by Erik Smith | Mar 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
The following newsletter was sent to subscribers to Sen. Padden’s Report From Olympia, March 30, 2017. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletters, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, During these final weeks of our regular legislative session, House and Senate...
by Erik Smith | Mar 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Human trafficking, sovereign immunity measures also on tap OLYMPIA – Two important DUI bills get hearings this week as the Legislature enters the 11th week of its 15-week regular legislative session. A measure making the 4th DUI a felony in Washington state will be...
by Erik Smith | Mar 16, 2017
May 3, 2018: March 24, 2017: In this week’s Minute With Mike audio clip, Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, discusses his crimes against minors legislation, SB 5813, which would eliminate a common defense for human traffickers: “I didn’t know how...
by Erik Smith | Mar 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
The following newsletter was sent to subscribers to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, March 9, 2017. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletters, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, Last year we saw huge controversy when an investigation of the Department of Corrections...
by Erik Smith | Mar 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
The following newsletter was sent to subscribers to Sen. Padden’s newsletter, March 2, 2017. To subscribe to Sen. Padden’s newsletters, click here. Dear friends and neighbors, The action in the Legislature has moved to the House and Senate floors. We face a March 8...
