Chris Gildon

Dear Friends and Neighbors, As of today, we are one month into the legislative session. The deadline for the Senate’s policy committees to act on bills introduced by senators is Feb. 21…a week from tomorrow. The Senate Housing Committee on which I serve is among those committees, so it’s about...

Click here or on the image to view this week’s report from the legislative session. Dear Friends and Neighbors, While Republicans are busy compiling a list of proposals for eliminating wasteful government spending — more on that next — some in Olympia are considering an increase in the tax paid...

Note: This was distributed Jan. 30, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Gildon’s e-newsletters, click here.  I always appreciate seeing students from our legislative district, like these 12th-graders from Chief Leschi School. We met in the State Reception Room during their visit to the Capitol this past week. Dear Friends and Neighbors,...

Click here or on the image to view this week’s report from the legislative session. Dear Friends and Neighbors, The cost of buying or renting a home has a major effect on the level of affordability in our state. Republicans and Democrats agree that Washington simply doesn’t have enough affordable...

OLYMPIA… The state’s failure to deal with water contamination at the Special Commitment Center for sex offenders on McNeil Island has led to a $7.325 million judgment in a class-action lawsuit brought by hundreds of residents of the center. Sen. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, says this is the latest in a...

January 16, 2025 New year, new session… and a new responsibility Dear Friends and Neighbors, Let me begin by wishing you a belated Happy New Year! This is my first legislative update in a number of months as I was subject to a communications “freeze” during the campaign season. Over...

OLYMPIA… The budget leader for Senate Republicans says the $7.5 billion spending increase in the tax-heavy operating budget proposal unveiled by outgoing Gov. Jay Inslee today shows exactly why state lawmakers are facing a multibillion-dollar deficit. Sen. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, is the new Republican leader on the Senate Ways and...

OLYMPIA… Sen. Chris Gildon will lead Republicans on the Senate Ways and Means Committee for the 2025-26 legislative term. The Puyallup lawmaker had been assistant Republican leader on the budget committee for the past two years. Lawmakers must pass three biennial budgets during their 2025 session, which will begin Jan....

The following op-ed was published in the The (Tacoma) News Tribune April 5, 2024. Opinion By Sen. Chris Gildon Did the Washington Legislature just pass a ban on natural gas that will force about 900,000 Puget Sound area customers to convert from gas to electric? That is the topic of...