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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Feb. 10, 2018   Hasegawa’s wrongful death legislation moves off the Senate floor ‘We are now one step closer towards justice for the victims lost in the Ride the Ducks Seattle crash’   OLYMPIA – Sen. Bob Hasegawa’s, D-Beacon-Hill, released ...

The Senate’s State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections Committee heard a bill Friday that would end Washington’s Affirmative Action ban, which has been in place since 1998. Bill sponsor Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, said that repealing the ban would help undo ...

OLYMPIA – Following the 2017 election, which shifted control of the state Senate from Republicans to Democrats, Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, has been chosen to serve on several key Senate committees. He will vice-chair both the Senate Financial Institutions & Insurance ...

OLYMPIA – A month and a half after the House of Representatives passed a similar measure, the state Senate passed Senate Bill 5023 just before a key deadline, delaying the so-called levy cliff and a $358 million dollar cut ...

OLYMPIA – A bill by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, addresses impacts to neighborhoods in large cities with high poverty levels and high rates of ethnic diversity by the construction of public facilities, like light rail stations. “When light rail stations went ...

OLYMPIA – A bill by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, that grants wheelchair accessible taxicabs authority to use high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes passed the state Senate unanimously today. “This bill would assist those in the disabled community in our state,” Hasegawa ...

OLYMPIA – A bill by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, passed the Senate unanimously on Monday and requires state agencies to provide public notices and state of emergency notices in languages other than English. “This is a civil rights issue, a social ...

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OLYMPIA – A bill to create the Washington Investment Trust, a publicly-owned depository for our tax revenue, was introduced to the Legislature this week by Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle. “The Washington Investment Trust will keep taxpayer dollars in our state working ...

OLYMPIA – A bill to require counties to include prepaid postage on return envelopes for primary and general election ballots received a public hearing on Wednesday in Olympia (Senate Bill 5019).  “A stamp is a small thing with a potentially big ...