: The bottle bill, education legislation, and a high school science contest
Dear friends and neighbors, Today wraps up week 4 of the legislative session. If you’ve been following along, you know that we’ve been working hard to address Washington’s housing crisis,…
What Housing Bills Should We Pass This Session? Share Your Thoughts!
Dear friends and neighbors, The second week of the 2025 legislative session wraps up today, and I’m excited to share what we’ve been up to, and what is in store…
49th District update: the 2024 legislative session is adjourned sine die!
Dear friends and neighbors, Happy Sine Die! Yesterday the 2024 legislative session came to an end when we adjourned “sine die” right before 6PM. Now that the legislative session is…
Reminder: 49th LD telephone town hall is Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Dear friends and neighbors, The ladies of the 49th District invite you to join us at our telephone town hall tomorrow! This is a reminder that tomorrow (Feb 20) Sen….
Hope to hear from you at the 49th LD town hall on Tuesday, and a 2024 session update
Dear friends and neighbors, We’re more than halfway through the 2024 legislative session! There’s a lot of deadlines and milestones to keep up with, especially during a short, 60-day session….
House passes Stonier bill banning book bans
OLYMPIA—Today the House of Representatives passed House Bill 2331 by Rep. Monica Stonier (D-Vancouver) to prohibit school boards from banning books from classrooms and libraries through discriminatory practices and modify…
Book banning, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, and a 2024 session update
Rep. Stonier with the Moms Rising book truck at the Capital on Tuesday 1/23. Dear friends and neighbors, The 2024 session is shaping up to be very productive. We’ve already…
The 2024 legislative session has started! Here’s what’s happened so far.
Dear neighbors, The 2024 legislative session began yesterday, and the House of Representatives got right to work. We passed three bills on our first day, including HB 1455, a bill…
Pre-session town hall this weekend, and ways you can engage in the 2024 legislative session
Dear neighbors, The legislative session starts in a few days and while it’s a short session (60 days), I’ll be working hard to pass bills that build on the successes…