66Th WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
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2019 66th WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE Table of Contents Introduction . 1 State Elected Officials . 3 Roster of Members, Senate . 8 President of the Senate . 10 Senate Biographies . 11 Senate Administration . 23 Roster of Members, House of Representatives . 24 Speakers of the House . .. 28 House of Representatives Biographies . 29 House Administration . .. 54 Americans with Disabilities Act . 55 How A Bill Becomes A Law . 56 State Capitol Parking Information . 57 Visitors Tour Information . 59 Legislative Gift Center . 59 Introduction This Legislative Handbook of the Sixty-sixth Legislature for the 2019 session contains pictures of and biographical material on statewide elected officials and members of the Senate and House of Representatives . Additionally, there are sections of the handbook on Americans with Disabilities Act, how a bill becomes law, parking and tour information, and a campus map . This handbook is prepared by the Senate and the House of Representatives to assist those interested in becoming better acquainted with their statewide elected officials, legislators and the legislative process in our state . ~1~ Recycled Recyclable State Elected Officials JAY INSLEE Governor Jay Inslee is a fifth-generation Washingtonian who has lived and worked on both sides of the Cascades . He grew up in the Seattle area where his father, Frank, was a high school teacher and coach . His mother worked as a sales clerk at Sears & Roebuck . Jay worked his way through college and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in economics before earning his law degree at Willamette University . He and his wife, Trudi, then moved to Selah, a small town near Yakima where they raised their three sons . Jay worked as an attorney and prosecutor . Jay and Trudi are now proud grandparents to three active little Inslees . Besides writing and illustrating books for his grandchildren and sketching scenes from around Washington, Jay is an avid cyclist and charter member of Hoopaholics, a youth basketball academy . Jay first became involved in public service in 1985 when he and Trudi helped lead the effort to build a new public high school in Selah . Motivated to fight against proposed funding cuts for rural schools, Jay went on to represent the 14th Legislative District in the state House of Representatives . He continued serving communities in the Yakima Valley when he was elected to Congress in 1992 . The Inslees later moved back to the Puget Sound area where Jay was elected to Congress in 1998, serving until 2012 when he was elected governor . He was re-elected in 2016 . During his time in Congress, Jay became known as a forward-thinking leader, especially on issues of clean energy and the environment . He co-wrote a book, “Apollo’s Fire: Igniting America’s Clean-Energy Economy,” about a national pro- gram to fight climate change through clean energy innovation and job-creation . As governor, Jay’s top priority is growing Washington’s innovative industries such as clean energy, information technology and life sciences, and strengthen- ing existing industries such as aerospace, agriculture, maritime and the military . Since 2013, Washington has experienced a 30-year low in unemployment rates, record exports and has consistently ranked as one of the top states for business . To prepare young Washingtonians for the economy of tomorrow, Jay launched Career Connect Washington, a transformative initiative to help all our students prepare and train for in-demand jobs, whether they choose college, an apprentice- ship, mentorship or other post-secondary path . And because Washington’s diversity is a cornerstone of the state’s cultural and economic vibrancy, Jay is working tirelessly to ensure Washington remains a beacon of hope and opportunity for all, welcoming people of all faiths, nationali- ties, orientations and abilities . ~3~ State Elected Officials CYRUS HABIB Lt. Governor Democrat. Lieutenant Governor Cyrus Habib was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and moved with his family to Washington state at the age of eight . He grew up in east King County and graduated from the Bellevue International School before attend- ing Columbia University, Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and Yale Law School where he served as editor of the Yale Law Journal . He is also a Truman Scholar and a Soros Fellow . After receiving his law degree, Lieutenant Governor Habib returned to Washington state to practice law at Perkins Coie, the region’s largest law firm, where he helped startup technology companies raise ven- ture capital funds and license their software . He went on to represent east King County in the Washington State House of Representatives and the State Senate, where he served as Democratic Whip and a member of the Democratic leadership team . In 2016 he was elected Washington’s 16th Lieutenant Governor, becoming the youngest presiding officer in the country . In his role as Lieutenant Governor, Habib presides over the State Senate, serves as acting-Governor when the Governor is out of the state, and maintains a portfolio of issues including Economic Development, Trade, and Higher Education . A three-time cancer survivor, Lieutenant Governor Habib has been fully blind since age eight . His parents immigrated to the U .S . from Iran before he was born, and he is both the first and only Iranian American official to hold statewide elected office in the United States . Lieutenant Governor Habib serves on the boards of a number of civic and nonprofit organizations, including the historic 5th Avenue Theatre . He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations . Since 2013, Lieutenant Governor Habib has served as a Professor and Distinguished Lawmaker in Residence at Seattle University Law School and teaches courses on legislative procedure and intellectual property . A practicing Catholic, Lieutenant Governor Habib attends St . James Cathedral in Seattle . KIM WYMAN Secretary of State Republican. Kim Wyman is Washington’s 15th Secretary of State . First elected in 2012, she is serving her second term and is only the second female Secretary of State in Washington’s history . Prior to being elected to this office, Kim served as Thurston County Elections Director for nearly a decade and was elected Thurston County Auditor from 2001-2013 . Secretary Wyman’s responsibilities include over- seeing elections, corporation and charity filings, the Washington State Library, the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, the Washington State Archives, and a number of special programs including the Combined Fund Drive for charitable giving by public employees, the Address Confidentiality Program to protect sur- vivors of domestic violence and stalking, and Legacy Washington, an oral history and exhibit program that tells the state’s most intriguing stories . Secretary Wyman is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach and holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Troy State University . She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Leadership from City University, Seattle in 2015 . Kim is a Certified Elections and Registration Administrator (CERA) from The Elections Center and Auburn University, and is a Washington State Certified Election Administrator . Kim and her husband, John, came to Washington when he was assigned to the 2nd Ranger Battalion at Fort Lewis after being stationed in Ansbach, Germany . They reside in Thurston County with their two children . ~4~ State Elected Officials DUANE A. DAVIDSON State Treasurer Republican. Duane Davidson was elected as Wash- ington’s 23rd State Treasurer in 2016 . Prior to that, Duane was elected to four terms as Benton County Treasurer, serving from 2003 - 2014 . He is an actively licensed certified public accountant (CPA) . Duane was born and raised in Carnation, Wash- ington where he graduated from Tolt High School . He started his undergraduate education at Bellevue Community College and transferred to Central Washington University in Ellensburg where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting . He and his wife Kathy (deceased 2016), raised three children together - daughters Bailey (Young) and Kinzey, and son Luke - in the Tri-Cities . While a County Treasurer Davidson served three terms as President of the Wash- ington State Association of County Treasurers (WSACT) and earlier served as the organization’s treasurer . Duane is a long-time Kiwanian . He is the past-president for two separate Kiwanis Clubs in the Tri-Cities and served as treasurer for the Kiwanis Club of Tri Cities Industry Foundation . Immediately prior to being elected as County Treasurer Duane was the Chief Financial Accountant for Benton County . Earlier in his career, as auditor for the Washington State Auditor’s Office, he served as the Assistant Audit Manager in the Tri-Cities in charge of the Walla Walla regional offices . PAT McCARTHY State Auditor Democrat. Pat McCarthy is the 11th Washington State Auditor, and became the first woman elected to the position when she took the oath of office in 2017 . Previously, Pat was twice elected Pierce County Executive; she is also the first woman to hold that role . Over more than 30 years of her public service career, Pat has served as Pierce County Auditor and Deputy Auditor, and Board President for the Tacoma School District . As State Auditor, Pat is responsible for the entirety of the State Auditor’s Office (SAO) . She leads 400 employees based in 15 offices across the state . Pat is dedicated to shining a brighter light on government operations for the pub- lic, because she believes audits increase public trust in government . Under her leadership, SAO’s vision and mission is to increase trust in government through independent and transparent audits of state and local governments, and to help these governments develop strategies to become more efficient and effective . Over the past three decades, Pat has dedicated herself to building her com- munity into a better place by bringing integrity, innovation, and quality to government through a deep understanding of how local government operates and the needs of communities .