April 19, 2024

An April update from Rep. Leonard Christian

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Saturday, April 20th is the physical deadline for those impacted by the Grey and Oregon wildfires to fill out U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loan paperwork to ensure they qualify for all Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) benefits. Those registered with FEMA who have questions or...
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March 09, 2024

2024 session wrap-up | An update from Rep. Leonard Christian

Dear Friends and Neighbors, The 2024 legislative session adjourned Thursday, sine die, on the constitutional deadline. Unlike in recent years, we scored several victories for common sense thanks to the hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians who signed the citizen-backed initiatives. Three down, three to go Initiative 2113, restoring police pursuit; Initiative...
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March 06, 2024

Rep. Leonard Christian helps secure projects for 4th District in final 2024 supplemental capital budget

The Legislature today unanimously approved a final 2024 supplemental capital budget. Rep. Leonard Christian, a member of the House Capital Budget Committee, highlighted projects for the 4th Legislative District, including: “As a member of the House Capital Budget Committee, I am proud of the investments we were able to secure for...
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March 05, 2024

Statement from Rep. Leonard Christian on passage of three citizen-backed initiatives

Rep. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley, released the following statement after the Legislature approved three of the six citizen-backed initiatives: Initiative 2113, restoring police pursuit; Initiative 2081 establishing a parental bill of rights; and Initiative 2111, banning personal income taxes. “Thanks to the actions of hundreds of thousands of citizens in...
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March 04, 2024

Rep. Leonard Christian supports restoring ability of law enforcement to pursue criminals

Rep. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley, supported passage of Initiative 2113, which fully restores the ability of law enforcement officers to engage in vehicular pursuit.
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March 01, 2024

Three initiatives move forward; three left behind | An update from Rep. Leonard Christian

Today at 5 p.m. is opposite house cutoff – that’s the deadline to pass House bills out of the Senate and Senate bills out of the House. Initiatives, bills that are necessary to implement the budget, and bills that have differences between the two chambers are exempted from this rule....
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February 28, 2024

Rep. Christian proposes amendments to protect local control of election security

In an effort to protect local control of election security, Rep. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley, proposed a series of amendments to Senate Bill 5843. The bill would require every county to install and maintain an intrusion detection system to monitor their network and to disclose certain malicious activity or breaches of...
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February 23, 2024

Public hearings on the initiatives next week| An update from Rep. Leonard Christian

Dear Friends and Neighbors, The state House unveiled its 2024 supplemental capital budget proposal on Monday. As a member on the House Capital Budget Committee, I’ve been working hard to steer projects into our district, including: I also managed to get two important funding items in the operating budget (House Bill...
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February 20, 2024

Rep. Christian fights to amend bad bill that would remove local control of election data security

Rep. Leonard Christian, R-Spokane Valley, fought to amend Senate Bill 5843, which would require every county to install and maintain an intrusion detection system to monitor their network and to disclose certain malicious activity or breaches of security of information technology systems.
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