Former Member, Capital Budget Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, Environment Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Administrative Rules Review, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Committee on Aging and Disability, Washington State Senate

Former Chair, Judiciary Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Washington State House of Representatives

Member, Appropriations Committee

Chair, Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee

Member, Health Care and Wellness Committee

Member, Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Planning for Aging and Disability Issues

Member, Joint Select Committee on Health Care Oversight

— Awards:

• Washington State Denturist Association Legislative Champion, 2014;
• Washington State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Public Policy Maker of the Year Award, 2014;
• National Association of Local Boards of Health Legislator of the Year, 2013;
• Children's Alliance Legislative Champion, 2013;
• Tacoma Community College Honorary Degree Recipient, 2011;
• Fuse Sizzle Award's "Mother Jones" Award, 2011;
• Pride Foundation Diamond Hall of Fame Award, 2011;
• Weekly Volcano's Best New Political Power, 2011;
• Recognized by the Puget Sound Business Examiner as a Woman of Influence, 2007;
• Governor's Award for Leadership in Management, 2007

Favorite Quote:

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt

"When the day of judgment arrives, we will have to repent not for the acts of the bad, but for the silence of the good." MLK, Jr.