Chris Gildon

Several weeks ago, Sen. Zeiger, Rep. Chambers, and I got together to discuss the best time for us to host a post-session town hall meeting. Instead of waiting until late March, we thought two days after session would be ideal. We knew many of you would have questions for us,...

The Puyallup Hatchery was established in 1949 to increase production of trout in Pierce County lakes and streams. Now protected as a state and national historical landmark, the hatchery is undergoing some important changes. Here’s an update from Rep. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, 25th District.

It was a long night on the House floor Wednesday, as legislators gathered to consider Senate Bill 5395, the controversial comprehensive sex education bill that would require all public schools in Washington to teach sex education to every student K-12. House Republicans introduced a number of amendments, which were debated...

Believe it or not, this short 60-day session is scheduled to adjourn a week from tomorrow. We’ve now passed some additional policy cutoff deadlines, hundreds of bills have passed back and forth between the House and the Senate, and we’ve seen dozens of interesting pieces of legislation throughout this process....

The cost of housing continues to be a major issue in our state. Building Permit costs and their associated timelines are a large driver of that cost. Rep. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, 25th District shares his idea to reduce those costs.

The House and Senate introduced their 2020 supplemental budgets this week and laid out how they plan to use the state’s projected $2.4 billion revenue surplus. Rep. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, highlights some of the good and bad of the proposed budgets and shares some things the Republicans would do differently.

Rep. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, 25th District shares some of the positive road construction efforts going on in the Puyallup area to help ease traffic congestion and encourage economic development.

With last week’s state revenue forecast revealing a $2.4 billion budget surplus, House Republican budget lead, Rep. Drew Stokesbary, introduced a bill that would provide $1 billion in tax relief for Washington’s working families. Twenty-fifth District Reps. Kelly Chambers and Chris Gildon joined every member of the House Republican Caucus in...

Can you believe the 2020 session is already more than halfway finished? We only have three weeks left to get bills through both chambers and to the governor’s desk. Wednesday is the last day to consider bills in their house of origin. Each bill has to pass through both the...