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SESSION HAS BEGUN – And you’re invited to our District 18 Town Halls!
Greetings friends and neighbors! We will be holding five town halls over the next three months to answer your questions and keep you in the loop on what your state government is up to. Two will be virtual and three in-person. Please join us! All town halls will be...
Special Session Update
On September 1, the Legislature convened for a single day to consider and pass a bill that does three things: designates $330 million of sales tax proceeds to be earmarked for K-12 schools and $80 million for higher education; allocates $500 million for a one-time tax...
March 30, 2022 – Legislative Session Update
Adjournment / Vetoes We were on the floor until midnight Friday when finally every bill had been voted on. I moved to adjourn sine die to end the session, but my motion was defeated on a near party-line vote as the GOP wanted to remain in session to potentially...
March 28, 2022 – End of Session Video Recap
March 18, 2022 – Democratic Debrief Video
March 11, 2022 – Regular Sales Tax vs. Internet Sales Tax Video
March 11, 2022 – Democratic Debrief Video
March 9, 2022 – Legislative Session Update
Librarians HB666 just passed the house on Monday. It provides that librarians, teachers and museum workers can face up to a year in jail for providing "material harmful to a minor." It is not clear what this encompasses, but the statutory language would seem to cover...
March 3, 2022 – Democratic Debrief Video
February 25, 2022 – Democratic Debrief Video
February 24, 2022 – Legislative Session Update
Voting There are at least three voting restriction bills coming through right now. HB547 makes it a crime to deliver someone else's ballot if they are not in your family / household. I am very concerned about this bill, which was opposed by disability advocates,...
February 18, 2022 – Democratic Debrief Video
February 11, 2022 – Democratic Debrief Video
February 4, 2022 – Democratic Debrief Video