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Public testimony divided as committee considers public process to redesign Washington state flag
Summary
House Bill 1938, which would establish a public commission and process to recommend a new design for Washington's state flag, prompted lengthy, divided public testimony during the committee’s hearing.
The committee heard a large number of in‑person and remote witnesses on House Bill 1938, a proposal to create a public process and commission to consider a new Washington state flag.
Supporters told the committee the current flag — the state seal printed on a green field — is overly complex, hard to reproduce and fails to function as a unifying civic symbol. Graphic designers and vexillographers said simpler, iconic flags encourage civic pride and are easier and cheaper to reproduce. Bradley Lockhart, a graphic artist who…
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