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KPQ Legislative Hotline debuts January 11th LIVE from Olympia with updates on legislative action from the 12th and 7th District lawmakers.

Many of the state's Republican lawmakers are up in arms over Friday's ruling by the Washington Supreme Court that upholds the constitutionality of a capital gains tax passed by the legislature in 2021. Twelfth District Rep. Mike Steele (R) of Chelan says the court's decision will not only make the legislature's budget writing process more difficult, but it could also end up extending the 2023 sess

Washington's 12th District State Reps. Keith Goehner and Mike Steele are both co-sponsors on a bill (HB 1053) that would return the state's laws regarding vehicle pursuits by law enforcement to their previous language. Washington's pursuit laws were dramatically changed as a result of legislation which passed during the 2022 sessions in Olympia...

Washington's two representatives from the state's 12th Legislative District are still adjusting to working on behalf of voters west of the Cascades. Last February, the district's boundaries were expanded to include portions of King and Snohomish Counties, making it the only one of Washington's 49 legislative jurisdictions to span the geographical and political divide between the state's two sides.

12th District Representative Keith Goehner did not miss a single vote of the 484 that took place in the 2021 legislative session. His seat mate Mike Steele missed just eight. On the Senate side, Brad Hawkins missed only five of the 490 votes that took place in that chamber ...

The 2021 Washington State Legislative session wrapped up Sunday with the passing of the three major bugets, operating, capital and transportation. 12th District Rep. Keith Goehner says while there was some positive in the operating budget, he could not support it noting, "The minority party was left out of the budget negotiations, and we, along with the public, did not see the final 1,100-pa

State representatives from North Central Washington announced their committee assignments Monday. 12th District Representative Mike Steele will be the lead Republican on the House Capital Budget Committee, and a member of the Education and Appropriations Committees ...

The State Legislature is expected to release the bi-chamber Capital and Operating budgets over the weekend with final adoption early next week. 12th District Rep. Mike Steele says the session is scheduled to end Thursday, March 12th. “We will see no tax relief despite a $2.4 bil ...

A bill that would mandate comprehensive sex education to Washington students as young as kindergarten passed out of the State House around 2:00 a.m. Thursday after a six-hour debate. 12th District Rep. Keith Goehner spoke on the floor about his experience in education, kids aren't thinking about the things they could be taught in the curriculum ...

The Washington State House of Representatives is expected to pass their supplemental operating budget Friday. 12th District Rep. Keith Goehner says he will vote against it because it doesn't save enough. "When you have emergency situations like we're experiencing right now with the coronavirus, it's hard to say what you might have to spend that you did not plan for because every penny is bud