How would I be able to go about trying to get a law passed in Washington state?

Maybe a dumb question but born and raised in king county. Left for a few years but recently moved back for a job, and as I came back I started volunteering again at animal shelters like I used to. And it just really saddens me that there is such a stray dog crisis and so many healthy dogs are euthanized due to a lack of space, and how many puppies and moms come to us from bad back yard breeding situations.

I really do believe that taking ownership of an animal and forcing it to breed is a privilege and not a right and that it should be something where any breeder no matter how many animals they are breeding should have to register as an animal breeder and comply with standards of ethical breeding.

Anyways I really want to do something about it at a state level, as I don’t think there will ever be an end to the stray dog crisis if we keep allowing horrible backyard breeders to overpopulate the population with no regulation or repercussion.

So I’m trying to figure out what the process is for a regular person to try and convince my local representatives or whoever it is that I would need to that this is important for our state and that it’s needed due to how overwhelmed our shelters are.