URGENT - calls and emails needed before 1pm today

Here at the Advocate4Culture HQ, we received word a few hours ago that we need to contact ALL the members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee immediately. All of them. Whether you are specifically their constituent or not. 

This is urgent - votes are too close for comfort. The committee will be voting on SHB 1997 TODAY in their 1:30 meeting in executive session. So we only have a few hours to let them hear from us. The bill must pass out of this committee to survive.

Please make phone calls now. Or email the legislators. The messages don't need to be long, they need to be numerous. 

Just say: "Please support SHB 1997.  Arts and heritage are important economic drivers in King County."

Here are names and numbers. Calling all of them and leaving quick messages takes 20 minutes, emailing only takes 5. If you have to prioritize, start with the Democrats (D).


Do it! It’s worth it:

Pridemore, Craig (D)
(360) 786-7696
Regala, Debbie (D)

(360) 786-7652

Rockefeller, Phil (D)
(360) 786-7644

Tom, Rodney (D)

(360) 786-7694 

Murray, Ed (D) Chair

(360) 786-7628

Kilmer, Derek (D) Vice Chair, Capital Budget Chair

(360) 786-7650

Brown, Lisa (D)  
(360) 786-7604

Conway, Steve (D)  

  (360) 786-7656

Fraser, Karen (D)

(360) 786-7642

Hatfield, Brian (D)

(360) 786-7636

Kastama, Jim (D)

(360) 786-7648

Keiser, Karen (D)

(360) 786-7664

Kohl-Welles, Jeanne (D)

(360) 786-7670

Zarelli, Joseph (R) *

(360) 786-7634

Parlette, Linda Evans (R) Ranking Minority Member Capital

(360) 786-7622

Baumgartner, Michael (R)

(360) 786-7610

Baxter, Jeff (R)

(360) 786-7606

Hewitt, Mike (R)

(360) 786-7630

Holmquist Newbry, Janéa (R)

(360) 786-7624

Honeyford, Jim (R)

(360) 786-7684

Pflug, Cheryl (R)

(360) 786-7608

Schoesler, Mark (R)

(360) 786-7620

If you'd prefer to email, here are the emails for each of the members.

Steve.conway@leg.wa.gov

Karen.fraser@leg.wa.gov

Brian.hatfield@leg.wa.gov

Jim.kastama@leg.wa.gov

Karen.keiser@leg.wa.gov

Jeanne.kohl-welles@leg.wa.gov

Joseph.zarelli@leg.wa.gov

linda.parlette@leg.wa.gov

Michael.baumgartner@leg.wa.gov

Jeff.baxter@leg.wa.gov

Mike.hewitt@leg.wa.gov

janea.holmquistnewbry@leg.wa.gov

 craig.pridemore@leg.wa.gov

Debbie.regala@leg.wa.gov

Phil.rockefeller@leg.wa.gov

Rodney.tom@leg.wa.gov

Ed.murray@leg.wa.gov

Derek.kilmer@leg.wa.gov

Lisa.brown@leg.wa.gov

Jim.honeyford@leg.wa.gov

Cheryl.pflug@leg.wa.gov

Mark.schoesler@leg.wa.gov

Then copy and paste the following message….

I support passage of SHB 1997, and I want you to vote for it today in the Senate Ways and Means Committee. Arts and heritage are important economic drivers in King County.

And then press Send. That’s really easy, no? Phone calls are better, but emails are good.

OR DO BOTH. Overkill is totally okay here…

Thank you, let’s get this done.

Advocate4Culture Coalition