[Transit] WA Senate Committee members announced

[Jo Claxton]

Thanks Saunatina,
I looked at this link here.
https://senatedemocrats.wa.gov/saldana/2023/01/11/the-2023-legislative-session-is-in-full-swing/
Sen. Saldaña has 3 current legislations in session which don't look like
issues we could tie into. But she mentioned more coming in email updates,
so I subscribed to her newsletter to see what else she might bring.

I can look at the remaining committee members for Labor and Commerce and
see what their legislation proposals look like.

And then perhaps as the Transportation committee is much larger, a few BATs
could just pick a few off the list to research.
Best,
Jo





On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 9:00 AM Saunatina Sanchez <
saunatina at transitriders.org> wrote:

> 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
> <msjoclaxton at gmail.com?to=%22Jo%20Claxton%22%20%3Cmsjoclaxton at gmail.com%3E>>
> wrote:
>
> Here is the link to the WA Legislature Committee page also:
> https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/CommitteeListing.aspx
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:15 AM Jo Claxton <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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