Washington's 60-day legislative session wrapped up Thursday with lawmakers passing nearly 400 bills.
Washington's 60-day legislative session wrapped up Thursday with lawmakers passing nearly 400 bills. Those include a bill banning police from hog-tying people in their custody, tighter restrictions on guns, a ban on octopus farming and a ban on child marriage. "80% of the bills we passed this year were highly bi-partisan bills," said Laurie Jinkins, Speaker of the House. "We know that the progress is going to continue," said Governor Jay Inslee.
Republican Senator Jeff Wilson, Longview, said looking back, he considered it a positive legislative session for the most part."I felt we all came together, and we did the right thing economically," said Senator Wilson.Wilson considers it a victory that taxes weren't increased and lawmakers conducted themselves with civility. As for the bills he disagreed with, he said, "We don’t necessarily count the bad right now.
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