Seattle state senator apologizes for joining a Zoom hearing while driving By Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times Published: April 7, 2021, 8:04am Share: State Sen. Rebecca Saldaña, D-Seattle, has apologized after she participated in a legislative video hearing Tuesday morning while she drove a car to Olympia. Her attempt to multitask was “not in compliance with the law,” she said. The Legislature passed a distracted-driving law in 2017, following testimony by families of people killed in vehicle crashes. Washington code forbids several behaviors, among them “watching video on a personal electronic device.” Saldaña, vice chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, appeared on TVW’s livestream behind the wheel, with a virtual Capitol as background. She fielded a question about clean fuels.