Governor signs Padden bill raising penalty for custodial sexual misconduct

Legislature passes Padden bill raising penalty for custodial sexual misconduct

Committee passes Padden bill to keep repeat property offenders behind bars longer

Padden bill to increase penalty for drug possession receives committee hearing

Senate Republicans offer comprehensive Corrections reforms, would increase safety and accountability

Padden bill banning organ-transplant discrimination signed into law

Padden’s felony-DUI bill moves to House for third time this year

Senate adopts Padden resolution honoring those with Down syndrome

Senate unanimously passes Padden’s felony-DUI bill

Padden continues work to end human trafficking

Padden bill to help new small businesses clears Senate panel

Key Senate panel unanimously approves Padden’s felony-DUI bill
Momentum and support continue to grow for Sen. Mike Padden’s bill to make a fourth DUI conviction in 10 years a felony. Today the state Senate Law and Justice Committee voted unanimously to approve Senate Bill 5105, which now moves one step closer to a vote of the full Senate. “These repeat-DUI offenders are the... Read More
Padden: Time for Washington to get tough on repeat DUI offenders
Law and Justice Committee hears testimony on Padden measure to make fourth DUI a felony When a father, mother, grandfather, husband or friend is ripped away by the actions of a drunk driver, the pain and impact caused by that can reverberate through a family and a community. The demand for justice and the desire... Read More