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District 36 legislators share progress report from session
By Jessica Keller Queen Anne & Magnolia News editor
While not all of their bills and priorities are still in play in Olympia this legislative session, the District 36 representatives have plenty of legislation keeping them busy before the end of the session, April 23. At a virtual town hall meeting last week, Noel Frame Sen. Noel Frame, Rep. Liz Berry and Rep. Julia Reed answered viewers questions about bill progress during the current legislative session taking place in Olympia and priorities moving forward. Wealth tax Frame, who is serving as the vice chair of the Senate Housing Committee, the vice chair of the Senate Business, Finan-
cial Services, Gaming & Trade would bring in $3 billion in Committee and is a member new revenue, Frame said. “We have some really exof the Senate Human Services pensive, big ticket items that Committee, spoke about the our constituents care about: wealth tax legislation she and special education, affordable other Democrats have been housing, and when we are working on, Senate bill 5486, talking about a billion dollars which would ensure the state’s less of revenue to work with, wealthiest residents would pay well, it’s either cut programs property taxes on their assets. or raise revenue, and we’ve She said Washingtonians pay Julia Reed got really important programs property taxes on their homes, to pay for like special ed and whether they own them or not, housing, so I hope my colwhich is already a tax on wealth leagues will take it seriously,” on the middle class. Frame said. “And all we’re saying is that the wealthiest among us should Transportation pay taxes on their assets just like Regarding efforts to make we all already pay taxes on ours,” roads safer for pedestrians Frame said. and bicyclists, Reed said she This is the third session this received some bad news about legislation has been introduced, a bill that would prohibit right and she is hopeful it will get Liz Berry turns on red lights, which she passed this session, especially said are one of the big probas the Legislature received a lems in lower Queen Anne, specifically on report that the state will receive about $1 billion in revenue to work with in budgeting. On the other hand, the wealth tax SEE SESSION, PAGE 5
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