The 2018 legislative session is complete, and my interim work has begun as a member of the Washington State Homeless Youth Advisory Committee, School Safety Summit Committee, and Joint Transportation Committee.
I'm happy to report three of my bills advanced out of the Senate last week, and are now on their way to the governor's desk!
We just got done voting on nearly 40 amendments to the majority party's supplemental operating budget proposal. It's one of three supplemental budgets we'll need to adopt before session ends on...
This Saturday, I'll be holding a town hall meeting at Pierce College Puyallup with fellow 25th District lawmakers, Rep. Joyce McDonald and Sen. Hans Zeiger. We'll be providing updates on the...
As we hit the midway point of the 2018 session, I wanted to provide you with a transportation update. I recently recorded a video update to discuss a number of critical...
The 2018 legislative session is in full swing! We are now in the third week of this short, 60-day session, and there is a lot of work to do. Policy cutoff...
With the 2018 legislative session just two months away, legislators will be convening at the Capitol next week to hear policy briefings from government agencies, staff, and various industries. As we...
Although it took 172 days and three special sessions, I’m happy to report the Legislature has adopted a strong, bipartisan 2017-19 operating budget. The $43.7 billion spending plan makes historic investments...
As you may have heard, budget negotiators were unable to come to an agreement on the 2017-19 operating budget before the end of the regular session on April 23. As a...
Since my last update, House and Senate committees have been meeting every day to consider bills that were advanced out of the opposite chamber earlier this session. Wednesday marked opposite house...
