WHAT: A bipartisan and bicameral press conference to address closing Washington’s housing supply shortfall. In this working session, legislators in Olympia will discuss what they are doing to reduce barriers…
Category: Press Releases
LEGISLATIVE NEWS: Walen Named Chair of House Consumer Protection & Business Committee
OLYMPIA – Washington House Democrats announced today that Rep. Amy Walen (D – Kirkland) will chair the State Consumer Protection & Business Committee in the 2023 legislative session. “I am sincerely…
Humane Pet Sales Bill Increases Transparency to Protect Consumers and Prohibit New Pet Stores from Selling Puppy Mill Puppies
Olympia – Representative Amy Walen, D-Kirkland, has introduced HB 1424, a consumer protection and animal welfare bill that intends to end the puppy mill to pet store pipeline. The bill includes reasonable restrictions that will allow…
Walen tax exemption for COVID-19 relief funds passes House
OLYMPIA – On Friday, January 22, the House of Representatives passed legislation ensuring that state and federal funds designed to aid small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic stays with small businesses. House Bill 1095, sponsored by Rep. Amy…
MEDIA ADVISORY: 48th District Virtual Community Conversation on Tuesday at 5 pm
Who: Senator Patty Kuderer and Representatives Amy Walen & Vandana Slatter What: Virtual community conversation with 48th Legislative District constituents When: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 @ 5 PM Where: Sen….
Walen bill providing debt buying transparency signed into law
OLYMPIA – On Wednesday, March 18, Gov. Jay Inslee signed bipartisan legislation (Substitute House Bill 2476) to provide more transparency around debt collection practices from companies which buy and sell…
Coronavirus update from 45th and 48th district legislators
OLYMPIA — Seattle and King County Public Health officials have confirmed that there are now multiple cases of coronavirus in King County, including numerous people who are hospitalized. Sadly, one…
MEDIA ADVISORY: 48th LD Town Hall
WHO: 48th Legislative District Sen. Patty Kuderer (D-Bellevue), Rep. Vandana Slatter (D-Bellevue) and Rep. Amy Walen (D-Kirkland) which includes parts of Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland and all of Clyde Hill, Medina, Yarrow…
Rep. Slatter’s Video Update: Town Hall recap, Telephone Town Hall invite, Budgets
Rep. Vandana Slatter, D-Bellevue, gives a brief recap of the town hall held on March 23 in the 48th district, and she invites constituents to join in the telephone town…
Statement from Rep. Amy Walen on New Zealand attack
Representative Amy Walen, who studied and practiced law in Australia before returning to Kirkland, WA, released the following statement in response to the attack in New Zealand: “I am deeply…