Hello 50th. This is my third year-end letter and the first one I am writing without checking with my comms director. I think she will mostly approve.
What passed.
HB 1217 (rent stabilization), which I co-sponsored. SB 5293 (in-language ballots in school board elections, which I carried in the House). The transportation budget, which fully funded the Sound Transit 3 line items the 50th has been waiting on. A small but real bump in clinic funding through the supplemental budget.
If you are a renter in a multi-family building in the 50th, HB 1217 likely affects you. Office hours next week if you want to walk through what changes.
What didn't.
HB 1452 (the housing omnibus) ran out of clock in the Senate. We will be back in January with the same bill and three additional cosponsors. I am not happy about the delay. The people who got priced out of Crossroads in 2025 are less happy.
HB 1170 (workplace AI transparency) passed the House and died in Senate Ways and Means. The Senate companion did not get a hearing. We are bringing it back with a stronger version that addresses the loophole the opposition exploited.
What's next.
The 2026 short session. The housing fight, finished. The AI fight, expanded. A budget ask for a state AI Office. A handful of smaller things including a hate-crime data update I'm proud of.
One more thing.
Real thanks to everyone who came to office hours this year. To the constituents who emailed me actual policy critiques instead of just telling me to do better, thank you too. (Both are useful. The first is rarer.) And to my husband, who picked up Emi from preschool on the days session ran long, which was most of them: I owe you.
I'll see you in January.
Stephanie
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