L’shanah Tovah to all who celebrate the New Year tonight. May your new year be sweet 🍯🍎

We had such a fun time doing this!

Interim for me usually means lots of meetings and emails, but sometimes it’s also something super fun and cool! It was an honor to read the proclamation making today Sue Bird Day statewide and to watch the unveiling of Sue Bird’s statue at @climatepledgearena.com ! #Seattle #Storm #GOAT

The House Transportation Committee is meeting today in Seattle City Hall! The TVW staffer is sick, so we're unfortunately not online but we're having a work session about the state of the WA ferries. #waleg

Busy legislative work day today, kicking off with a meeting SDOT Director Emery. Talked about all the good stuff we want to work on together (South Holgate, Ballard Bridge, Interbay, Aurora, and more!) and good ways to partner. Her deep knowledge and safety focus is such an asset to the city!

Delighted to be here in the “Quad Cities” (shout out West Richland) for the Joint Transportation Committee meeting. Saw some awesome roundabouts today, which may not seem that exciting but they’ve lead to a major reduction in crashes across the area! #waleg

I don’t know about “most promising” but I will cop to being a young legislator who cares about housing! Thanks to @volts.wtf for having me on!

Today I got to watch one of my closest friends raise her right hand and take the oath of citizenship. It was a very proud moment, despite everything going on in our country and world, it was beautiful to see so many people of all ages, races, and faiths, take this step together.

This is terrifying and this is a real threat that state lawmakers live with every single day we do our jobs. #waleg

I’m out of state and not able to attend today’s #NoKings march in Seattle but wishing everyone there a day of solidarity, power, and love. Stay safe and watch out for each other. #Seattle

Man, I guess I really made the right wingers mad this time. Some group called “Safe Eastside” filed a petition to repeal the Transit Oriented Housing Development bill… #waleg #seattle www2.sos.wa.gov/elections/in...

Unbelievable to be here at the celebration of life for Frank Chopp, a true giant of our era. If I served twice as long I couldn’t hope to do half as much for the people as Speaker Chopp. Gone too soon. #waleg

Thanks to all the #ChangeMakers who came to support @eoionline.bsky.social tonight! @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social, Rep. Edwin Obras, CM Rinck, Dionne Foster and so many others who know that fighting for worker equity is what makes our communities stronger. ¡La lucha sigue!

Was just delighted to join @governorferguson.bsky.social Senators Trudeau, Bateman, Frame, AND OF COURSE Alvarado; along with my Housies Rep Farivar and Rep Thomas to witness HB 1217, the rent stabilization bill being signed into law!!!! #waleg

Happy Sine Die/Shiny Die! See you muppets later! #waleg

Last piece of legislation for this session will be the Capital Budget -- we're passing that out of the House right now. I served on Capital Budget committee my first two years, and love this budget, because it invests in building community spaces. #waleg

With the Transportation Budget passed, we're taking a little time to share some love and appreciation on the floor for our staff, the Republican floor leader (who helps us manage this place), and the folks in the work room who actually make the bills happen. #waleg

Passing the Transportation budget right now. This budget is dedicated to our late colleague, friend, and transportation champion, Bill Ramos. #waleg

Last bill in this group will be a bill "Concerning Litter". HB 1293. We have 38 million pounds of garbage on our highways. Stop littering, y'all. #waleg

Weirdly current Remote Republican speaker is speaking *against* a Republican bill to create a housing cost driver analysis. Not exactly endearing himself to his colleagues... #waleg

Excited about rent stabilization? Go email and call Governor Ferguson and make sure he knows you want him to sign the bill into law. #waleg

RENT STABILIZATION HAS PASSED THE SENATE. #waleg

Operating budget passes on party lines -- 58-39 -- which is normal for this one, the most partisan of the three budgets. #waleg

Rep Walsh has chosen a somewhat funereal outfit for the final day of the session -- charcoal grey sweatervest with black piping, Black (Raven?) suit, and Black tie. A stark contrast to the glittery outfits many colleagues are sporting for "Shiny Die" #WalshWears #waleg

Good morning! WE MADE IT! Today is "Sine Die" (Sign-ee Dye), the last day of the regular legislative session. By the skin of our teeth and the edges of our fingernails, we're gonna drag this session across the line. #waleg

I got an email today from a lobbyist representing some of WA’s Black-led organizations asking members and the Governors office to kill the rent stabilization bill. This bill, while not perfect, is going to help millions so this is what I, a Black legislator, had to say #waleg #BlackSky

There is a possibility of saving the rent stabilization bill but it’s really a goat rodeo. The senate is now moving to reconsider the conference report. #waleg

Denny Heck, the lieutenant governor, just killed the rent stabilization bill. So this is going great. #waleg

Jim Walsh exhibiting the spirit of spring today with a robin breast rust red sweater vest, tan jacket with a light plaid pattern, and paisley tie. A friend of #WalshWears would also like to note he’s sporting a pair of very sharp buff colored Frye boots.

We're working on the Transportation Revenue package, which has a lot of taxes I don't like but are necessary to meet the real cost of our transportation system. One interesting development -- Rep Walsh is moving Rep Dufault's amendment because Rep Dufault isn't on the floor right now #waleg

If you’re interested in rent stabilization, the report from the House/Senate conference committee is up: lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/202... A lot of the bad stuff is gone, including the exemption for single family homes, and bringing the cap down. #waleg

Sweet moment on the floor as we pass SB 5444 which addresses changing the way we deal with special license plates (and approves a bunch of special license plates that have been hanging around a while). A priority of our friend and colleague the recently passed Senator Bill Ramos #waleg #forBill

It took 2.5 hours to get things back in order after Rep. Dufault's outburst, but we're back to a reasoned debate on this bill, which is deciding a concurrence on HB 1296. #waleg

Wow. Rep Dufault just rose and *shouted* at the top of his lungs "NOT ONLY DO YOU CHANGE RULES BUT YOU BREAK THEM! YOU BREAK THE RULES". The Sergeant at Arms has been called to the front of the rostrum. Rep Dufault may be removed. #waleg

Good morning! We are back on the floor, getting through this life. Today we're joined by the family of the late Speaker Frank Chopp, who we will be honoring via resolution today. #waleg

We're on tax bill 3 tonight, which is pretty good considering how long these bills usually take. I am however getting sleepy as we close in on midnight here in #waleg.

Night Floor Part 2: Tax Panic Boogaloo! We've moved on to SB 5794, which mostly is about closing tax loopholes. Some of the big ones you can expect Republicans to freak out about -- closing the B&O tax loophole for storage unit businesses, and the one for gold bullion. #waleg

Night floor! Rep Walsh's sweatervest today is charcoal gray with a yellow and navy striped tie, paired with a charcoal jacket, robins egg blue shirt, and olive trousers. #WalshWears #waleg

30 minute dinner break and then it’s time for…. Night Floor!!!! #waleg

We're doing concurrence on a bill about increasing fees for recreational fishing and hunting licenses (SB 5583) so naturally, Republicans have amendments. #waleg

Getting ready to vote on HB 1217 Rent Stabilization again. The plan here is to vote "Do not Concur" so the bill can go to conference committee and we can come up with a plan that the Senate and the House can deal with. #waleg

Proud to host the family of Ayenşur Ezgi Eygi and the parents of Rachel Corry in the #waleg caucus as we honor Ayenşur’s life in a legislative resolution today. www.opb.org/article/2024...

Apparently Republicans staged a walkout of the finance committee vote today. So these next few days are going to great. #waleg

Walsh just called the senate the "occluded constitutionalists across the rotunda". Oh and he does not support HB 1163 which is a bill requiring a permit to purchase a firearm, in case you didn't know #waleg

Republican speaker is saying our bill on clemency and pardons is sending "illegal aliens to the front of the line" and is just telling this insane story about someone who is a "citizen of Mexico" #waleg

Republicans are doing a whole thing right now over Discover Pass fees. The current speaker just said we need to "rediscover our naturehood" #waleg

All four of these bills have passed concurrence and are heading to the Governor's desk! #waleg

Rep Walsh's sweatervest today is a classic grey button down paired with a cerulean shirt, navy and crimson striped tie, and navy blue suit. #WalshWears #waleg

After the fiscal committees met this morning to start the process of moving our final budget bills, we're back on the floor and back to doing concurrences. We are all *very* tired so we'll see how it goes. #waleg

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