7th legislative district

A Democratic-sponsored bill in the Legislature is drawing sharp criticism from Republicans. House Bill 2001 (HB 2001) would allow convicted felons to petition state courts to have their sentences reduced when meeting certain criteria. Twelfth District Rep...

A bill introduced last year in the Washington Senate is aiming to make it easier for people to grow food in temporary structures on their own properties. Senate Bill 5508 (SB 5508) was introduced by 7th District Sen. Shelly Short (R-Addy) and would exempt temporary structures used to grow food from the State Building Code...

A reintroduced bill in the Washington Legislature that would ban the future use of natural gas in the state is drawing sharp opposition from Republican lawmakers. House Bill 1589 (HB 1589) was introduced by 22nd District Rep. Beth Doglio (D-Olympia) and seeks to disallow natural gas from being used in new construction...

A bill that began in the Washington House targeting the state's response to climate change is now moving through the Senate after passing its initial chamber on March 3. House Bill 1181 (HB 1181) is designed to improve the state's response to climate change by making upgrades to its planning framework...

A bill moving through the Washington House is seeking to criminalize thoughts and expressions under a new category of offenses known as "domestic violent extremism". The state's Attorney General Bob Ferguson requested the introduction of HB 1333 to curb the potential of domestic terrorism by allowing for the prosecution of some people's words and speech, rather than for actual acts of vi

A bill that's been introduced in the Washington House of Representatives is seeking to restore some of the prior language related to the state's drug possession laws. House Bill 1415 (HB 1415) was introduced by 7th District Rep. Jacqueline Maycumber (R), who says the legislation is straight forward but highly impactful...

Now that the boundaries of Washington's 7th Legislative District have been expanded to make it the largest and most rural voting jurisdiction in the state, Reps. Joel Kretz and Jacqueline Maycumber have an even bigger job ahead of them in trying to convey the needs of Eastside residents to a largely-Westside set of lawmakers...