Legislation

The National Insurance Crime Bureau, a nonprofit organization that tracks car-related crimes, reports catalytic converter thefts in Washington state have skyrocketed: from 42 in 2019 to 3,379 in 2021.

Senate Bill 190 requires easy-to-understand language when people are told about their appointed guardian status.

The governor signed House Bill 2574 , which will legalize what's also known as natural organic reduction. It also clarifies rules surrounding alkaline hydrolysis, known as aqua cremation. The law goes into effect July 1, 2022.

The Legislature advanced a variety of bills, ranging from a resolution on reparations to an effort to ease access to identification cards for the unhoused.

As soon as next summer, Washington’s officer-involved shootings could be handled by a significant number of people outside law enforcement, placing traditional investigators on the outside looking in.

SB 172 would allow the Oregon Employment Department to waive benefit overpayments that result from people's honest mistakes.

House Bill 2528 would create a third kind of dental license — a dental therapist — more educated than a hygienist, but less than a dentist.

This week, Uvea revealed her identity to a panel of lawmakers for the first time. She is now 11-years-old. She spoke in favor of a bill, Senate Bill 707, sponsored by Sen. Sara Gelser, D-Corvallis, that would allow all Oregon youth sent across state lines between 2016 and 2019 to access all their relevant records documenting their time in a facility or facilities.

If passed, the Oregon Environmental Protection Act would solidify a statewide policy opposing environmental deregulation.