Rep. Barnard defends parental rights: ‘We deserve to know what’s happening with our children’
Rep. Stephanie Barnard, R-Pasco, speaks in support of Amendment 1162 to ESSB 5181, pushing back on provisions that block parental access to their child’s medical and mental health records. As a mother, Barnard shares a personal story of being denied critical information about her son’s care and calls for schools to stop treating parents as adversaries. “We should be strengthening the parent-child relationship—not driving a wedge between them.”
Watch Barnard’s full remarks and learn why she stood up against this deeply flawed bill.
