The 2015 legislative session is over after 176 days. It is great to be back home and in the 14th District. We may not be in session, but I am continuing...
The Legislature's first 30-day special session ended Thursday, May 28 without an operating or capital budget agreement. We are now four days into the second special session. On May 18 we received some...
The 2015 regular legislative session came to an end last Friday. Unfortunately, the Legislature adjourned without reaching agreement on some key items, including an operating budget, so the governor called a special session,...
There is a little over two weeks of the regular legislative session left. Both the House and Senate have passed operating budget proposals. The House Democrats proposal spends approximately $39 billion, and includes $1.5...
It is day 75 of the legislative session. Between the House and Senate, about 2000 bills have been introduced and the chambers have passed about 700. Bills are currently going through the same...
We have passed the first cutoff dates for the 2015 session. That means any bills not making it out of their respective committees before these dates are likely dead this session. Bills...
We are almost a third of the way through the 2015 legislative session. The first part of the session we have been busy in committees listening to public hearings on proposed legislation. I recently...
On New Year's Day, I was sworn in as your new Washington state representative. It is an honor to represent you in our beautiful state House of Representatives. I am very...
