To see video of floor speech, click here. OLYMPIA – A bill placing new restrictions on “open-carry” rules is yet another attack on Second Amendment rights that threatens to turn law-abiding gun owners into inadvertent lawbreakers, says Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview. Senate Bill 5038 bans the open carrying of firearms...

Sen. Jeff Wilson addresses the Senate’s “virtual session” remotely Thursday as SB 5341 passes unanimously. OLYMPIA – Sen. Jeff Wilson’s first bill cleared the state Senate Thursday – a measure that allows local voter-approved public-safety sales taxes to be used for emergency medical services, and untangles a funding snarl in...

Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, issued the following statement in response to Gov. Jay Inslee’s announcement that southwest Washington and most other regions of the state will move to Phase 2 of the state’s COVID lockdown plan. The change will permit restaurants to resume indoor dining, allow gyms and entertainment venues...

Limited reopenings OK’d in Grays Harbor, Lewis, Pacific and Thurston counties, but not Cowlitz, Clark or Wahkiakum OLYMPIA – A new plan announced by Gov. Jay Inslee for limited business reopenings is a nice start, but it doesn’t go far enough, says Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview. Under the governor’s plan,...

Senator John Braun and Senator Jeff Wilson encouraged, hopeful for governor’s announcement OLYMPIA…Senate Republican Leader John Braun, and Sen. Jeff Wilson, ranking Republican on the Senate State Government and Elections Committee, released the following remarks after reading in the media the Senate majority leader’s comments that the governor would be...

After rebuff in committee, Wilson, Republicans take fight to Senate floor OLYMPIA – Majority Democrats in the state Senate shot down an effort to reopen the state’s restaurants and other small businesses Wednesday evening, ending a day of work by Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, and others to force a decision....

Ranking Republican on State Government committee moves for vote OLYMPIA – Washington must act quickly to reopen small businesses that have been shuttered by the COVID-19 lockdown, says Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, following an effort in committee Wednesday to bring the issue to a vote. During a meeting of the...

Huge number of sign-ups lead ranking Republican on Senate committee to call for additional hearing on bill to reopen restaurants, gyms, entertainment venues OLYMPIA – An outpouring of frustration with Washington’s COVID lockdown restrictions greeted lawmakers Wednesday as they held their first hearing on the issue, ten long months after...

Bipartisan bill to move state to “Phase 2” gets Senate hearing Wednesday OLYMPIA – More than 1,000 people have signed up so far for a Senate hearing Wednesday on reopening businesses that have been shuttered by the state’s COVID lockdown, demonstrating the issue is one of the state’s top concerns,...