Daily Archives: February 8th, 2018

Posted inPolicy Topics

Victory! Washington State House votes to toughen penalties for corporate crimes

by Andrew Villeneuve

Cor­po­ra­tions that break the law in Wash­ing­ton State could soon be forced to pay more appro­pri­ate penal­ties for their wrong­do­ing thanks to the work of State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Mike Pel­lic­ciot­ti (D‑30th Dis­trict: Fed­er­al Way). By a vote of nine­ty-sev­en to one, the Wash­ing­ton State House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives today vot­ed to pass ESHB 2362, which would sub­stan­tial­ly increase fines for cor­po­rate crimes.

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Victory! State Senate passes bill to ban invasive fish net pens in Washington waters

by Andrew Villeneuve

The Wash­ing­ton State Sen­ate has passed a bill that will safe­guard our waters and aquat­ic lands for future gen­er­a­tions. Spon­sored by Kevin Ranker, 2SSB 6086 would pro­hib­it the Depart­ment of Nat­ur­al Resources from sign­ing or renew­ing any leas­es that would allow the farm­ing of inva­sive, non­na­tive Atlantic salmon.