Jeff Wilson

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

OLYMPIA – With a vote Tuesday afternoon, the state Senate declared Washington to be “The Evergreen State” and attempted once again to clear up an oversight that dates back 131 years. It’s the second try for Senate Bill 5595, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview. His bill passed the Senate...