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The Center Square reports SB 5352 makes changes to 2021 legislation enacted under HB 1054 that raised the threshold to trigger a police vehicular pursuit from "reasonable suspicion" to "probable cause" that a suspect had committed a crime for certain crimes.

The legislature adjourned for the year after 15 Democrats joined all Republicans to reject the proposal, which included a gross misdemeanor penalty for possession.

The controversial bill would allow police to chase suspects on a limited basis.

The bill bans the sale, manufacture, and import of assault weapons in Washington state while allowing exemptions for law enforcement and the military.

Members of a group of local governments and organizations took turns speaking in favor of the measure Tuesday.

A group of local governments and organizations has sent a letter to the chairperson of the House committee handling the bill asking for its passage.

The House passed the measure 55-42 largely on party lines, with all four Republicans representing Chelan and Douglas counties voting against it.

Under the bill, money used to pay for jailing auto theft offenders would instead be used for auto theft prevention efforts at the local level.

Wherever you find an invisible border dividing up the landscape of Planet Earth, you're also sure to find a specific set of rules and laws that the people within those lines have decided everyone needs to follow. Here at home, there are 51 United States (including the District of Columbia ;-), 3,033 individual counties within said states, and over 108,000 cities and towns...

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.