{"id":1162,"date":"2018-03-02T16:28:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T00:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/kuderer\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2020-09-15T22:46:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T22:46:22","slug":"letter-to-governor-urges-veto-to-esb-6617","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/2018\/03\/02\/letter-to-governor-urges-veto-to-esb-6617\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter To Governor Urges Veto Of ESB 6617"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Governor Inslee vetoed Senate Bill 6617, the Legislative Public Records Act (LPRA).\u00a0 After hearing from the people of the 48<sup>th<\/sup> District, I believe it was the right decision.<\/p>\n<p>I originally supported this legislation because it expanded transparency and accessibility, while protecting constituent privacy, a priority for me given the personal stories of tragedy and heartache often shared by citizens seeking help.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is clear the process we used was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is the parties to the lawsuit have agreed to stay Judge Lanese\u2019s decision, and we now have an opportunity to start over.\u00a0 A task force made up of open government advocates, media representatives, members of the public and legislators will convene to work on this issue over the interim.<\/p>\n<p>The Legislature can then take up new, fully considered public disclosure legislation next session, when the people of the 48<sup>th<\/sup> District will have another opportunity to make their voices heard.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for reaching out to my office. I work for you and your input is essential to ensure a strong, functioning democratic process.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Patty Kuderer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev2.sdc.wastateleg.org\/kuderer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter-1.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1163\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2.sdc.wastateleg.org\/kuderer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Letter-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Letter-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Letter-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Letter-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Letter-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Letter-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Letter-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1178\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2.sdc.wastateleg.org\/kuderer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_1-795x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_1-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_1-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_1-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_1-1193x1536.jpg 1193w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_1-1590x2048.jpg 1590w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_1.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1177\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2.sdc.wastateleg.org\/kuderer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_2-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_2-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_2-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_2-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_2-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_2-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/03\/Media-Letter_Page_2.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Governor Inslee vetoed Senate Bill 6617, the Legislative Public Records Act (LPRA).\u00a0 After hearing from the people of the 48th District, I believe it was the right decision. I originally supported this legislation because it expanded transparency and accessibility, while protecting constituent privacy, a priority for me given the personal stories of tragedy and heartache often shared by citizens seeking help. However, it is clear the process we used was wrong. The good news is the parties to the lawsuit have agreed to stay Judge Lanese\u2019s decision, and we now have an opportunity to start over.\u00a0 A task&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Letter To Governor Urges Veto Of ESB 6617 - Patty Kuderer Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/kudererarchive\/2018\/03\/02\/letter-to-governor-urges-veto-to-esb-6617\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Letter To Governor Urges Veto Of ESB 6617 - Patty Kuderer Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last week, Governor Inslee vetoed Senate Bill 6617, the Legislative Public Records Act (LPRA).\u00a0 After hearing from the people of the 48th District, I believe it was the right decision. 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