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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update
Dear neighbors: Greetings from Olympia! We are wrapping up the third week of the 2015 legislative session, hard at work on funding our public schools, funding mental health services, and crafting a...
View ArticleVideo: Pedersen speaks on resolution recognizing National Day of Silence
OLYMPIA – Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, sponsored Senate Resolution 8669 on Friday to recognize thousands of Washington state students who are raising awareness of anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying...
View ArticlePedersen: Supreme Court ruling affirms the promise of equality for all
OLYMPIA – Today the United States Supreme Court issued its much-awaited ruling on marriage equality across the country. In a landmark decision that will finally secure marriage rights for all couples,...
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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update
Greetings from Olympia! We are wrapping up the fourth week of the 2016 legislative session. Most of our time so far has been spent in committee, reviewing the 2,000 or so bills that legislators have...
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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update
Greetings from Olympia! We are wrapping up the first week of the 2017 legislative session. I continue to serve as ranking member on the Senate Law & Justice Committee, which has jurisdiction over...
View ArticleVIDEO: Pedersen speaks against Senate Republican education proposal
Sen. Jamie Pedersen spoke out against the Senate Republican education funding proposal Thursday during the floor debate on the bill. Pedersen, a parent with four children in Seattle Public Schools,...
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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update
Greetings from Olympia! We are now a month into the 105-day legislative session. We have spent most of our time so far in committee, reviewing over 1,700 bills introduced so far. Our first major cutoff...
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Town Hall coming up March 11
OLYMPIA – Legislators from the 43rd District will be hosting a Town Hall on March 11 at Seattle First Baptist Church. Sen. Jamie Pedersen will join House Speaker Frank Chopp and Rep. Nicole Macri to...
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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update
Greetings! We are now in week 9 of our 15-week legislative session. This week we reached the “house of origin” cutoff – a deadline for all non-budget bills to move from one chamber to the other. I am...
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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update
Greetings from Olympia! With three weeks to go in the 105-day legislative session, only about 400 bills out of the over 2,800 introduced are still alive. That includes eight bills that I introduced,...
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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update
Dear friends and neighbors: After five years of Republican control of the state Senate, exciting changes are afoot in Olympia. Democrats gained a one-seat majority as a result of this month’s special...
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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update: Early progress in Olympia
Jan. 19, 2018 Dear friends and neighbors: We are only 12 days into the 2018 legislative session in Olympia, but we are already notching significant victories for the people of our state. Our new...
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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update: Reducing gun violence and improving...
Dear friends and neighbors: We have reached the midpoint of the 60-day legislative session. Our Democratic majority in the Senate continues to work closely with the House to advance bills and budget...
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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update: Education funding and abolishing the...
Dear friends and neighbors: The 60-day session in Olympia is flying by and our Democratic majority in the Senate continues to make exciting progress. This week we faced an important deadline to move...
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Sen. Pedersen’s Legislative Update: 2018 session wraps up
Dear friends and neighbors: The 2018 Legislature adjourned last Thursday. It was the first time since 2014 that we finished on time and the first time since 2008 that we completed all of our budgets...
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Sen. Pedersen’s legislative update: 2018 budget highlights
Dear friends and neighbors: Before the Legislature finished this year’s 60-day session last week, we passed supplemental operating, transportation, and capital budgets to fund everything from public...
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See you in November
Dear friends, Beginning May 14, election-year restrictions begin on my external communications. These restrictions include updates to this website over the next several months. If you need more...
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2019 Session Review: Fighting climate change
The growing threat of climate change is among the top policy, business and moral issues of our time. Human activities have caused current levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases to exceed all levels...
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2019 Session Review: Protecting Puget Sound Orcas
Orcas and salmon are integral to our region’s cultural identity, economy and tourism industry. Both southern resident orcas and Chinook salmon populations are declining due to the last century of...
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2019 Session Review: Improving our behavioral health system
For decades, Washington state has struggled to meet the needs of people with mental health or substance use disorders, now commonly referred to as “behavioral health.” We have relied on 19th-century...
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