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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 ]
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Legislature's House Community Safety Committee has voted out a revised version of a bill that places more safeguards around the pretrial release of ...
An excerpt of rules that Washington state House lawmakers approved on Jan. 24, 2025, which will block automatic access for the governor’s staff to the House chamber.
The bill then passed the state House of Representatives by a vote of 66–32, and had to go back to the Senate for another vote due to some amendments. The Senate later passed the amended bill by a vote of 33–16. Governor Jay Inslee signed it into law on March 28, 2018. [92]
Washington Governor Jay Inslee was re-elected to a third term in 2020 with 56.6% of the vote. Because Washington does not have gubernatorial term limits in its constitution, he was eligible to run for re-election for a fourth term, but he has decided not to seek re-election. [28] State Attorney General Bob Ferguson won the Democratic nomination.
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Benton was first elected to public office when he won a seat in the Washington state House of Representatives in 1994. In 1996, he won simultaneous special and general elections to the state Senate, and was re-elected four times. [1] In 2012, Benton faced a tight and contentious race, edging Democratic challenger Tim Probst by less than 100 ...
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