Note: The following op-ed appeared in the Cheney Free Press and other Eastern Washington weeklies the week of June 4, 2025. Sen. Jeff Wilson, Cheney Free Press Last year the Washington Legislature passed one of those high-handed virtue-signaling bills so popular with our green friends in the majority party. HB...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers May 22, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s e-newsletters, click here. Dear Friends and Neighbors, We’ve just seen the final act of this year’s legislative session – and boy, was it a letdown. On Tuesday our new governor signed...

Biosolids applied to a pumpkin field. /Credit: CC-by-3.0/Red58bill OLYMPIA – A bill launching a testing program for potential PFAS contamination in Washington’s food supply was signed Saturday by Gov. Bob Ferguson. Senate Bill 5033, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, directs the state Department of Ecology to develop a program...

OLYMPIA – A bill allowing public libraries in community centers was signed into law by Gov. Bob Ferguson Tuesday, affirming an arrangement that has served the city of Castle Rock for the last 12 years. Senate Bill 5365, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, clarifies state law to allow parks...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers May 9, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s e-newsletters, click here. We adjourned our session April 27, and maybe the best thing we can say about it is that it is done. Now let’s hope the governor calls us...

OLYMPIA – A bill creating a testing program to measure forever-chemical contamination in Washington’s food supply heads the list of wins for Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview in an otherwise-discouraging 2025 legislative session that ended Sunday, April 27. Despite passage of the largest tax increase in Washington history and legislation designed...

Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Jeff Wilson’s subscribers April 18, 2025. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s e-newsletters, click here.  Dear Friends and Neighbors, I often say there is a disconnect between the Legislature and the people of the state of Washington. But it was never more obvious...

Note: The following op-ed was distributed to newspapers circulating in the 19th Legislative District the week of April 7, and it appeared in The (Centralia) Chronicle and elsewhere. Sea lions gather on the Lower Columbia./ Courtesy photo Commentary by Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview Last month, it was mealtime on the...

To see Sen. Wilson’s speech on SB 5801, click here. OLYMPIA – Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, led opposition on the Senate floor Saturday to a plan that would raise gas taxes six cents a gallon and keep right on going. Senate Bill 5801, approved 31-18, would add a new feature...