Keith Wagoner

Senate Republicans’ efforts to protect the pocketbooks of Washingtonians were brushed aside today as the majority pushed an income tax through the chamber. Senate Bill 6346 would establish a 9.9% state income tax. While the bill currently includes a temporary $1 million exemption, Sen. Keith Wagoner warned that this is...

The Washington State Senate today took a step toward bolstering the state’s emergency readiness by unanimously passing Senate Bill 6046. The measure from Sen. Keith Wagoner, R-Sedro-Woolley, would formally establish in law the Washington Division of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) as an official branch within the state Military Department....

The unconstitutional income tax (Senate Bill 6346) proposed by Democrats this week will be heard in the Senate Ways & Means Committee meeting at 1:30 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 6 in Senate Hearing Room 4 of the John A. Cherberg Building on the Capitol Campus in Olympia. We must act immediately to stop SB...

On Thursday Sen. Keith Wagoner testified before the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee in support of Senate Bill 5954, his measure designed to ensure that the children of disabled veterans can access the state-tuition waivers they have earned without being penalized by administrative delays or restrictive state timelines....

Do you want higher taxes to feed Olympia’s insatiable spending? I don’t! Five new tax bills will be heard on Monday in the Ways and Means Committee and now is the time to make your voice heard. Right now you have an opportunity to sign in, speak up and be...

A critical part of the legislative session has arrived – when among the flurry of bills on a variety of topics, the focus quickly pivots to the budget. The Senate Republicans jump started the conversation by rolling out our budget proposal on Tuesday. It’s an honest budget that invests in...

Today the Senate unanimously approved legislation from Sen. Keith Wagoner that would expand the number of available long-term care beds for veterans, simultaneously helping to address Washington’s homelessness crisis while also alleviating the pressure on the medical foster home system. “So many of our nation’s men and women in uniform...

One of the bills that is at the center of debate in Olympia this week is my measure addressing the governor’s emergency executive powers (SB 5434). I had worked hard on this measure, and the original version had bipartisan support, including from Governor Ferguson. However, the bill was gutted by...

We have now wrapped up 26 days of the legislative session, or almost exactly one-quarter of the 105 days allowed. The full Senate met on Wednesday to approve several (mostly) non-controversial bills, but the majority of our time was focused on working legislation at the committee level. The big news...