For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Last night at 11:55, with five minutes to spare before the deadline, Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines (33rd Legislative District), presided over the House of Representatives and brought down the final gavel of the 2014 Legislative session.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “Getting the chance to preside over the Sine Die ceremony was a true honor,” said Orwall, who held the gavel for the first time in 2009 when, in a rare occurrence, she was asked to preside over the House Floor. Two years later, her peers elected her Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore, and last year she became Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore. “This was a hard session, but in the end we came to an agreement and passed a responsible budget that protects the most vulnerable among us.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Orwall gained support for four of her measures in both chambers and they are now on Governor Inslee’s desk:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0HB 2315 \u2013 Suicide prevention training for health care professionals<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0HB 2164 \u2013 Evidence-based programs for juveniles adjudicated of unlawful possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0HB 2171 – Stronger economic protections for veterans and military personnel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0HB 1292 \u2013 Victims of the sex trade can start their lives over by vacating their criminal records.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Orwall added that while much of the great legislation passed by the House met an untimely death in the Senate, many good bills did make it through, including:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 The Dream Act.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0A supplemental operating budget that adds nearly $60 million for books, supplies and technology for schools.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 A mental health package that adds needed capacity in our communities.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Increased standards for high school graduation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Requiring critical health screenings for newborns.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 A supplemental transportation budget that sustains about 47,000 jobs across the state.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last night at 11:55, with five minutes to spare before the deadline, Rep. Tina Orwall, D-Des Moines (33rd Legislative District), presided over the House of Representatives and brought down the final gavel of the 2014 Legislative session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":3209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-3208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3208"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}