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Governor signs package of bills covering housing, wildfire mapping, voting pilots and worker protections
Summary
The governor held a public signing ceremony for a large package of bills that includes housing and tax changes, wildfire risk mapping, protections for grocery workers in mergers, a voter ID pilot and portability for Washington Cares Act benefits. Each measure was described briefly and signed during a photo opportunity.
The governor signed a broad package of bills in a public ceremony, briefly describing each measure and posing for photos.
The measures presented included a mix of consumer-protection, housing, public-safety and administrative changes. Among the bills the governor described were proposals to: prohibit certain forms of cosmetic product testing (House Bill 10 97); allow more flexible water-rights use within the Columbia Basin Project (House Bill 17 52); expand a property-tax exemption for government-owned timberland (House Bill 18 18); shorten abandoned-vessel sale notice requirements (House Bill 19 19); and direct the Department of Transportation to test drone-based graffiti removal technology (House Bill 19 89).
The ceremony also included bills affecting courts and elections. The governor said House Bill 19 92 will increase Whatcom County…
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