Senator Ann Rivers

Legislative District 18

Senator Jim Honeyford

Legislative District 15

Senator Mark Schoesler

Legislative District 9

Senator John Braun

Legislative District 20

Senator Sharon Brown

Legislative District 8

Senator Doug Ericksen

Legislative District 42

Senator Curtis King

Legislative District 14

Senator Mike Padden

Legislative District 4

Senator Tim Sheldon

Legislative District 35

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

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Legislative District 1

Senator Simon Sefzik

Legislative District 42

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Ways & Means -- Republican Leader Business, Financial Services & Trade 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

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Majority should listen to bipartisan ideas for reforming emergency-powers law

January 26, 2022

OLYMPIA… A second bipartisan bill to reform Washington’s emergency-powers law has received the same icy reception from the Senate’s Democratic majority as the first proposal, according to Sen. Lynda Wilson, prime sponsor of both measures. Neither Senate Bill 5039 nor the BALANCE Act, SB 5943, will be considered Friday by... 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: 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...

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...

STATEMENT — Senate Republican budget leader says Inslee spending plan disrespects taxpayers

December 16, 2021

VANCOUVER… Sen. Lynda Wilson, Republican leader on the Senate Ways and Means Committee, offered this statement regarding the 2021-23 supplemental operating budget Gov. Jay Inslee is submitting to the state Legislature: “In the past four years the governor has backed almost two dozen tax increases that will take billions from... Read More...

Wilson’s plan for property-tax relief gets boost from latest revenue forecast

September 24, 2021

VANCOUVER… Despite the ongoing pandemic, Washington state government’s third-quarter revenue forecast indicates a gain of $927 million for the current two-year budget cycle and $931 million for the 2023-25 cycle. The forecast was adopted today by the state Economic Revenue and Forecast Council. When coupled with the increase projected in... Read More...

STATEMENT: Year’s second strong revenue forecast has Wilson renewing call for tax relief

June 23, 2021

VANCOUVER… The state’s chief economist is predicting another significant jump in state-government revenue, as Washington’s economy continues to recover from pandemic-related restrictions. The year’s second quarterly revenue forecast, issued today, indicates a gain of $2.2 billion through the 2021-23 budget cycle and more than $3.5 billion over the state’s four-year... Read More...

E-Newsletter: Another illegal veto? Say it isn’t so!

June 09, 2021

Hello Friends and Neighbors, By the time the 2020 legislative session ended, the governor had already declared a state of emergency because of COVID-19. I and other legislators got so busy responding to his emergency proclamations that things didn’t slow down for months. When this year’s regular legislative session ended,... Read More...

E-Newsletter: A one-two punch…

April 10, 2021

Hello Friends and Neighbors, It’s Saturday morning, and at 8 a.m. our Senate Ways and Means Committee will begin public hearings on four pieces of legislation. Three of the bills have come over from the House of Representatives; the fourth is a Senate Democratic bill that responds to the state... Read More...

Wilson says ‘no’ to bill that would hike fuel costs

April 09, 2021

OLYMPIA… Sen. Lynda Wilson says she couldn’t support the Senate Democrats’ “cap-and-tax” bill Thursday evening because it doesn’t offer a measurable return on the massive cost it represents to Washington’s families and economy. Senate Bill 5126 passed with the minimum 25 votes, all from Democrats. “There’s no question that this... Read More...