Each year, Washington Conservation Action names a Legislator of the Year: a leader who has gone above and beyond as an environmental champion during the most recent legislative session.

This year WCA is honored to announce state Representative Beth Doglio of the 22nd Legislative District as Washington Conservation Action’s 2024 Legislator of the Year!

Join us as we present this award to Rep. Doglio on May 9, 2024

“It is an honor to receive this award from an organization where I served as its first Executive Director,”Rep. Beth Doglio said.  “It is also a privilege to continue in the long legacy of representatives from the 22nd Legislative District who have led in the fight to ensure clean air and water, conserve healthy forests, and tackle the climate crisis. Our children deserve a sustainable planet, which is why promoting a climate-smart energy sector remains one of my highest priorities in the State Legislature.”

WCA selects Representative Doglio for many reasons: During a long career in the Washington State Legislature, she became one of the most passionate and dedicated leaders on environmental matters in Olympia. She has pushed for funds to clean up Puget Sound, protecting and restoring the sound’s habitat and wildlife. She has been one of the state’s most steadfast environmental champions in the fight to tackle climate change. In the 2024 legislative session, she sponsored a bill that will spur the state’s largest gas utility, and biggest polluter, to begin the transition to clean energy.  

In 2024, Rep. Doglio’s first term as Chair of the House Environment & Energy Committee, two in three of the bills she passed were signed into law.  She helped lead the effort to pass HB 1368 to ensure clean zero emission school buses for our kids. Rep. Doglio also supported several successful bills that protect the public from toxic chemicals and substances, banning dangerous chemicals in cosmetics, addressing lead in cookware, and ensuring safe disposal of lighting products that contain mercury and other toxins. 

Perhaps Rep. Doglio’s crowning achievement in the 2024 session was sponsoring HB 1589, a bill that will spur the state’s largest gas utility – and biggest climate polluter – to start taking significant steps forward on the path to clean energy. HB 1589 will also provide funds to help families and businesses transition away from heating with dirty fossil fuels. 

Finally, as the House lead on environmental policy, she played a pivotal role in making sure  that the more than $2 billion generated by the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) were spent for their intended purposes: To reduce carbon in the environment and produce healthy air for this and future generations. Notably, Rep. Doglio pushed for CCA funding to expand our use of state lands to store carbon to help in the effort to tackle climate change.

We’re proud to honor her as the 2024 Legislator of the Year!

Join us as we present this award to Rep. Doglio on May 9, 2024.