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House advances civic-health panel and passes package of bills on renters, voting rules, online child images and rail land use
Summary
The Washington House advanced a joint select committee on civic health and approved a series of bills including protections for renters who use portable cooling devices, a clarification to prohibit voting in two states on the same date, criminalization updates for exploitative child images, a narrow public-records privacy carve-out, and repeal of a Clark County rail exemption.
The Washington House spent the evening debating and voting on a string of measures ranging from civic-health governance to housing, elections and land-use policy. Lawmakers approved a joint select committee reauthorization and passed several bills that cleared committee and House amendments.
The House first considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 8406, which reestablishes a joint select committee on civic health. Representative Walsh moved amendment 2131 to hold the committee’s membership at 12 rather than expanding it. Walsh urged support “for affordability and fiscal restraint,” saying the amendment would “keep the number of members at its current level.” Opponents including Representative Farvar and Representative Defoe argued the committee should be expanded to increase participation and avoid creating a proxy legislature. The amendment failed; the chamber then advanced and passed SCR 8406 on third reading (83 ayes, 10 nays, 5 excused).
Lawmakers next passed engrossed substitute Senate Bill 6200 as amended, a measure supporters described as…
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