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We've officially reached the midway point of the 60-day session. We've also passed two critical benchmarks: policy cutoff and fiscal cutoff. Hundreds of bills are now considered "dead." The only...

The Legislature reconvened today for the 2020 session. It’s an honor to be back at the state Capitol serving the people of the 20th District. For most of the short 60-day...

The state’s Capitol Campus was bustling with activity last week. Lawmakers gathered in Olympia for Committee Assembly Days to prepare for the upcoming 2020 session. Along with my colleagues, I spent...

Dear Friends and Neighbors, We are quickly approaching an important deadline in the legislative session: fiscal committee cutoff. Bills not voted out of their assigned fiscal committee by Friday, March 1,...

Lawmakers have returned to Olympia to kick off the 2018 legislative session. Session officially began at noon Monday, Jan. 8. In even-numbered years, session is 60-days, including weekends and holidays. In...

While some progress has been made on several key issues, discussion on the operating budget, including $8 billion in new taxes proposed by the House Democrats, will likely take us into...

Here's a bit of good news. Olympia doesn't have a revenue problem. The state’s quarterly economic revenue forecast was released a couple weeks ago. Washington state is expected to take in...

After several long days of voting on the House floor, we passed over 376 bills. We've now reached the half-way mark of the 2017 legislative session. Bills approved by the House...

Each day I drive onto the Capitol Campus it never ceases to fill me with awe and respect for the people and the institution. Thank you for sending me to Olympia...

After several weeks of tense negotiations and hard decisions, the Legislature produced strongly supported bipartisan supplemental operating and capital budgets the final week in March. Although I am disappointed it took...