[Transit] WA Senate Committee members announced

[Saunatina Sanchez]

Would any of the BATS be interested in doing some research on the list of Representatives Jo sent, specifically I'm wondering about their legislative priorities. The more we can tie our ideas to what they believe is most important, the more likely they're going to support our efforts.

Sen. Saldaña is the first person we can put in our supporter category, I'm pretty sure. Is there something on her legislative agenda for this session that we can tie into the escalator/elevator issue?

I'm also now wondering about the lobbying priorities for King County, Seattle, and other cities for the state and how we can add on our priorities to their efforts.

Even if you have time to do one representative on the list, that helps with our efforts. As the saying goes - Many hands makes light work.

Thanks,
S.
January 9, 2023 11:17 AM, "Jo Claxton" <msjoclaxton at gmail.com (mailto:msjoclaxton at gmail.com?to=%22Jo%20Claxton%22%20<msjoclaxton at gmail.com>)> wrote:
Here is the link to the WA Legislature Committee page also:
https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/CommitteeListing.aspx (https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/CommitteeListing.aspx) 
On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:15 AM Jo Claxton <msjoclaxton at gmail.com (mailto:msjoclaxton at gmail.com)> wrote: Hello BATs,
The Washington State Legislature website posted the names of members for the Committees today. I listed the Labor and Commerce members as well as the Transportation members.
None of the names jumped out at me besides Rebecca Saldaña who is Vice Chair on Labor and Commerce. When I looked at her bio to refresh my memory this quote popped out at me "encourage sustainable development, build equitable transportation solutions". She seems like a good candidate to approach if we want to go the route of escalator parts and labor improvement.
I'm sure some of you will have more familiarity with other Reps on these lists.

I also wonder if a smaller committee is more advantageous than a larger committee for getting a bill considered? Or maybe it's the opposite :)

I'm CCing Matthew on this email also.
Best,
Jo

Senate Labor and Commerce Committee
Keiser, Karen (D) - Chair
Conway, Steve (D) - Vice Chair
Saldaña, Rebecca (D) - Vice Chair
King, Curtis (R) - Ranking Member
Braun, John (R)
Robinson, June (D)
Schoesler, Mark (R)
Stanford, Derek (D)

Senate Transportation Committee
Fey, Jake (D) - Chair
Donaghy, Brandy (D) - Vice Chair
Paul, Dave (D) - Vice Chair
Timmons, Joe (D) - Vice Chair
Barkis, Andrew (R) - Ranking Minority Member
Hutchins, Spencer (R) - Assistant Ranking Minority Member
Low, Sam (R) - Assistant Ranking Minority Member
Robertson, Eric (R) - Assistant Ranking Minority Member
Berry, Liz (D)
Bronoske, Dan (D)
Chapman, Mike (D)
Cortes, Julio (D)
Dent, Tom (R)
Doglio, Beth (D)
Duerr, Davina (D)
Entenman, Debra (D)
Goehner, Keith (R)
Griffey, Dan (R)
Hackney, David (D)
Klicker, Mark (R)
Mena, Sharlett (D)
Orcutt, Ed (R)
Ramel, Alex (D)
Ramos, Bill (D)
Schmidt, Suzanne (R)
Taylor, Jamila (D)
Volz, Mike (R)
Wylie, Sharon (D)
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