SENATE RESOLUTION
8703
By Senators Pedersen, Braun, Stanford, Riccelli, Hunt, J. Wilson, Hasegawa, Hansen, Cortes, Liias, McCune, Frame, Holy, Kauffman, Short, Krishnadasan, Boehnke, Valdez, Christian, Muzzall, Goehner, Warnick, King, Torres, Dozier, Harris, Bateman, Chapman, Gildon, C. Wilson, Trudeau, Cleveland, Nobles, Dhingra, Fortunato, Salomon, Alvarado, MacEwen, Robinson, Lovelett, Wagoner, Saldaña, Lovick, Slatter, Orwall, Shewmake, and Wellman
WHEREAS, Steven Edward Conway was first elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 1993, and was reelected eight times. He was elected to the Washington State Senate in 2010, and was reelected three times; and
WHEREAS, For 34 years, Senator Conway has represented the 29th legislative district, which includes the cities of Tacoma, Midland, Parkland, and Spanaway, and is home to many working families; and
WHEREAS, Senator Conway has served on labor committees in the House or Senate for the entire duration of his legislative career, and served as Chair of the committee for many years in the House; and
WHEREAS, Throughout his tenure, Senator Conway has been a steadfast advocate for working families and a leading champion of collective bargaining rights, recognizing the fundamental importance of workers' ability to organize and negotiate for fair wages, benefits, and working conditions; and
WHEREAS, Senator Conway's influence and input can be found in every major labor policy over the last three decades. He has shaped and strengthened collective bargaining rights, unemployment insurance, apprenticeship programs, Paid Family and Medical Leave, and our state's pension system; and
WHEREAS, Senator Conway has also been intimately involved in the state's pension policy. He is the longest serving member of the Select Committee on Pension Policy, a committee that has made Washington's pension system one of the best funded in the nation; and
WHEREAS, Senator Conway has also delivered funding for countless local projects during his career. His work helped expand the University of Washington Tacoma and build the LeMay Car Museum, as well as establish the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington and, most recently, the Asia Pacific Cultural Center in Tacoma; and
WHEREAS, Senator Conway is also passionate about supporting park spaces, and was instrumental in securing funding for the Star Center in South Tacoma, the Eastside Community Center in the Eastside neighborhood, and Cross Park in the Frederickson area; and
WHEREAS, Senator Conway was elected by the Senate to the position of President Pro Tempore on January 13, 2025, and presided over the Senate with grace when called upon to do so; and