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Healthy Homes and Clean Buildings Act passes out of House Environment & Energy Committee
OLYMPIA – The House Environment & Energy Committee passed HB 1084, the Healthy Homes and Clean Buildings Act, in executive session today. The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Alex Ramel...
Capitol Ideas Podcast: Rep. Alex Ramel
Healthy homes and clean buildings. Who could argue with that? Not Rep. Alex Ramel, who’s sponsoring the Healthy Homes and Clean Buildings Act this session. Find out what it’s all...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Rule and Shewmake to Host Telephone Town Hall
WHO: Reps. Alicia Rule and Sharon Shewmake. They will also be joined by public health officials from the Whatcom County Health Department, Director Erika Lautenbach and Communicable Disease and Epidemiology...
PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY: Harris-Talley bill for ranked choice voting in local elections
SEATTLE—Increase representation and voter participation in local elections—that’s the goal of House Bill 1156, introduced by Rep. Kirsten Harris-Talley (D-Seattle) and 26 cosponsors to allow ranked choice voting in some...
Lekanoff Introduces Bill to Ban Native American Mascots in Public Schools
OLYMPIA – Rep. Debra Lekanoff (D-Bow), the only Native American currently serving in the Washington State Legislature, recently introduced legislation to ban the inappropriate use of Native American names, symbols,...
Senn proposes capital gains tax to invest in child care
OLYMPIA –Today, Rep. Tana Senn (D-Mercer Island) introduced House Bill 1496 to bolster economic recovery and economic well-being of working families by funding the expansion and affordability of child care...
2021 Virtual and Telephone Town Halls
Due to COVID-19 and statewide restrictions on gatherings, House Democrats will not hold in-person town halls this session. However, many representatives are holding town halls remotely, either via telephone or...
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: Legislature sends UI relief bill to governor
A measure to bring relief to all businesses and to the hardest-hit workers passed the Legislature today SB 5061, which passed the Senate on Wednesday on a strong bipartisan vote...
Media Advisory: 3rd Legislative District to Host Virtual Town Hall
WHO: State Sen. Andy Billig and Reps. Timm Ormsby and Marcus Riccelli WHAT: Virtual town hall with 3rd District residents WHEN: Wednesday, January 27 at 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Streamed live on the House Democratic Caucus’ social media pages: Facebook: facebook.com/WAHouseDems Twitter: twitter.com/wahousedems YouTube: youtube.com/WAHouseDems The lawmakers will talk about their legislative...
House Democrats announce Step One for Washington’s Community and Economic Recovery
OLYMPIA – House Democrats announced today the first step in the House and Senate plan for Washington’s community and economic recovery, starting with the allocation of $2.2 billion in federal...