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HR4664 • 2026

Speaker Frank Chopp

Honoring Speaker Frank Chopp.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Representative Jinkins, Representative Stokesbary, Representative Abbarno, Representative Abell, Representative Barkis, Representative Barnard, Representative Berg, Representative Bergquist, Representative Bernbaum, Representative Berry, Representative Bronoske, Representative Burnett, Representative Valdez, Representative Callan, Representative Chase, Representative Connors, Representative Corry, Representative Cortes, Representative Couture, Representative Davis, Representative Dent, Representative Doglio, Representative Donaghy, Representative Duerr, Representative Dufault, Representative Dye, Representative Engell, Representative Entenman, Representative Eslick, Representative Farivar, Representative Fey, Representative Fitzgibbon, Representative Fosse, Representative Goodman, Representative Graham, Representative Gregerson, Representative Griffey, Representative Hackney, Representative Hill, Representative Hunt, Representative Jacobsen, Representative Keaton, Representative Klicker, Representative Kloba, Representative Leavitt, Representative Lekanoff, Representative Ley, Representative Low, Representative Macri, Representative Manjarrez, Representative Marshall, Representative McClintock, Representative McEntire, Representative Mena, Representative Mendoza, Representative Morgan, Representative Nance, Representative Obras, Representative Orcutt, Representative Ormsby, Representative Ortiz-Self, Representative Parshley, Representative Paul, Representative Penner, Representative Peterson, Representative Pollet, Representative Ramel, Representative Reed, Representative Reeves, Representative Richards, Representative Rude, Representative Rule, Representative Ryu, Representative Salahuddin, Representative Santos, Representative Schmick, Representative Schmidt, Representative Scott, Representative Shavers, Representative Simmons, Representative Springer, Representative Stearns, Representative Steele, Representative Stonier, Representative Street, Representative Stuebe, Representative Taylor, Representative Thai, Representative Tharinger, Representative Thomas, Representative Timmons, Representative Volz, Representative Walen, Representative Walsh, Representative Waters, Representative Wylie, Representative Ybarra, Representative Zahn
Last action
2025-04-24
Official status
H Introduced
Effective date
Not listed

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Speaker Frank Chopp

Speaker Frank Chopp

What This Bill Does

  • Speaker Frank Chopp

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-24 House

    Introduced.

Official Summary Text

Speaker Frank Chopp

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WHEREAS, Speaker Frank Chopp was a lifelong Washingtonian who 1
began his fight for social justice in high school, leading a protest 2
against the Bremerton Elks Club for refusing to allow Black members; 3
and 4
WHEREAS, Chopp honored his family's roots in Croatia and in 5
Roslyn, Washington, where his father started working in the coal 6
mines at age 12 before becoming a union electrical worker in the 7
shipyard in Bremerton, where his mother worked in the school 8
cafeteria; and 9
WHEREAS, While at the University of Washington, he organized 10
efforts to preserve housing for working people, co-founded the 11
Seattle Tenants Union in 1977, and protested the demolition of low-12
income housing by building and living in a geodesic dome in a parking 13
lot; and 14
WHEREAS, He graduated magna cum laude from the University of 15
Washington in 1975 and was a co-lecturer on nonprofit management with 16
his wife, Nancy Long, at the Evan's School of Public Policy and 17
Governance from 1992 to 1995; and 18
WHEREAS, He worked in management positions at a community service 19
center and several nonprofits, becoming the executive director of the 20
Fremont Public Association (now Solid Ground) in 1983 where he 21
developed and managed programs to provide people with food, emergency 22
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2025-4664 , by Representatives Jinkins, Stokesbary,
Abbarno, Abell, Barkis, Barnard, Berg, Bergquist, Bernbaum, Berry, Bronoske,
Burnett, Caldier, Callan, Chase, Connors, Corry, Cortes, Couture, Davis, Dent,
Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr, Dufault, Dye, Engell, Entenman, Eslick, Farivar, Fey,
Fitzgibbon, Fosse, Goodman, Graham, Gregerson, Griffey, Hackney, Hill, Hunt,
Jacobsen, Keaton, Klicker, Kloba, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Ley, Low, Macri, Manjarrez,
Marshall, McClintock, McEntire, Mena, Mendoza, Morgan, Nance, Obras, Orcutt,
Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Parshley, Paul, Penner, Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Reed, Reeves,
Richards, Rude, Rule, Ryu, Salahuddin, Santos, Schmick, Schmidt, Scott, Shavers,
Simmons, Springer, Stearns, Steele, Stonier, Street, Stuebe, Taylor, Thai,
Tharinger, Thomas, Timmons, Volz, Walen, Walsh, Waters, Wylie, Ybarra, and Zahn
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shelter, housing, housing counseling, employment services, 1
paratransit services, and more; and 2
WHEREAS, He led an effort to provide over $2 billion for housing 3
in Seattle, the effort to provide low-income housing at Magnuson 4
Park, co-founded the Low Income Housing Institute and the Economic 5
Opportunity Institute; helped organize collective bargaining units 6
for office workers, home care workers, and public transit drivers; 7
and created and participated with many projects and groups, including 8
the Coalition for Survival Services, the Food Resources Network, the 9
Workers Center, Lettuce Link, Community Voice Mail, and PortJOBS; and10
WHEREAS, In 1994, Chopp won an election to the House of 11
Representatives from the 43rd Legislative District, and he would 12
serve the people of that district, and the people of the state of 13
Washington, from January 9, 1995, until a new representative took the 14
oath of office on January 13, 2025; and 15
WHEREAS, Chopp served as Minority Floor Leader, then Minority 16
Leader, before becoming Co-Speaker of the House with Republican Clyde 17
Ballard when the House of Representatives was tied 49-49 from 1999 to 18
2001; and became the sole Speaker of the House in 2002, serving a 19
total of 20 years as Co-Speaker or Speaker until 2019, making him the 20
longest serving speaker in state history; and 21
WHEREAS, Chopp made "One Washington" a guiding principle, using 22
that phrase coined by Caucus Chair Bill Grant of Walla Walla to 23
communicate his belief that he was responsible to the entire state of 24
Washington and that no matter where one lives in Washington, the 25
values and concerns we share are much stronger than those that divide 26
us; and 27
WHEREAS, Chopp never wanted to take credit for accomplishments, 28
instead lifting others into the spotlight; and 29
WHEREAS, Chopp's ongoing legacy will be not just the many things 30
he did but the people he inspired to serve as elected officials, 31
legislative staff, nonprofit and community leaders, academics, and 32
activists; and 33
WHEREAS, He helped organized home health care workers in an 34
effort to get them closer to a respectable wage to pay their bills as 35
well for care for their patients, continuing that work as a lawmaker, 36
and living to see his daughter, Ellie, work in that same field, 37
carrying his torch of hope and fairness; and 38
WHEREAS, Chopp died March 22, 2025, at the age of 71, survived by 39
his wife, Nancy Long, and two children Ellie Chopp and Narayan Long;40
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives 1
honor the life and legacy of Speaker Frank Chopp, as our state is 2
forever changed by his leadership and his vision. 3
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