Senator Ann Rivers

Legislative District 18

Senator Mark Schoesler

Legislative District 9

Senator John Braun

Legislative District 20

Senator Curtis King

Legislative District 14

Senator Mike Padden

Legislative District 4

Senator Judy Warnick

Legislative District 13

Senator Brad Hawkins

Legislative District 12

Senator Lynda Wilson

Legislative District 17

Senator Phil Fortunato

Legislative District 31

Senator Shelly Short

Legislative District 7

Senator Keith Wagoner

Legislative District 39

Senator Jeff Holy

Legislative District 6

Senator Ron Muzzall

Legislative District 10

Senator Chris Gildon

Legislative District 25

Senator Perry Dozier

Legislative District 16

Senator Jeff Wilson

Legislative District 19

Senator Jim McCune

Legislative District 2

Senator Matt Boehnke

Legislative District 8

Senator Drew MacEwen

Legislative District 35

Senator Nikki Torres

Legislative District 15

Senate Committees:

Ways & Means -- Republican Leader Law and Justice Vice Chair, Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee Joint Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs Economic & Revenue Forecast Council Joint Oregon-Washington Legislative Action Committee Statewide Pandemic Response and Recovery Task Force State Building Code Council Pension Funding Council Caseload Forecast Council Joint Legislative Unanticipated Revenue Oversight Committee

Sen. Lynda Wilson

E-Newsletter: Your response to my survey

February 04, 2022

Feb. 4, 2022 Hello Friends and Neighbors, We’re at a point in the 2022 session when bills begin to stall – or “die,” as some put it – because there isn’t enough support to move them forward. This can happen for several reasons. For instance, a bill may need more... Read More...

Republicans offer long-term plan to rescue family and medical leave program without rate hike

February 01, 2022

OLYMPIA… Republican senators have introduced a plan to rescue the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave insurance program and put it on stable footing through 2028, without increasing the premiums paid by Washington workers. “It was a shock to learn this enormously popular, pro-family program is in such dire financial... Read More...

E-Newsletter: It’s a new record!

January 28, 2022

Jan. 28, 2022 Hello Friends and Neighbors, If you had asked me Monday morning, I would have said the 11 bills I’d filed during the first two weeks of our session – the latest being an updated version of my emergency-powers reform – would be it. But after seeing the... Read More...

Republican budget leaders welcome proposed sales-tax cut to discussion of tax relief

January 21, 2022

OLYMPIA… The list of major tax-relief proposals before the Legislature this year no longer belongs solely to Republicans, now that a member of the Senate’s Democratic majority is proposing a one-point drop in the state sales tax. Sen. Lynda Wilson, Republican leader on the Senate Ways and Means Committee, and... Read More...

E-Newsletter: What are you thinking?

January 21, 2022

Jan. 21, 2022 Hello Friends and Neighbors, This past week’s e-news mentioned how our 2022 session is limited to 60 days. The pace of a “short” session like this is faster, understandably, because the deadlines for acting on legislation come up sooner. The first of these “cutoff” dates is less... Read More...

E-Newsletter: RE: public safety, affordability and trust

January 14, 2022

Jan. 14, 2022 Hello Friends and Neighbors, I hope this finds you and your family well. The first week of our 2022 session ends today. Being that it’s an even-numbered year, this is a 60-day “short” session; the shorter length (compared to the 105 days allotted by the constitution in... Read More...

Wilson bill to ‘free the parks’ receives public hearing

January 13, 2022

Session’s first week brings action on two proposals from 17th District senator OLYMPIA… Sen. Lynda Wilson says the state should stop charging people to park at Washington’s state parks and other public lands. Her Senate Bill 5608 would eliminate the annual $30 Discover Pass and the $10 single-day fee charged... Read More...

Senate Republicans step forward with sweeping proposal for tax relief, reform to help families, job creators

January 12, 2022

OLYMPIA… Republicans in the state Senate have introduced a comprehensive plan to reduce homeowners’ property taxes and manufacturers’ business taxes while preventing a state income tax, and repealing the new payroll tax on Washington workers. The Tax Relief and Reform Act of 2022 (Senate Bill 5769) supports one of the... Read More...

Wilson says final 2021 revenue forecast supports her call for tax, inflation relief

November 19, 2021

VANCOUVER… Today the state Economic Revenue and Forecast Council adopted this year’s final quarterly forecast of state-government revenue, which shows an increase of $898 million for the current two-year budget cycle and $965 million for the 2023-25 cycle. Sen. Lynda Wilson, who serves on the ERFC as Republican leader on... Read More...

E-Newsletter: Will the state of emergency ever end?

November 10, 2021

Nov. 10, 2021 Hello Friends and Neighbors, I hope this finds you and your family well. It was good to see people from our legislative district take part in the recent Tax Structure Work Group meeting for our corner of the state. I had hoped there would be discussion about... Read More...