Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 2001
Next Election: 2014
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Female
Family: Divorced; 3 Children: David, Elizabeth, Marc.
Birth date: 09/29/1947
Birthplace: Sioux City, IA
Home City: Des Moines WA
Religion: Lutheran

Profession

Communications Director, Washington State Labor Council, 1981-2006 Reporter, KSTW-TV, 1979-1981 Reporter, KMGH-TV, 1975-1978 Reporter, KGW-TV, 1972-1975

Education

Graduated, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University MSJ, Journalism, University of California, Berkeley, 1973 BA, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1969

Committees

Financial Institutions, Housing and Insurance
Health and Long-Term Care
Labor, Commerce and Consumer Protection
Rules
Ways and Means

HB 2565 Requirements for Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machine Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2319 Requirements for Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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HB 2565 Requirements for Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machine Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2319 Requirements for Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

EHCR 4409 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5942 State Liquor Sales
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1267 Definition of Parenthood
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 5622 Recreation Access on State Lands
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1382 Express Toll Lanes in the Eastside Corridor
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 5251 Electric Vehicle Registration Fees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5407 Prohibits Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 5039 Tobacco Cessation Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5769 Coal-Fired Power Plants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5039 Tobacco Cessation Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5073 Medical Use of Cannabis
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6444 2009-2011 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 6143 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2836 2009-2011 Supplemental Biennium Capital Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2493 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2782 Limiting Disability Benefits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 6364 2009 - 2011 Biennium Capital Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6444 2009-2011 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6130 Initiative 960 (Tax Increase Restrictions) Suspension
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 6562 Expanding State University Tuition Authority
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6382 Extending State Employee Salary Freeze
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 6843 Suspension of Tax Increase Vote Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6382 Extending State Employee Salary Freeze
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1244 2009-2011 Biennium Budget and 2007-2009 Supplemental Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5288 Probation Time Reductions
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2344 Allowing Tuition Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5768 Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Project
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1709 Payday Lending Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2261 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1517 Expediting the Restoration of Felons' Voting Rights
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 6035 Retrospective Ratings Program Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5599 National Popular Vote Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6035 Retrospective Ratings Program Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5895 Housing Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5688 Expanding Domestic Partnership Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2687 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 6809 Working Family Tax Exemption
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: -

SB 5751 Beer and Wine Tasting in Grocery Stores
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2476 Tribal Police Jurisdiction
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 2815 Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2438 Permitting Dogs in Cougar Hunting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 3104 Domestic Partnership Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6809 Working Family Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6305 Use of Federal Sex Education Grants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6777 Halting Mining on Maury Island
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5628 Presidential Election by Popular Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6305 Use of Federal Sex Education Grants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6777 Halting Mining on Maury Island
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6305 Use of Federal Sex Education Grants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5278 Public Financing of Local Campaigns
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5751 Beer and Wine Tasting in Grocery Stores
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6452 Yield Spread Premium Disclosure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6381 Good Faith Duties of Mortgage Brokers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6452 Yield Spread Premium Disclosure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6381 Good Faith Duties of Mortgage Brokers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6794 New Ferry Vessels
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 5261 Health Insurance Rate Oversight
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 6178 Property Tax Deferral
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2416 Adjusting the Property Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 6178 Property Tax Deferral
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2416 Adjusting the Property Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 6178 Property Tax Deferral
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1528 Electronic Voter Registration
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1024 Prohibition of PBDEs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 5297 Sexual Health Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 5336 Legal Benefits for Domestic Partners
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 6386 2005-2007 Supplemental Biennium Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

2nd Sub HB 2572 Health Insurance for Small Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub SB 6475 Certificate of Academic Achievement Alternative Methods
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Sub HB 2661 Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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