Dear neighbors, Serving the people of the 45th District is truly one of the great honors of my lifetime, and I will be continuing to work on the issues that matter to us during interim. For the next few months, though, election-year ethics restrictions on official communications kick in. I will ...
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Dhingra joins panel laying out path to universal health care in WA
SEATTLE — A panel of national health care leaders at the Binaytara ...
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2024 Session Report
Dear neighbors, Once again this year, the Legislature passed bills that put ...
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Dhingra bill to Stop the Bleed in schools signed into law
OLYMPIA — Legislation backed by students and surgeons to help keep students ...
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Manka Dhingra is Deputy Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate. She brings two decades of experience as a prosecutor and behavioral health expert to her role as chair of the Senate Law & Justice Committee. She also serves on the Health & Long Term Care Committee and the Ways & Means Committee.
Dhingra was first elected to the Senate by the constituents of the 45th Legislative District in November 2017, the first Sikh state legislator elected in the nation. Since then, she has sponsored and passed legislation addressing a wide range of issue areas, including: curbing domestic violence and sexual assault, preventing firearm violence, providing property tax relief for seniors and people with disabilities, prosecuting financial fraud, and reforming the criminal justice system with an evidence-based approach.
During her time in the Senate, Dhingra founded the Senate Behavioral Health Subcommittee and helped pass legislation and funding to transform the Washington State behavioral health system, reorienting it around prevention rather than crisis response. She continues to strive to ensure that Washingtonians with behavioral health needs get the treatment they need and deserve.
Read Manka’s full biography here.
Manka in the News
KOMO: New bill signed aims to help school staff aid students with severe injuries |ARC Seattle
Governor Jay Inslee recently signed a bill into law to help keep ...
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Yakima Herald-Republic: Public defenders’ plight is finally getting some attention
After this session of the Washington Legislature, though, the state will at ...
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InvestigateWest: New WA Legislation Prioritizes Human Trafficking Prosecutions And Support For Child Victims
Washington state lawmakers have passed a bill that takes steps to prosecute more ...
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Big Country News: $500K will fund genetic genealogy testing for all unidentified remains in Washington
In 2023, at the recommendation of the task force and request of ...
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WA State Standard: Child sex trafficking survivor says update of WA laws will help prevent stories like hers
When Yvonne Hubbell was 16, she stabbed an 81-year-old man soliciting her ...
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Crosscut: WA legislators are pushing new gun bills. Here’s what could pass
Senate Bill 6246, sponsored by Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, would require a ...
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AP: Washington Lawmakers Advance Bill Making It A Felony To Threaten Election Workers
The Washington state Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to make harassing election workers ...
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WA State Standard: Ban on child marriages in Washington could soon be law
Child marriage is still legal in Washington. That may soon change: The ...
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KIRO 7: How a new state bill could help save students’ lives
Legislation aimed at helping students in emergency situations unanimously passed the Washington ...
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Everett Post: Dems, Republicans take different approaches to recruiting police officers to WA
Democrats suggest their approach is better designed to address the officer shortages ...
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