Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/03/2009
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Female
Family: Widowed; 5 Children: Kris, Wylie, John, Jill, Jacqueline
Birth date: 12/18/1947
Birthplace: Seattle, WA
Home City: WA
Religion:

Education

BS, Business Management, Lewis-Clark State College

Profession

Director of Public Affairs, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, 1999-2009 Regional Director, United States Senator Jim McClure and United States Senator Larry Craig, 1985-1999 Forest Landowner and Manager

Committees

Audit Review and Oversight
Education
Education Appropriations and Oversight
Higher Education
Labor and Workforce Development

HB 2565 Requirements for Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machine Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6455 Transportation Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2319 Requirements for Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 5895 Authorizes the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2330 Requires Health Insurers to Cover Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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HB 2565 Requirements for Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Machine Tax Rate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 6455 Transportation Budget
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2319 Requirements for Health Insurance Exchange
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 5895 Authorizes the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 2330 Requires Health Insurers to Cover Abortion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6239 Authorizes Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 5942 State Liquor Sales
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1267 Definition of Parenthood
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1382 Express Toll Lanes in the Eastside Corridor
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 5073 Medical Use of Cannabis
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1166 Preventing Alcohol Poisoning Deaths
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1382 Express Toll Lanes in the Eastside Corridor
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1489 Anti-Phosphorus Fertilizer Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1267 Definition of Parenthood
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1086 2011-2012 Supplemental Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 6444 2009-2011 Biennium Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2836 2009-2011 Supplemental Biennium Capital Budget
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2493 Cigarette Tax Increase
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 6143 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 6503 State Employee Furlough Plan
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2782 Limiting Disability Benefits
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 6130 Initiative 960 (Tax Increase Restrictions) Suspension
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 2793 Legalizing Paid Surrogacy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1956 Limiting Local Regulations of Homeless Shelters
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2561 Energy Efficiency Improvement Bonds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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