Senator Randi Becker

40 years after Senate Republicans set example, House Democrats on verge of electing a female speaker Senate Republicans named Jeannette Hayner to top caucus position in 1979 OLYMPIA – The hoopla surrounding the selection of the first female speaker of the Washington House misses an important point, says Sen. Randi Becker, R-Eatonville. The Senate Republicans did the same thing 40 years ago. The late Sen. Jeannette... Read More...

Taxes and the budget — how they affect you It’s been a long legislative session this year, but it wrapped up on April 28. We saw many terrible bills, many of which proposed new or higher taxes that would make your life more expensive. The good news is that not all of the taxes that were proposed passed. We... Read More...

Becker bill bringing telemedicine mental-health to schools included in budget OLYMPIA…Washington’s middle and high school students will soon have greater access to mental-health treatment, thanks to Sen. Becker-sponsored telemedicine legislation that has been included in the 2019-21 Washington State Operating Budget. “Encouraging telemedicine is a passion of mine and I am just so excited that the plan for a pilot... Read More...

Newsletter: Your 2nd Amendment right under attack Two bills that attack your 2nd Amendment right were passed out of the Senate Rules Committee today, which means they are likely to come up for a vote on the Senate floor. Under the current majority, the bills are both likely to pass. And you should be worried. As a... Read More...

A House budget proposal that will cost you $4.2 billion over four years We’re still going full-steam here at the Capitol. We’re back in committee reviewing House bills and voting on them on the floor. Just four more weeks left of session. Last week, the House of Representatives and the... Read More...

Becker suite of bills expanding telemedicine passes Senate OLYMPIA…Four bills that would expand telemedicine in Washington passed in the Washington State Senate and now head to the House of Representatives for consideration.   Sponsored by Sen. Randi Becker, R-Olympia, the bills are part of her ongoing effort to put the patient first by improving access to telemedicine health-care.... Read More...

Senate Republicans warn bill to move up state primary would undo 25 years of campaign finance reform OLYMPIA…A bill sponsored by Senate Democrats to move the state primary election to earlier in the year reminds many at the Capitol of the dark days when campaigns and Legislative ethics were blatantly ignored, leading to scandal and sweeping changes to ethics rules. Senate Bill 5270 would move the state... Read More...