Hands up 🙋♀️ if you think
#JobPostings
should include the
#SalaryRange
!
I do too - so I’ve introduced a
#WaLeg
bill to require employers to post the salary range in job announcements. Thread⬇️ 1/
That's another on the books: the gov just signed SB 5761, requiring
#employers
to provide
#salary
ranges on job postings. RT if you're looking forward to applying to jobs with all the wage info you need to know if it's right for you and your fam!
If you need an abortion or gender affirmation care & it’s no longer legal in your home state, Washington is a safe place for you. We strengthened our commitment moments ago by passing the Shield Law off the Senate floor & sending it to the Governor for signature. 💜💜💜
PASSED!! 🤩🙌🏽 With bipartisan support, the House just sent SB 5284 to
@GovInslee
’s desk — ending the practice of paying
#SubminimumWage
to our neighbors w/ disabilities. What an honor to work alongside the self-advocates & allies who won this civil rights victory today!
#waleg
Big win for a stronger, more inclusive democracy today. The Senate just passed my friend Rep. Simmons’ bill — HB 1078 — to automatically restore voting rights to formally incarcerated folks.
This policy spans party lines & strengthens communities. Proud to vote aye 🙋🏽♀️
#WaLeg
Every single one of our neighbors deserves access to affordable, quality health care, period. This why I’m sponsoring the
#KeepOurCareAct
, ensuring health entity mergers & acquisitions are driven by EXPANDING access to care, not eroding it.
More at the link in the comments. 👇🏽
Shoutout to my new Higher Ed Vice Chair Senator-elect Nobles!! 🤩 Can’t wait to serve our state, to make the higher ed experience affordable + attainable for all Washingtonians, to make opportunity available, & to build a brighter tomorrow — with you!
It’s official —
#SB5761
is now law! 🎉 By requiring employers to list
#salary
ranges on job postings, people can make the best-informed career decisions that suit them and their families.
Link in the comments ⬇️
Honored to celebrate the accomplishments of young leaders all over the nation today with
@CSGovts
! Winning the CSG 20 under 40 award is a testament to the way my community has raised me: to serve my neighbors, to amplify every voice, to lead with compassion and courage. 🙏🏽
We know cost remains a significant barrier to higher education. That’s why I’ve proposed SB 5703 to increase the number of students who qualify for the WA College Grant — one of the nation’s strongest financial aid programs.
#WALeg
Learn how at the link in the comments ⬇️
We know in our post-Roe world we must explore every option to ensure WA’s long legacy of safeguarding reproductive freedom continues. That’s why we passed SB 5768 to protect access to mifepristone, so our neighbors can get the abortion care they need when they need it.
#WALeg
Got some exciting – & humbling! – news in my inbox today! I’m one of ✨
@LeadKitsap
’s 20 Under 40 honorees! ✨
It’s a gift to receive this award & know the work *we* are doing is being recognized – bc translating community issues into policy solutions takes a village.
#waleg
🧵(1/3): We’re back! The election has been certified, and all restrictions lifted.
I’m honored to continue serving my community, and eager to get to work! I’ve been chosen to step into a ✨ big new leadership role ✨ as deputy majority leader.
DAY ONE ☝🏽 of session officially in the books!
Though many things look and feel different this year, I’m as honored and ready as ever — to champion the needs of our neighbors, to collaborate with advocates and colleagues, to build a better Washington for every single one of us.
Hey
#Classof2020
... students & scholars & leaders from all over the state (like
@OLReign
’s goalkeeper
@MichelleBetos
!) jumped on the chance to celebrate you & your amazing accomplishments. Tune in for the
#virtualgraduation
celebration TODAY AT 5:00! 🖐🏽 link in the thread
Excited to dig in with my friends in the
@WALGBTQCaucus
to advance polices that support & uplift our
#LGBTQ
neighbors, so we can ensure Washington state is a place where everyone has the freedom to be themselves & pursue their dreams. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#WALeg
Not 📸:
@SenClaireWilson
Long days on the Senate floor—lifting up our neighbors' priorities, collaborating w colleagues across the aisle & across chambers, working hard to serve our communities—are even better with colleagues like
@SenatorNobles
&
@senjoenguyen
!
Proud of today—eager for tomorrow. 💪🏽💪🏽
Big news, y’all. 👇🏽
The state Supreme Court upheld the capital gains excise tax—a major step forward to fixing our upside-down tax code. This will inject much-needed funding into childcare support for working parents & provide relief for low- to middle-income taxpayers.
#WALeg
Honored to serve alongside so many powerful & ✨fun✨ women in the
#WALeg
! As proud as I was to join the Senate in 2019 – then the most diverse leg in WA history – I’m prouder still we’ve continued to break that record year after year. ✊🏽
📸 How it started ➡️️ How it’s going
This leaked SCOTUS opinion is not the end — but a galvanizing moment in the fight. We’ve been working in
#WALeg
to protect & expand access to care — but today we are reminded that we have to keep fighting for our neighbors. Join me in solidarity Friday ✊🏽
#Abortion
is healthcare.
We did it! W/ bipartisan support, my bill to add DEI & anti-racism training to the continuing education that healthcare professionals already receive CLEARED THE SENATE 🙌🏽
We’re 1 step closer to making health outcomes equitable, & getting all our neighbors the care they deserve.
Funding ferries ✅ Fixing Gorst ✅Protecting pedestrians ✅ Improving the Belfair Bypass✅ Future-proofing transportation ✅ Without asking working Washingtonians to shoulder any more transportation costs ✅ ✅ ✅
1/ 🧵⬇️
Tan orgullosa to announce: our brand new bicameral Latino Democratic Caucus! For the 1st time, we’re joining together across chambers to ensure the needs & experiences of our Latinx neighbors are represented & prioritized in Olympia.
#WALeg
More at the link in the comments👇🏽
The Senate just voted to concur on
#SB5399
— establishing the Universal Healthcare Commission — which means it’s off to the governor to be signed into law! 🗣
#WaLeg
has just taken a meaningful step to make more
#healthcare
available to more of our neighbors, more quickly. 💪🏽
Coronavirus infection rates are increasing — fast — in our community. And we all have the responsibility to do our part to stop the spread.
Keep your distance (6ft +). Wear your mask. 😷
🗣EVERYONE🗣 deserves healthcare. That’s why I’m advocating for SB 5399, creating a universal healthcare commission — to make universal healthcare a reality in our state — right now on the Senate floor!
Still catching my breath after a sprint to be the next-to-last person on the 8:45
@wsferries
Brem ➡️ Sea ⛴ during
#weekwithoutdriving
Normally if I miss a ⛴ I might drive around, but that’s not a possible alternative for nearly 25% of our neighbors.
@dismobility
🚨Big news for our small businesses!🚨
Just moments ago, the Senate passed SB 5061 — a crucial unemployment insurance relief bill for all Washington businesses, but *especially* our little shops on Main Street.
Watch 👇🏽 to learn why this bill’s so important!
Higher Ed & Workforce Development committee chair reporting for duty! ICYMI, proposed committee assignments are out — & I’m going to have the honor of continuing to chair a cmte that takes down existing barriers to the educational & career paths our neighbors dream of.
#WaLeg
BREAKING: We just passed
#SB5909
, my bill to strengthen our state's system of checks & balances & help our government stay responsive to our communities in times of emergency.
Proud we earned bipartisan support & thankful to my neighbors who advocated for this policy.
#WaLeg
The
#KeepOurCareAct
is an urgently needed policy that would ensure health entity mergers improve rather than harm access to comprehensive medical services, protecting reproductive, gender-affirming & end-of-life care.
More at the
@KUOW
link in the comments. 👇🏽
#WALeg
We just 👊🏽💥 another barrier to
#healthcare
! The Senate passed my bill to allow licensed
#midwives
the authority to prescribe contraception & other medications that are common needs during pregnancy/after birth - care that new parents have expressed they need and want.
#WaLeg
Hands up 🙋♀️ if you think
#JobPostings
should include the
#SalaryRange
!
I do too - so I’ve introduced a
#WaLeg
bill to require employers to post the salary range in job announcements. Thread⬇️ 1/
With💯% support, the Senate just passed our bill to affirm that
#apprenticeship
grads are an essential part of our economy, doing important work, supporting themselves & their families, & deserve full access to a wide range of pathways to pivot & keep growing.
#WaLeg
What’s a better love note to our communities than free transit for our kids? 💗🚌
Thanks
@PierceTransit
for stopping the Capitol to celebrate our Free Youth Transit Pass! Part of
#MoveAheadWA
, it allows youth 18 & younger to ride public transportation for free.
#WALeg
Just passed my 3rd 💥unanimous💥 bill off the Senate floor!
#SB5732
catches low-income seniors, veterans and folks with disabilities who currently qualify for property tax relief from getting bumped off due to this year’s social security increase.
#WALeg
Proud to bring my colleague Rep. Leavitt's bill, HB 1166, to the Senate floor today - & especially proud that we passed it with broad bipartisan support. Expanding access to the homeless and foster care college students pilot program is a big step toward a brighter future.
#waleg
Rest in power, Congressman John Lewis. A living legend—may his spirit continue to inspire us to action.
As someone who feels the tension between activism & lawmaking—between marching the streets & walking the marble Capitol halls— this is how I will always picture him. 1/
BIG news 🙌🏽
It’s essential that legislators work together as one team in service of the people of Washingtonians—to get us back on the path toward health and stability.
I’m ready to help move us toward a future of thriving, not just for my neighbors but for all Washingtonians.
This session I'm sponsoring a
#bipartisan
bill to give our state's nation-leading
#apprenticeship
programs the recognition they deserve by building a structure to award our awesome apprenticeship grads with the transferrable associate degrees they seek. Follow along!
#WaLeg
Planning for big trips next week already — b/c even @ walking distance from the ferry + bus routes, travel w/o a car is complicated. These are some options for a Monday trip, for example:
Tired: states like Idaho & Texas attacking
#reproductive
healthcare rights. 🙅🏽♀️
Wired: strengthening protections to reproductive care w/ SB 5766/HB 1851, ensuring
#abortion
care providers & patients are protected when pursuing the reproductive care they need. ✅
#WaLeg
1/
Getting my second
#CovidShot
today! 🥳🥳 Head to @ senatoremilyrandall on Insta 🤳🏽 & let me know if you’ve had a chance to get yours, how you’re feeling, & what you’re most looking forward to safely doing again!
#NotThrowingAwayMyShot
Wrapping up debate on a $2.2 BILLION relief bill to help schools & childcare, renters & landlords, vaccine distribution, provide small biz grants — b/c we didn’t take amendments we can speed this bill to the Gov’s desk THIS WEEK. More work ahead, but action NOW matters.
#WaLeg
Yes! I’m going to go dust of my Orca card, pump up my bike tires, and start thinking about carpool options for long trips I have scheduled that week. Thanks for helping draw important attention to the gaps in our transportation infrastructure!
Deeply grateful. Round one = done! 💉☑️ Eager to continue the work to make sure vaccine initiation is efficient and equitable - so that *all of us* can get back to doing what we love with the people we love, rebuild our economy, & come back stronger/healthier than before.
#waleg
🧵✨Big week for bill hearings, y’all✨
We’ve got:
👉🏽 Our bill to expand the Washington College Grant to cover more middle-income families (SB5703).
👉🏽 Our bill to help community or technical college students with housing costs (SB5666).
Not one, not two - THREE 3️⃣ - of my bills have made it all the way through every twist and turn of the legislative process, and are now en route to
@GovInslee
's desk! They are...⬇️🧵
#WaLeg
1/
Update: UNANIMOUS! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 The entire Senate just voted “aye” — to expand
#Medicaid
coverage for new birth parents! This would mean they can welcome the newest member of their family while caring for their own wellbeing, & getting the preventive healthcare they need👩🏽🍼🧑🏼🍼👨🏿🍼
#waleg
Did you know: 🧐
#OnThisDayInHistory
in 1920, Washington ratified the 19th Amendment, affirming women's right to vote. 🗳
#waleg
There was more work to do then & there’s more work to do now, but today I’m celebrating the power of our voices when we raise them together. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽
Testified in ✌🏽 House committees on 3️⃣ different bills bright & early this AM. So honored to have my bills heard on the very first day post-cutoff — with bare feet & both my dogs nearby! 🐶🐶
#WaLeg
#PuttingPeopleFirst
(1/2)🧵:💥The 2023
#WALeg
session is in full swing!💥
My team & I are already working hard on our community priorities. Today, we filed the
#KeepOurCareAct
! It regulates hospital & health system mergers, preserving access to reproductive, end of life & gender affirming care. 🩺
This is what senators look like. 💪🏽
On this
#IWD
I’m thinking about how representation isn’t just important for advancing equity for women. It’s about serving *everyone* & meeting needs/removing barriers for people of *all* genders.
It’s about building a better future.
#waleg
#TB
to the day I got to meet la reina of labor rights - Dolores Huerta!
Such an honor to meet her back in 2019 when
#waleg
established April 10 as
#DoloresHuertaDay
.
Her work made labor rights stronger, made our economy stronger, made our state better.
#PeopleFirst
BIG day, y'all! 👀🙌🏽 Today the gov's going to sign 3️⃣ more of our bills - all of which are about supporting Working Washingtonians: cutting costs, improving pay transparency, increasing access to education and economic opportunity. Thread ⬇️
#WaLeg
Fantastic visit with
@SchoolMarcus
7th graders yesterday! The best part of my job is meeting with constituents – especially students! – & ensuring they know their voices matter in policymaking. I’m so happy I got to hear from them & be a part of their
#WALeg
field trip. 🤩📚
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 The Senate just passed a bill to lower unemployment insurance rates for WA businesses — AND increase benefits for workers. This is
#BigNews
for
#smallbusiness
, for folks struggling to buy groceries.
#EconomicRecovery
Yesterday was our public hearing on SB 5068 — extending postpartum Medicaid coverage from the current 60 days to ✨365✨ days post-birth.
This bill would save lives & reduce maternal mortality disparities. Join me in championing this crucial policy for WA families! 1/
Did you get your ballot in the mail today??🗳 I did! And I could not be more excited to see the “no postage necessary” in the front right corner, and the election date (Aug 4!) printed on the back of the envelope. 1/
We did it! The Senate just passed SB 5227 — to get information & tools about diversity, equity, inclusion, & anti racism to our higher ed faculty/staff 🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿
A bold coalition of students & educators rallied around this policy. Couldn’t be more proud to champion it today
#waleg
BREAKING: our bill to reduce the Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolls by 75 cents is now LAW!
We got this done thanks to the community members - the commuters, the families members, the patients, the students - who use that bridge every day, championing this policy.
We did it!
#WaLeg
🧵The
#WorkingFamilyTaxCredit
is live! 🥳
Soon, over 400,000 WA families will have extra money (up to $1,200) in their pockets — families like Nijhia Jackson’s. Nijhia, a student at
@OlympicCollege
, lives in Bremerton with her husband and two sons.
Thank you
@SenatorNobles
for introducing a resolution honoring
#DrMartinLutherKingJr
today & reminding us to continue to build on the work he gave his life for.
When we elevate our neighbors’ stories & empower marginalized communities, we follow
#MLK
’s path toward justice.
For too long, apprenticeships have taken a back seat to traditional college, both in state funding and in our culture. It’s time to change the conversation and, more importantly, level the playing field.
#WaLeg
⚠️The
#KeepOurCareAct
has a hearing 10:30 a.m. TOMORROW in Senate Law & Justice.⚠️
#SB5241
regulates hospital & health system mergers & protects access to secular health care, like reproductive & gender-affirming care.
👉🏽Sign up to testify at the link in the comments.
#WALeg
As the SDC Majority Whip, I get to share what the legislature has heard from our communities & what proposed solutions we plan to work on in 2022 during the Leadership panel at the
@WaStateWire
conference today!
#WaLeg
#WaStateWire
Stay tuned (👇🏽thread below) for updates!
🚨 Our bill reimbursing ARNPs & PAs at the same rate as physicians had a public hearing today! 🚨
👉🏽
#SB5373
will strengthen our health care system so that neighbors can get the quality, affordable health care we all deserve.
Stay tuned for more updates! 🩺
#WALeg
Just voted YES! to allowing youth to serve on the boards of some nonprofit organizations! SB5034 does so
@e
other things too — but that’s a big deal for so many young leaders!!!
#WaLeg
My bill would build on our previous work around
#PayTransparency
+ prohibiting
#employers
from making employees disclose
#PayHistory
.
If you, like me, have ever had to apply to job with no clue what the starting salary is - & if you want to fix that - RT or💜 to show support! 3/
My bill to establish an LGBTQ veteran coordinator has passed the House!!! So proud to serve the people who have bravely served us & connect our LGBTQ vets to the benefits they’ve earned & deserve. 🙌🏽🏳️🌈
#WaLeg
#PuttingPeopleFirst
#LGBTQ
#veterans
Repping
@Wellesley
for
#CollegeColorsDay
! Wouldn’t trade my experience there for the world, but I’m glad that
#waleg
passed the
#WorkforceInvestmentAct
& set up the WA College Grant so that pursuing higher ed here at home can be affordable & attainable for our students. 🙌🏽🎉
That’s right folks: it is still legal in the US to pay people with disabilities *less than* minimum wage. Today I’m introducing a bill to the Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs committee to end that outdated practice in Washington State.
#WaLeg
Looking for info on coronavirus in the Evergreen State? ➡️➡️➡️ WA’s COVID-19 portal is our one-stop shop for all information related to Covid-19:
#WeGotThisWA
#WALeg
#PuttingPeopleFirst
2 cmtes. 10 bill hearings. 1 bill introduced in the House. Conversation on getting folks the unemployment payments they’re depending on sooner. Cross chamber/aisle chat about employment access for neighbors w/ disabilities. 2 more meetings. Family dinner-and-a-show.
Day 64/105.
Colleague-to-colleague elbow-bump with Senate Republican Leader Sen. Braun, a partner in
#advocacy
with our neighbors with
#disabilities
— cuz investing in resources for Washingtonians with disabilities is not a partisan issue.
#WaLeg
#DD
#PeopleFirst
Looking forward to this!! Come hang with
@SenMarkoLiias
& me for episode ✌🏽of Live with Liias.
I get to guest-star 🌟 & catch you up on the incredible work we’ve gotten to do for our neighbors in these first weeks of session.
See you tomorrow at 6:30 pm!
We’re just TWO days away from my 1st virtual town hall of the year!
Join me from 12-1 p.m. on Saturday, March 11. Want to send some questions in advance? Drop ’em in the comments. Talk soon!
SIGNED: SB 5068 — extending postpartum Medicaid coverage for new birth parents from 60 days to 365 days.
This lifesaving coverage will help close gaps in health outcomes. Esp as we round out
#BlackMaternalHealthWeek
, I’m celebrating this win for health
#equity
!
I’m proud to serve my community every day. Especially this legislative session–we invested in infrastructure, schools & students, working families & community housing solutions, we strengthened
#reproductiverights
in this WA, & passed 95% of bills with
#bipartisan
support. 1/
Here's your reminder that this year we WON for midwives and pregnant people by increasing critical support for midwives in our state—increasing a midwives' ability to lend supportive care to pregnant and postpartum individuals with SB 5765! ✨
Feeling lucky 🍀 to live in a state that protects all patients' access to the reproductive care they need.
Our
#AffirmWAAbortionAccess
Act became law today. Proud to sponsor & amplify our communities' commitment to safe and accessible healthcare. 💯
#WaLeg
Heads up, y'all -
@WAStateCommerce
is launching a new round of
#WorkingWA
business grants on March 29! 🗣Spread the word! 🗣
BTW: brought a little extra joy to my day today by wearing my new locally-made earrings from a small (woman-owned!) biz in town! 🤩
#SupportLocal
Link👇🏽
Presented ✌🏽 of my bills in the Health Care committee today!
1️⃣ SB 5229 — requiring antiracism & equity-focused education for all licensed providers
2️⃣ SB 5246 — supporting our network of primary care providers (& their patients!) by increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates
Hot off the press: our bill to PAY OFF the
#TacomaNarrowsBridge
tolls 🗣️
Our community's been asking for this important investment/elimination of a major barrier for our neighbors. Eager to champion this with you.
#WaLeg
Read more:
⚠️We’ve got our first bill hearing coming up on Monday⚠️
#SB5292
supports our local passenger-only ferries, which help better connect our communities & make travel easier & more accessible.
Stay tuned for more updates! ⛴
#WALeg
We're back 👊🏽💥 at 👊🏽💥 it! Today's the first day of the 2022 legislative session and we're not wasting any time moving on our community's priorities.
You ready to champion these with us?
#WaLeg
👇🏽👇🏽 🧵
Session looks different this year, but it’s as accessible & transparent as ever thanks to
👉🏽Universal remote public testimony
👉🏽Written public testimony
👉🏽Live TVW streaming on multiple platforms of meetings, hearings, floor debate
👉🏽Zoom meetings with legislators
Yesterday I rose in support of
#SR8613
, a resolution honoring our
@WANationalGuard
members for their tireless work helping Washingtonians.
Each day, I see their commitment to service & sacrifice for our communities & was so proud to honor them & that dedication.
#WALeg
Thx for the tag
@SenatorTrudeau
- proud to serve our neighbors in Pierce w/ you!
#MoveAheadWA
means long-overdue investments in our neighbors' needs - multimodal transpo, ferry funding, a Gorst fix, major
#TNBtolls
reduction.
Tagging in Sen. Mark Mullet!
@WASenDemocrats
#WaLeg
It’s “opposite house cutoff day” in
#WaLeg
What’ that mean?
= deadline for House bills to pass Senate &Senate bills to pass House
Sun’s shining & I’m excited to vote on:
📠 broadband for all
👩👩👧👦 working families tax exemption
👩🏾🏫 grad student representation on WSAC
+ more!
Big day in the Higher Ed committee today!!
At 1:30, I’ll be introducing ✌🏽of my bills to bring equity curricula to educators & med students.
Keep an eye out for SB 5227 & SB 5228! Hit the link to watch. ⬇️
Honored to bring Rep. Taylor’s bill to expand
#CTC
scholarship access to the Senate floor today, & proud that my colleagues & I sent it with bipartisan support to the gov’s desk!
This was a win for students & families + our state’s healthy workforce!
#waleg