Many Washington State legislators are hosting 2024 post-session town halls and community chats — here’s a running guide

Next week, it will have already been a month since the 2024 Wash­ing­ton State Leg­is­la­ture adjourned Sine Die (mean­ing, with no expec­ta­tion of return­ing). Gov­er­nor Jay Inslee has fin­ished work­ing through all of the leg­is­la­tion that law­mak­ers sent him, even the bud­gets, bring­ing an end to bill sign­ing sea­son. Though many leg­is­la­tors have now shift­ed into cam­paign mode, a num­ber are offer­ing a few post-ses­sion town hall or com­mu­ni­ty chat oppor­tu­ni­ties. Here’s a guide to the ones that we know about. 

April 2nd (tomorrow): 5th Legislative District (King County) 

Invi­ta­tion:

Who: 5th Dis­trict State Rep­re­sen­ta­tives Lisa Callan and Bill Ramos

What: Town Hall Meeting

When: 6:30 to 7:30 PM, Tues­day, April 2nd, 2024

Where: Gib­son Hall, 105 New­port Way SW, Issaquah, WA

Why: To pro­vide con­stituents an update on the leg­isla­tive ses­sion and answer their questions.

Rep­re­sen­ta­tives Bill Ramos, D‑Issaquah, and Lisa Callan, D‑Issaquah, (5th Leg­isla­tive Dis­trict), rep­re­sent por­tions of east­ern and south­ern King Coun­ty, includ­ing Issaquah, Sno­qualmie, Black Dia­mond, Car­na­tion, and North Bend, Maple Val­ley, and part of Renton.

April 2nd/3rd/4th: 16th Legislative District (Central Washington) 

Invi­ta­tion:

Dur­ing these gath­er­ings, we will update you on the ini­tia­tives and what could hap­pen going for­ward. We will also recap some of the high­lights of the state’s three sup­ple­men­tal bud­gets and the impact these spend­ing plans will have on fam­i­lies and com­mu­ni­ties through­out our dis­trict. Addi­tion­al­ly, we’ll dis­cuss some of the good and bad leg­is­la­tion that passed and some that didn’t.

These meet­ings are tru­ly a great way for you to get your ques­tions answered and offer your input. We val­ue your feed­back as we look to rep­re­sent you and build strong com­mu­ni­ties in the 16th Dis­trict and through­out Wash­ing­ton. We strong­ly encour­age you to join us.

Below are the details for the upcom­ing town hall meetings.

• Tues­day, April 2nd
  6 – 7 PM
  Pross­er Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­ter
  1231 Dud­ley Ave. (Pross­er)
• Wednes­day, April 3rd
  6 – 7 PM
  Colum­bia Basin Col­lege, SWL Build­ing, Rm. 221
  2600 N. 20th Ave. (Pas­co)
• Thurs­day, April 4th
  6 – 7 PM
  Wal­la Wal­la Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege
  Per­form­ing Arts Audi­to­ri­um
  500 Tau­sick Way (Wal­la Walla)

We appre­ci­ate your input and hope to see you there!

April 4th: 27th Legislative District (Pierce County) 

Invi­ta­tion:

Who: Speak­er Lau­rie Jink­ins, Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Jake Fey, and Sen­a­tor Yas­min Trudeau

What: Tele­phone town hall for con­stituents of the 27th Leg­isla­tive District

When: Thurs­day, April 4, 2024, 5:30 – 6:30 PM

Where: Con­stituent dial-in num­ber 877–229-8493, enter PIN 116282

Why: To pro­vide con­stituents of the 27th Leg­isla­tive Dis­trict with infor­ma­tion about the recent­ly-con­clud­ed 2024 leg­isla­tive ses­sion and answer their ques­tions about leg­isla­tive and state gov­ern­ment issues.

April 13th: 42nd Legislative District (Whatcom County) 

Invi­ta­tion:

Please join 42nd Leg­isla­tive Dis­trict law­mak­ers Sen. Sharon Shew­make and Rep. Joe Tim­mons at one of their upcom­ing com­mu­ni­ty chats. This is your oppor­tu­ni­ty to hear a post-ses­sion update, ask ques­tions, and share your thoughts on what they should focus on dur­ing inter­im. Read below to find a com­mu­ni­ty chat near you!

The 42nd Dis­trict rep­re­sents most of What­com Coun­ty, includ­ing Blaine, Fer­n­dale, Lyn­den, Ever­son, Nook­sack, Sumas, and part of Belling­ham, Birch Bay, Point Roberts, Lum­mi Island, Lum­mi Nation and Nook­sack Indi­an Tribe, and extend­ing east to Mt. Bak­er and North Cas­cades Nation­al Park.

Who: Sen­a­tor Sharon Shew­make and Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Joe Timmons

What: 42nd Leg­isla­tive Dis­trict Com­mu­ni­ty Chats

When: April 13th, 2024

Where:

• 9:00 AM — 10:00 AM in Belling­ham, Locus Cof­fee, 120 W. Hol­ly Street
• 10:30 AM — 11:30 AM in Fer­n­dale, Fer­n­dale Library, 2125 Main Street
• 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM in Blaine/Birch Bay, Birch Bay Cham­ber of Com­merce, 4819 Alder­son Road
• 2:30 PM — 3:30 PM in Lyn­den, Lyn­den Library, 216 4^th Street
• 4:00 PM — 5:00 PM in Ever­son, Master’s Blend, 107 E. Main Street
• 5:30 PM — 6:30 PM in Maple Falls, East What­com Region­al Resource Cen­ter, 8251 Kendall Road

As more of these get sched­uled, we’ll update this post.