Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Key Moments

  • Marcus Riccelli — Appears in the roll call as 'Ritchelli.'
  • Marcus Riccelli — Marcus Riccelli is referenced in roll call and then recognized multiple times before making a motion that the Senate be at ease, subject to the call of the President, for the purpose of caucus. The motion is then attributed to him and adopted without objection.
  • Rebecca Saldaña — Rebecca Saldaña is mentioned in the roll call, with her name appearing in slightly distorted and corrected forms across consecutive transcript segments.
  • Rebecca Saldaña — Requested to be excused from the floor session.
  • Rebecca Saldaña — Recorded as voting aye.
  • Rebecca Saldaña — Appears in the roll call as 'Al-Danya' / 'Colloman' nearby; transcription is uncertain.
  • Rebecca Saldaña — Recorded as voting aye in the roll call.
  • Shelly Short — Name appears in the roll call.
  • Shelly Short — Voted no on appointment 9145.
  • Mark Schoesler — Name appears in the roll call as a distorted form.
  • Mark Schoesler — A brief transitional reference to Senator Benke/Mark Schoesler appears twice in close succession, with no substantive discussion beyond the mention itself.
  • Suzanne Schmidt — Name appears in the roll call as a distorted form.
  • Suzanne Schmidt — Judy Warnick is repeatedly listed during the roll call vote sequence, including multiple appearances of her name and one instance where the roll call text is garbled, but all references belong to the same procedural voting moment.
  • Claire Wilson — Name appears in the roll call.
  • Claire Wilson — Claire Wilson is listed in the roll call vote and recorded as voting aye.
  • Jeff Wilson — Jeff Wilson is identified in the roll call and as the prime sponsor of Senate Resolution 8690, then speaks to introduce the resolution, moves its adoption, and explains his support by referencing his connection to the 19th Legislative District and why he brought the resolution forward.
  • Jeff Wilson — Jeff Wilson is listed multiple times in the roll call during the vote on Senate gubernatorial appointment number 9143. The sequence culminates in the confirmation of Allison F. Holub as a member of the Washington State Women's Commission.
  • Honor Baldwin — Senate page from Cascade Christian High School in Bonney Lake, part of the color guard.
  • Hazel Terry — Senate page from Sehome High School in Bellingham, part of the color guard.
  • Caroline Bernateck — Senate page who will lead the pledge; student at Edmonds High School in Edmonds.
  • Pastor Melanie Grasse — Executive Pastor at Our Church Foundation of University Place, offering the prayer.
  • Tony Nash Thiel — Introduced as Council Member and Chair of the Chinook Indian Nation.
  • Sam Robinson — Introduced as Council Member and Vice Chair of the Chinook Indian Nation.
  • Tony Johnson — Tony Johnson is introduced as the Honorable Tony Johnson, a Council Member of the Chinook Indian Nation.
  • Mary Johnson — Mary Johnson is introduced as the Cultural Coordinator for the Chinook Indian Nation.
  • Allison F. Holub — Allison F. Holub was introduced as a gubernatorial appointee for confirmation to the Washington State Women's Commission, followed by supporting details about her education, professional background, involvement with the Washington, D.C. Women's Foreign Policy Group, and her membership in the Cowlitz Tribe.
  • Jessica Bateman — Recommended Allison F. Holub for confirmation and summarized her qualifications.
  • T'wina Nobles — Moved to excuse Senator Saldaña.
  • T'wina Nobles — Moved to excuse Senator Saldaña.
  • T'wina Nobles — Moved confirmation of Yolanda K. King Lowe's appointment.
  • T'wina Nobles — Explained Yolanda K. King Lowe's background and urged confirmation.
  • T'wina Nobles — Appears in the roll call.
  • T'wina Nobles — Appears in the roll call.
  • Keith Wagoner — Moved to excuse a senator, but the name of the senator is garbled in the transcript.
  • Senator Nobody — Questionable transcription of the senator being excused; exact identity unclear.
  • Lisa Wellman — Listed in the roll call vote.
  • Lisa Wellman — Appears in the roll call.
  • Lisa Wellman — Moved confirmation of Malia Mullen's appointment.
  • Lisa Wellman — Explained Malia Mullen's education and career background.
  • Lisa Wellman — Said she has served as an advisor to the Women's Commission since its conception and asked for support for Malia Mullen.
  • Lisa Wellman — Appears in the roll call as 'Callan' likely intended to be Lisa Callan; transcription is uncertain.
  • Lisa Wellman — Appears in the roll call.
  • John Braun — Asked how he voted and voted aye.
  • John Braun — Asked how he voted and voted no.
  • April Berg — Appears in the roll call as 'Alvarado' and 'Bateman' etc. Roll call begins here; names are listed.
  • Bob Hasegawa — Bob Hasegawa appears in the roll call and is subsequently recorded as voting aye.
  • Marko Liias — Appears in the roll call as 'Lubick' likely intended to be Liias; transcription is uncertain.
  • Sharon Wylie — Appears in the roll call as 'Orwell' likely intended to be Orwall.
  • Curtis King — Asked how he voted and voted no.
  • Joe Schmick — Acknowledged the reading of appointment 9163.