SCPTSA advocates under National PTA & Washington State PTA (WSPTA) to make every child’s potential a reality. WSPTSA & SCPTSA engage and empower families and communities to advocate for all children by organizing members across Washington state and Seattle through priorities selected by membership.

WSPTA Top 5 Legislative Priorities for 2025–26

1. Closing the Funding Gaps

2. Addressing the Student Mental Health Crisis

3. Addressing Funding, Inclusion, and Supports in Special Education

4. Preventing and Reducing Gun Violence and Suicide

5. Expanding School Construction Funding Options

WSPTA also supports The People’s Big 5 Legislative Priorities for Equitable Schools — a grassroots coalition echoing Professor David Knight’s “Big 5” legislative priorities for fully and equitably funding education in Washington State. SCPTSA encourages local PTA’s to vote with members to sign the pledge and share it with your school community!

SCPTSA is also informed by organizations and community partners advocating for equitable and fully-funded education including Seattle Public Schools (SPS: Proposed 2025 Legislative Priorities) and The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI: 2025 Legislative Budget Requests).

WA State Legislature District Finder by Address

36th Legislative District
(Northwest Seattle)
Representative Liz Berry, Chair, Labor & Workplace Standards Committee
Senator Noel Frame, Ways & Means, Vice Chair of Finance
Representative Julia Reed, Assistant Majority Whip

46th Legislative District
(Northeast Seattle)
Representative Darya Farivar, Vice Chair, House Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee
Representative Gerry Pollet, Chair, Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee
Senator Javier Valdez, Chair, State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Committee

43rd Legislative District
(Central Seattle)
Representative Frank Chopp, Member, Appropriations, Finance and Housing Committees
Representative Nicole Macri, Vice Chair, Appropriations Committee
Senator Jamie Pedersen, Majority Leader

34th Legislative District
(Southwest Seattle)
Representative Emily Alvarado, Vice Chair, Local Government Committee
Representative Joe Fitzgibbon, Member Appropriations and Rules Committees; Member, Joint Committee on Employment Relations; Member, Select Committee on Pension Policy
Senator Joe Nguyen, Chair, Environment, Energy & Technology Committee

37th Legislative District
(Southeast Seattle)
Senator Rebecca Saldaña, Chair, Labor & Commerce Committee
Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos, Chair, Education Committee
Representative Chipalo Street, Vice Chair, Finance Committee

Send a Message about a Bill​​​​​​​
After searching for a bill, click the "Comment on a Bill" button on the Bill Summary Page to send a message to your elected official and share your opinion. You can request a response to your message if you wish.

Many bills introduced in the Legislature will receive a public hearing, where citizens are given a chance to present their opinions on proposed legislation. There are three ways to participate in a public committee hearing:

1. Testify in a Committee Hearing
Duri​ng the Legislative Session, you can register to testify in a​ committee hearing in-person or remotely through Zoom. 

If you frequently testify on bills, you may find it useful to create a Legislative Account.​​ An account allows you to autofill sign-in information and view and edit your sign-in history.

2. Submit Written Testimony to a Committee
If you do not wish to testify in a committee ​hearing, you can still submit written testimony on a bill for the archived legislative record​.

3. Note Your Position on a Bill for Legislative Record
If you wish, you can choose to have your position noted. The Committee Sign In - Remote Testimony​ page also allows you to select a chamber, committee, and bill, then indicate you wish to have your position noted for the archived legislative record​​.

Reasonable Accommodations
If you require an accommodation to testify before a committee or attend a committee meeting, please refer to options on the Legislature’s Americans with Disabilities Act Information https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/pages/adainfo.aspx page.

Spoken Language Interpretation
If you require spoken language interpretation to testify before a committee or attend a committee meeting, please contact the ADA Coordinator in advance. The more advance notice you are able to provide, the higher likelihood that your request can be fulfilled.

Draft—these dates are tentative.

January 13 – First day of session.

February 21 – Policy Committee Cutoff. Last day to read in committee reports in house of origin, except House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees.

February 28 – Fiscal Committee Cutoff. Last day to read in committee reports from House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees in house of origin.

March 12 – House of Origin Cutoff. Last day to consider bills in house of origin (5 pm).

April 2 – Policy Committee Cutoff - Opposite House. Last day to read in committee reports from opposite house, except House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees.

April 8 – Fiscal Committee Cutoff - Opposite House. Last day to read in opposite house committee reports from House fiscal committees and Senate Ways & Means and Transportation committees.

April 16 – Opposite House Cutoff. Last day to consider opposite house bills (5 pm).

After 5 pm on the 94th day, only initiatives and alternatives to initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to implement budgets, matters that affect state revenue, messages pertaining to amendments, matters of differences between the two houses, and matters incident to the interim and to the closing of the session may be considered.

April 27 – Last day allowed for regular session under the state constitution.

May 20 – The last day the governor has to take action on a bill.

July 27 – 90-day effective date. Legislation becomes effective 90 days after adjournment of the session unless otherwise specified in the bill text.

If the 2025 session ends before the 105th day, these dates will change accordingly.