Several proposals introduced this year by 17th District Sen. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver, are still alive this session after being approved by the Senate ahead of today’s “floor cutoff” deadline for the Senate to pass its own bills. “I’m very encouraged to see these bills receive approval by my Senate colleagues,” said Harris. “Most of them...

March 4, 2025 Dear Friends and Neighbors, Greetings from Olympia! The 2025 legislative session recently reached another key deadline. Last Friday was the deadline for the Senate’s two budget committees – Ways and Means, and Transportation – to pass Senate bills sent to them. With that “cutoff” for voting behind us, the Senate is now...

The state Senate has unanimously approved two bills introduced this year by 17th District Sen. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver. The Senate today passed Substitute Senate Bill 5370, which would give voters in seven Washington port districts the option of extending the terms of their port commissioners to six years, rather than the current four years. Most...