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Twelfth District Sen. Brad Hawkins (R-East Wenatchee) says he'll continue to fight against a bill aimed at teaching the history of LGBTQ+ people in Washington's K-12 schools.

A bill that would loosen the restrictions for police pursuits passed out of the Washington Senate on Wednesday. Engrossed Senate Bill 5352 (EB 5352) would lower the threshold for law enforcement officers to engage in pursuits based on "reasonable suspicion" rather than "probable cause", but would not return the standard for police chases to those that existed prior to 2021... R

Legislation designed to curb inequities in traffic stops and improve safety on Washington's roadways is making its way through the state House. House Bill 1513 (HB 1513), which is also known as Traffic Safety For All, would disallow law enforcement from making stops for violations such as expired license tabs, misdemeanor warrants, or vehicle equipment issues unless they present an immediate hazar

Twelfth District Washington Sen. Brad Hawkins (R) has introduced a bill that he says is a first step in realigning the state's school year. "This bill, SB 5505, aims to address learning loss by expanding the school calendar by five days," explains Hawkins...

Just like their counterparts in Washington's 12th Legislative District, lawmakers in the state's 7th District are still adjusting to representing voters in new territory. Last year, the Washington State Redistricting Commission made some dramatic changes to the jurisdictional boundaries of several legislative districts in Eastern Washington, including the 7th, which was expanded on nearly every fl

Washington's 12th District State Reps. Keith Goehner and Mike Steele are both co-sponsors on a bill (HB 1053) that would return the state's laws regarding vehicle pursuits by law enforcement to their previous language. Washington's pursuit laws were dramatically changed as a result of legislation which passed during the 2022 sessions in Olympia...

Washington's two representatives from the state's 12th Legislative District are still adjusting to working on behalf of voters west of the Cascades. Last February, the district's boundaries were expanded to include portions of King and Snohomish Counties, making it the only one of Washington's 49 legislative jurisdictions to span the geographical and political divide between the state's two sides.

This week, Washington Sen. Brad Hawkins began his first term representing voters within the redrawn boundaries of the state's 12th Legislative District. Legislative jurisdictions in Washington are reassessed every ten years based on changes in census data and were reconfigured by the state's redistricting commission last year...