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Washington state Capitol Rep. Noel Frame
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The Washington state Legislature closed its legislative session Monday after a session unlike any other. The enormity last year’s events demanded a robust response from Washington’s lawmakers, who worked hard to step up to the plate despite the difficult circumstances under which they were required to work.
One issue loomed over everything the state’s lawmakers did the global coronavirus pandemic. Washington was the site of the first recorded U.S. cases of the disease, and the pandemic’s effects on Washingtonians have been severe.
State Legislature closes doors on 2021 session
Ruairi Vaughan, Contributing writer Courtesy photo: Washington state Capitol
The Washington state Legislature closed its legislative session Monday after a session unlike any other. The enormity last year’s events demanded a robust response from Washington’s lawmakers, who worked hard to step up to the plate despite the difficult circumstances under which they were required to work.
One issue loomed over everything the state’s lawmakers did the global coronavirus pandemic. Washington was the site of the first recorded U.S. cases of the disease, and the pandemic’s effects on Washingtonians have been severe.
Clark County lawmakers split along party lines on police use-of-force bill
Published: April 18, 2021, 6:02am
Share: Police at the scene of the fatal shooting of William Abbe on Fourth Plain Boulevard and Stapleton Road on April 28, 2020. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
A bill establishing a state office to investigate police use-of-force incidents passed the Legislature last week and is on track to be signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee before the session concludes.
House Bill 1267 will create an Office of Independent Investigations to look into officer-involved cases involving deadly force, injury or sexual assault. Lawmakers from Clark County voted with their parties the Democrats from the 49th Legislative District were in support, and the Republicans from the 17th and 18th districts were in opposition.
by Matt Baume • Mar 17, 2021 at 10:30 am
Police ready themselves on Capitol Hill in June of 2020. PHOTO BY TRISTAN FAIRCHOK
On one side, you have the families of people killed by police officers, a coalition of criminal justice reformers, and the mayor of Tacoma. On the other side: Cops. Sponsored
This past Monday, the Senate Law & Justice Committee heard public testimony on one of the highest-profile bills to be introduced in response to last summer’s protests over police violence, and it was gut-wrenching. The bill in question is HB 1267, and it would establish an Office of Independent Investigations in the Governor’s office to investigate deadly force incidents involving police.
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