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The WVRA was introduced as SB 6002 in the 2018 session of the Washington State Legislature. On January 19, 2018, it passed the Washington State Senate by a vote of 29 in favor and 19 against. On February 27, 2018, it passed the Washington House of Representatives as amended by a vote of 52 in favor and 46 against. The amended bill was then ...
The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives , composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate , with 49 Senators plus the Lieutenant Governor acting as president. [ 1 ]
Washington is one of three states that elects nine separate statewide officials, while six others elect ten. The table also indicates the historical party composition in the State Senate, State House of Representatives, State delegation to the U.S. Senate, and State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives. State senators are elected to ...
The Washington State Constitution provides a right to pretrial release for most indivi ... House Bill 1252 would add additional requirements before judges could release a criminal suspect prior to ...
House Bill 1984, sponsored by Rep. Shelley Kloba, D-Kenmore, would make it illegal for such vehicles to operate without a driver. ... A bill introduced in the Washington State Legislature this ...
Sponsored by Health Care & Wellness Chair Rep. Dan Bronoske, D-Lakewood, House Bill 1531 would add new language to state law stating that “it is the policy of the state that public health ...
Citizens and the state legislature both have the ability to place new legislation, or legislation recently passed by the state legislature, on the ballot for a popular vote. Washington has three types of ballot measures that can be voted on in a general election: initiatives, referendums, and legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
Initiative 1639 was a Washington state ballot initiative concerning firearms regulation that was passed into law on November 6, 2018. The initiative altered the gun laws in Washington by defining the term "semiautomatic assault rifle" to include all semiautomatic rifles, [1] [2] raising the minimum age for purchasing semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21.