Jeff Wilson

Overtime session demonstrates majority’s ‘attitude problem’ on public safety Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, released the following statement regarding the Legislature’s upcoming special session, set for Tuesday to finish the job on a bill restoring penalties for possession of hard drugs. Lawmakers were unable to reach agreement during their regular legislative...

Longview senator’s measure enables loans, gifts or sales of firearms to museums for display purposes – eliminates a hitch in state law   Photo credit: “Guns at Lakhota Museum,” Rangilo Gujarati, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 A bill from Sen. Jeff Wilson enabling firearms transfers to museums was signed into...

Washington State University will study a growing environmental concern A bill from Sen. Jeff Wilson that holds green energy to green standards was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Jay Inslee. Senate Bill 5287 turns the spotlight on wind turbines, and the environmental problem they leave behind. When a wind...

Legislature’s big debate about public safety to continue when lawmakers return May 16 Note: The following e-newsletter was sent to Sen. Wilson’s subscribers May 2, 2023. To subscribe to Sen. Wilson’s e-newsletters, click here. So soon after we put Olympia in the rear-view mirror, the Washington Legislature is getting set...

Final budgets approved by Washington lawmakers as they prepared to adjourn their 2023 legislative session include $72 million for a railway-grade separation project in Aberdeen, and $111 million for other public works across Southwest Washington’s 19th Legislative District. Members of the Legislature passed transportation and capital budgets Saturday, a day...

OLYMPIA – A bill from Sen. Jeff Wilson that holds green energy to green standards cleared its last hurdle in the Legislature Monday. Senate Bill 5287 launches a study by Washington State University on the feasibility of recycling wind turbine blades once they have reached the end of their useful...

Emergency closure raises concern about 94-year-old structure Lewis and Clark Bridge, Longview. Credit: Cacophony/ CC 3.0 Sen. Jeff Wilson is calling for a legislative hearing on the condition and future of the Lewis and Clark bridge at Longview following its emergency closure this week to repair a fractured floor beam....

To see Sen. Wilson’s floor speech, click here.  Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, offered the following statement Saturday after passage in the Washington Senate of a bill banning rifles with magazines of ten rounds or more. House Bill 1240 passed the Senate 27-21, all Republicans voting no. The bill now returns...

New law allowing blue flashers is prompted by deaths of Longview-area tow operators Sen. Jeff Wilson, R-Longview, at Thursday’s bill-signing ceremony at the governor’s office, with members of the Towing and Recovery Association of Washington and their families.   OLYMPIA – A bill signed into law Thursday will send a...