2024 WA State Legislative Session Summary - The Good, Bad, and the Ugly!
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The short 60-day WA State legislative session recently concluded, with the WA State Politburo Democrats trying everything possible to fully take over the state.
However, Republicans controlled much of the Legislative Session, despite being the minority party - "The fact that the six common-sense citizen initiatives to the Legislature qualified with broad support across all demographics had a much bigger intimidation effect on the Speaker and the State Majority Leader than anybody expected,” says WAGOP Chair and State Representative Jim Walsh, the author, sponsor, and legislative force behind all six initiatives.
Three of the six initiatives will become law on June 6, 2024. They include I-2113, which restores reasonable police pursuit; I-2081 which establishes parental notification rights; and I-2111, which codifies Washington’s longstanding tradition of no personal income tax. Best of all, the new laws will not be subject to a veto by Jay Inslee, who has governed largely by executive order!
A Big Thank You to Jim Walsh! When common-sense Republican policies lead the way, things get better for everyone, and working together, we will continue to fix what’s broken in Washington.
The remaining three initiatives that Democrat lawmakers declined to hold public hearings for will appear at the top of the ballot in November. They include I-2117, a repeal of the egregious cap-and-trade tax scheme, officially known as the Climate Commitment Act; I-2109, a repeal of the capital gains tax; and I-2124, an opt-out of Washington’s insolvent long-term care retirement program.
A Huge Victory for Common Sense and Sanity, Washington Democrats forced to pass three citizen initiatives, outing their pro-crime members. Walsh says: "WA Democrats lost focus in the 2024 legislative session and Republicans were very effective in killing many terrible Dem proposed bills." Video
THE INITIATIVES: Good Government Policy and Simple Solutions. These initiatives are not a Republican or Democrat thing, people were signing of ALL demographics. The people of Washington, by and large, believe they are taxed too much, and the state is spending out of control. On average with all the issues, 54% of people who have signed either identify as Independent or Democrat, and it’s all races of people!
The three new WA State laws are a result of a historic and unprecedented effort; it smashed all records and was truly Epic! We all owe a huge about of heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Brian Heywood - His Organization “Let’s Go Washington” - the hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians responsible for over 2.7 million signatures, and to all the many volunteers and signature gatherers, that tirelessly helped with this amazing feat!
Inslee threatened members of his own party to pass HB 1589 which will financially devastate WA state's working class and poor - A brutal assault against the peasant citizens that could double or even triple the cost of Natural Gas. Also, citizens may spend 20K - 50K to switch to electric, and construction costs will skyrocket - More "Climate Change" agenda that allows PSE to “shut off the gas” to its 900,000 customers, one community at a time. That’s how the state’s largest utility proposes to meet strict (and absurd) new Democrat requirements for emissions reductions, to fix things that don't need fixing!
Inslee signs natural gas bill into law, critics say it comes at expense of customers
The State Democrats reached a new low with SB 5427, a new law to make government a watchdog for their interpretation of “bias.” Yes, the bias incident "snitch" hotline under the management of the State AGs Office, will soon be able to turn in their friends, neighbors, family members, or even strangers for not only physical ‘hate crimes’ but also expressions of "bias."
The plan pays (bribes) up to $2,000 to people who call a government hotline to report hate crimes and “bias incidents”. A “bias incident” is speech that is an “expression of animus” where criminal investigation and prosecution are deemed “impossible or inappropriate." Expect all records to be kept in a state government database.
Democrat "Snitch Line" - Criminalizing Free Speech! Article
Washington State: Get $2,000 to Snitch on Your Neighbor for Speech “Crimes”
WA lawmakers pass bill to create hotline for hate crimes and bias incidents
Send Your Neighbor To Prison For “Wrong Speak,” Get $2,000 From Taxpayers
New Scheme sets up ‘Reporting Hotline’ for Non-criminal ‘Bias’
SB 5843: Relating to security breaches of election systems and election-related
systems. This draconian law Mandates every county to install a system to monitor cyber intrusions. Connected to the internet 24/7 and shares data with the leftist Non-profit Center for Internet Security (CIS). There are many concerns about Albert / CIS. Albert was originally Soros funded and tested in 2017 in the battleground states. many say it is a Trojan Horse, and there are questions that it has anything to do with elections (other than perhaps monitoring them).
Also, when Lincoln Co installed Albert in 2020 before the election, they were hacked and never were notified by CIS. Three counties in Eastern WA (Ferry, Grant, and Lincoln) did much research via IT professionals, and have never felt comfortable with Albert, and they have turned down Albert installations because of possible increased vulnerability to hacks.
SoS Hobbs tried to get them to accept Albert by offering $85,000 (per year bribes) to each of the counties. All three declined. Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman wrote an op-ed that was published in the Lincoln County Record Times asking Inslee to veto the bill.
This bill also allows the SoS to certify election results even if the County Canvassing Board does not, and specifically includes observers as subject to Class C felony criminal penalties for election law violations. Republicans tried 11 amendments; none were allowed by the corrupt Dems!
Computer security expert David Spring wrote a 95-page report called A Crime Against All of Us. At the end of his report is a 10-page addendum called “Eight Red Flags of the Albert Data Mining Program” which is a detailed analysis of the “network security” program called the Albert Sensor. The WA State legislature passed the law requiring ALL counties to install and use an “Intrusion Detection System” to monitor their computer networks. The required new program is actually called Albert. SoS Steve Hobbs, falsely claimed that Albert will “improve election security.” In fact, Albert is a Black Box centralized data mining system that will create a single point of failure, reduce security, and make our elections even easier to hack than they already are. Of note: on page 3 of the bill, it reads: The secretary of state must annually consult with the Washington State Fusion Center. David Spring says there are about 100 Fusion Centers and 100,000 Fusion agents in the US. This Fusion system is an unelected shadow government, aka The Deep State. By "Fusion" they mean joining together of government insiders with multi-national corporations. Article
Albert Sensors: Front Door to Sensitive Election Data
With HB 2115 WA Democrats have not just legalized abortion, they’ve made it protected healthcare for minor children (of no minimum age) - Removed all cost-sharing (so either Medicaid pays, or your insurance company foots the entirety of the bill), they’re forcing health care facilities to provide abortion or be shut down. Article
Jay Inslee signed a bill into law mandating WA schools to teach LGBTQ history as part of the curriculum. SB 5462 was introduced in 2023 to expand "inclusive learning standards and instructional materials" in the state’s public schools, guided by a framework of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—popularly referred to as DEI. Education leaders must develop a curriculum including the histories and contributions of LGBTQ figures, as well as the histories of people with various racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. Article
2022 WA State Legislator Scorecards
A MORE DETAILED 2024 WA STATE LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
Based on the above, if you are not happy with your elected representatives, then Please Vote Them Out of Office! Your next chance will be the upcoming primary election, being held August 6. Of note: June 22 military and overseas (UOCAVA) ballots will be mailed, and July 17 domestic ballots are mailed.
Bill Bruch
Bill Bruch is the WA State GOP Election Integrity Chairman, WAGOP Executive Board Member, 4-Term Skagit County GOP Chairman, Citizen Journalist, Blogger, Business Owner, “2021 Citizen Activist of the Year” award recipient by the Olympic Conference, 2020 WA State House Representative Candidate, Former Council Member, and WA State 2016 RNC National Convention Delegate.