State Representative Julia Reed
@staterepjuliareed.bsky.social
In-Session Bluesky account for Rep Julia Reed. Look for live threads and unfiltered opinions from #waleg. All comments are my own.
The Coast Guard's National Maritime Center has cut expected merchant mariner credential processing to four months, down from eight in June and 8 to 12 in May. gcaptain.com/coast-guard-...
Coast Guard Cuts Merchant Mariner Credential Wait Times to Four Months
The U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center has significantly reduced processing times for merchant mariner credential applications, cutting the expected wait for complete applications to four months.
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Hi friends! Just a reminder, Monday is the start of Election Year Activity communications freeze. That means this account will go quiet until November. If you can't be without my crackling insights or you just want to see pics of my cat, I'll still be chatting on @juliareedwa.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCzU... Happening NOW! Join a virtual townhall with the 36th LD Reps. Send in your questions! #waleg
Join Sen. Noel Frame, Rep. Julia Reed, and Rep. Liz Berry for a virtual town hall on Monday, April 27 at 6pm, live on YouTube and Facebook! | Representative Liz Berry
Join Sen. Noel Frame, Rep. Julia Reed, and Rep. Liz Berry for a virtual town hall on Monday, April 27 at 6pm, live on YouTube and Facebook!
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Maritime caucus chair doing maritime caucus stuff. Look for this in my office in #waleg one day. Go ‘Ners and @wsdot.wa.gov @mariners.com
As astra, per aspera — to the stars, through struggle. Welcome home to our Artemis II astronauts. Thank you for reminding us that even amidst hard times, we can still glimpse the stars. #ArtemisII #splashdown 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔
It’s a beautiful time of the year when the earth and all on it can embrace the spirt of renewal and rebirth. If you’re celebrating Easter today as I am, I wish you a joyous day! If it’s your season of Passover or Nowruz or Holi or just cherry blossoms, may we all enter into renewal together 🌸🐣🔥
I voted for this bill because it was better than nothing but honestly, only a smidge. Smartphones don’t belong in classrooms, and we shouldn’t be afraid to say so.
KNKX Public Radio@knkx.org · 4mo agoA new law requires the state superintendent to study limiting cellphones in schools, but advocates worry that without a statewide ban, Washington will get left behind.
The chair of the Maritime caucus goes on vacation.
The best sign in the world is the one that says Sine Die! It’s been a truly historic session and a pleasure to follow along with all of you! You can keep in touch at @juliareedwa.bsky.social over the interim, and hopefully I’ll see you back here in November! #waleg
It's been a big day for milling -- the legislature's second favorite thing after passing laws. But now we're taking up HB 6231, which is an early sunsetting of tax exemptions for data centers. This bill is very necessary to implement the budget, so it has to be done before the budget passes #waleg
Lovely moment for all of us as we honor retiring State Representative Steve Tharinger on the floor. Rep Tharinger is a real one, and he'll be sorely missed, especially by this slightly wild young legislator that he mentored. I always loved finding a way to make Steve laugh #waleg
We’re doing concurrences on a bill about cannabis cooperatives, and Republican speaker says she doesn’t believe cannabis growth is agricultural production, but instead thinks it is drug production and that it’s offensive to call it agriculture because farmers don’t grow poison. Sine die! #waleg
Apparently I posted more than 100 times yesterday while taxing millionaires. #waleg
Scott Forbes@scottforbes.net · 5mo ago@stechlab-labels.bsky.social is a service that tags BlueSky accounts based on their activity, and tells me things like “this account posted >100 times yesterday” and such. Today, it tagged @staterepjuliareed.bsky.social with this:
Good evening.... it's Night Floor! It's 11:25 AM, we're doing a @noelframe.bsky.social bill about the warehousing of prescription drugs, SB 6228. This bill is important for the operating budget having to do with loopholes for drug warehousing. #waleg
For those tracking this HB 1923, the Mosquito Fleet Act, was NOT concurred with, so it goes back to the Senate to see if they'll recede from their amendments. #waleg
Doing some concurrence votes. First on HB 2215 which is about closing a loophole on CCA obligations for fuels. #waleg
Bill number 2: signed, sealed, delivered into law! This was for HB 2363, a trailer bill to my first ever gov-signed bill — HB 1247, creating a music therapy licensure — Look at this exhausted but happy face. #waleg
Good morning! We're back in the chamber far too soon and we have a lot of work to do! Sine Die (pronounced: Sign-EE Dye) is Thursday at 11:59 PM. Between then and now we have to pass all three budgets (Operating, Transpo, Capital) and a bunch of other bills or we go into special session. #waleg
The Millionaires’ Tax will apply to less than one half of one percent of Washingtonians, but make life more affordable for millions. I look forward to signing it.
that’s money straight back into the pockets of working families. It saves working parents money and ensures our kids are prepared to learn by funding free breakfast and lunch for all Washington K-12 students, which has been a priority of mine since I ran for governor.
The Millionaires’ Tax passed by the House represents historic progress in rebalancing our unfair system. It sends significant dollars back to Washington families and small businesses. It expands the Working Families Tax Credit to 460,000 additional households...
Starting my FINAL Thread on the Millionaire's Tax Debate. Part 11: Onze-ward to Passage #waleg
I wrote this 9 hours ago and the clear blue morning has given way to a grey drizzly afternoon but we’re still here.
State Representative Julia Reed@staterepjuliareed.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe've been here for 14 hours, but the light of a clear blue morning is breaking over the Capital #waleg
Millionaires Tax Debate Part 10: Ten it to Win It! We're still here. But only 5 amendments to go. #waleg
Millionaires Tax Debate PART 9: Say Nein to Quitting. #waleg
It's been another two hours so it's time for a new thread. Millionaires Tax Debate Part 8: The Ocho. #waleg
We've been here for 14 hours, but the light of a clear blue morning is breaking over the Capital #waleg
Starting a fresh thread now that we've officially made it 12 hours into this debate. Millionaire's Tax Debate Part Six: Double or Nothing #waleg
This was 10 hours ago!!!
Fuse Washington@fusewashington.org · 5mo agoIt has begun, the #WALeg House has begun debate on the Millionaires Tax! This is the final vote in the House, and once it passes here (and the Senate concurs in any changes), then it's on to @governorferguson.bsky.social's desk to become law!
