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March 19, 2024

Initiatives set the tone for the 2024 legislative session

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers March 19, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s updates from Olympia, click here. Well-wishers thronged the Senate floor March 7 after the final gavel fell to end our 2024 session. Dear Friends and Neighbors, This year in Olympia, the...
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March 19, 2024

Wilson bill to study EV fires is signed into law

Sen. Jeff Wilson charges his 2017 Bolt at the Washington Capitol. OLYMPIA – Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, remembers what happened when the battery on his 2017 Chevy Bolt was recalled because of a potential fire hazard. “Suddenly people were telling me, ‘Don’t park here.’ People are spooked. It’s a problem...
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March 08, 2024

Sea lion control is snubbed in final budget deal as House Democrats take side of predators

Sea lion near Bonneville Dam. Source: Army Corps of Engineers. OLYMPIA – A proposal from Sen. Jeff Wilson to get state officials the money they need to combat sea lion predation on the lower Columbia and its tributaries was defeated behind closed doors this week as lawmakers negotiated a final...
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March 07, 2024

Three initiatives are passed by the Legislature – three more come in November

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers March 5, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s updates from Olympia, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, When our 2024 legislative session started, I called this the ‘Year of the Initiative.’ A few days from adjournment, I was proven...
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March 05, 2024

Wilson EV bill ignites unanimous support from Legislature, goes to governor

Sen. Jeff Wilson charges his 2017 Chevy Bolt on the Capitol Campus in Olympia. OLYMPIA – A bill from Sen. Jeff Wilson to study electric vehicle fires and determine best firefighting practices has won unanimous support from the Washington Legislature and is on its way to the governor’s desk for...
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March 04, 2024

Housing costs will skyrocket under bill allowing utility to shut off the gas, Wilson says

OLYMPIA – A bill allowing the state’s largest gas-and-electric utility to start shutting off the gas to thousands of customers will dramatically increase the cost of housing in Washington state, says Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview. “In a time when everyone in the Legislature is talking about making housing affordable, this...
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February 23, 2024

Wilson wins $1.5 million to combat sea lion predation on Columbia and tributaries

Sea lion on Columbia. Credit/ Army Corps of Engineers. OLYMPIA – A $1.5 million appropriation to combat sea lion predation on the lower Columbia River and its tributaries was approved by the state Senate Friday as it passed a $71.6 billion operating budget bill. The Senate passed the budget measure...
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February 22, 2024

A warning about warning labels – new law aims to thwart initiatives

Note: This op-ed originally was published in The (Centralia) Chronicle Feb. 21 and was updated March 5 to reflect the passage of three initiatives by the Legislature on March 4. By Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview Democrats are telling us Initiative 2109 will blow a $5.6 billion hole in the state...
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February 22, 2024

Hearings set on three initiatives

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers Feb. 22, 2024. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s updates from Olympia, click here.   Dear Friends and Neighbors, We’ve had a big surprise in Olympia. After nearly two months of silence, our majority Democratic colleagues in the House and...
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