Thanks to Mary Jane F.
Dear friends and neighbors,
Our state has taken a multi-pronged approach to resisting the constant chaos and confusion created by the Trump administration’s harmful actions: deportations without due process, federal layoffs, cuts to education and health care, and relentless attempts to undermine the U.S. Constitution with illegal executive orders.
This session the Legislature worked to pass important policy safeguards and ensure the state Attorney General’s Office has the necessary budget resources to pursue justice on behalf of all Washingtonians. AG Nick Brown has already filed several major lawsuits against the Trump administration, spanning immigration, healthcare, public safety, federal funding, LGBTQ+ youth, critical research, education, environment, infrastructure, and elections. You can read more about the state’s latest resistance efforts at the AG’s website. Gov. Bob Ferguson also recently took action to fight the illegal, arbitrary tariffs that could cause serious harm to our state’s economy.
Over the last several years, including during President Trump’s first term, the Legislature has passed dozens of bills to protect the progress we have made here in Washington on a wide range of issues. Below are some highlights of this work. I will continue to fight every day to protect Washingtonians from the reckless and cruel federal administration, and we will return to this work when the Legislature reconvenes in January 2026.
Reproductive rights and health care
- Protected access to reproductive services and gender-affirming treatment (2018 SB 6219; 2021 SB 5313; 2023 HB 1469, SB 5768, SB 5242 and SB 5599; 2025 HB 1971, SB 5498, SB 5557 and SB 5632).
- Increased access to HIV and AIDS prevention medications (2023 SB 5142; 2024 SB 6127 and SB 5983; 2025 SB 5577).
- Protected private, personal health data (2023 HB 1155).
- Ensured access to vaccines (2024 SB 5982 and SB 6095; 2025 HB 1531).
- Protected providers performing abortion and gender-affirming care (2022 HB 1851; 2023 HB 1340; 2024 HB 1954 and HB 2115; 2025 SB 5632).
- Codified Affordable Care Act (ACA) protections in state law (2018 HB 1523; 2024 HB 1957).
- Invested state-only funds in health coverage for residents without a federally recognized immigration status.
- Banned discrimination by most health providers based on a person’s gender identity or expression (2019 SB 5602).
Election security and voting rights
- Dramatically reduced barriers to voting access by implementing and enhancing automatic (2018 HB 2595; 2023 SB 5112; 2025 SB 5077) and same-day voter registration (2018 SB 6021).
- Provided a state-level alternative to federal voting rights litigation (2018 SB 6002; 2023 SB 1048).
- Enhanced protections for voting systems to repel cyber and other threats (2021 HB 1068; 2024 SB 5843).
- Protected election staff from threats (2024 HB 1241). (continued here)