Paul Harris

Rep. Brandon Vick and I are holding a town hall meeting this Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Battle Ground City Hall at 11 a.m. The meeting will take place on the second floor in the city council chambers. We are inviting all 17th and 18th District constituents to attend. We...

Rep. Harris appointed to new aging and disability legislative committee Rep. Paul Harris has been appointed by House Speaker Frank Chopp to serve on the Joint Legislative-Executive Committee on Aging and Disability. The committee’s mission will be to identify key strategic actions to plan for the increasing population of the...

End of session update from Rep. Paul Harris, July 2, 2013 After 153 days in session, the Legislature finally adjourned on Saturday, June 29, and averted a government shutdown. That said, I never really felt like we would be forced to shutdown any services. I believe government shutdowns happen because...

Harris issues end-of-session statement on operating budget, transportation State government averted a government shutdown with the Legislature’s passage of a state operating budget last week. Lawmakers also passed a capital budget over the weekend, but the contentious transportation tax revenue package pushed by House Democrats failed to gain enough support...

It has been a while since I have sent an update, partly because the first special session came and went with nothing accomplished. Read: Washington taxpayers get $77,000 bill for most unproductive Legislature gathering in state’s history. Despite us still not having an operating budget, there are plenty of issues...

Cornerstone Christian School Micah Smith paged in the state House of Representatives April 15 – 19. He was sponsored by his 17th District Rep. Paul Harris. Micah is the son of Lewis and Terri Smith of Vancouver. “I am pleased Micah made the effort to come to Olympia and get...

Rep. Harris e-mail update, April 30, 2013: His vote on the transportation budget. Differences between House and Senate operating budgets . The Democrats tax package - House Bill 2038 - floor debate and vote, committee testimony from district.

Bills primed sponsored by 17th District Rep. Paul Harris relating to funding the prescription monitoring program and allowing licensed pharmacists to prescribe legend drugs were signed by the governor this week.

First, I want to thank those of you who were able to attend the town hall Sen. Don Benton and I held on March 16. We had approximately 100 people in attendance and we were able to discuss a variety of issues. Of course the Columbia River Crossing remains a...