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Sen. Pridemore’s enewsletter 5/7/2012 5/7/2012
Sen. Pridemore’s enewsletter 3/30/2012 3/30/2012
Sen. Pridemore's enewsletter 3/6/2012 3/6/2012
49th district town hall meeting this Saturday
The next 49th legislative district town hall meeting, held with Rep. Jim Moeller and Rep. Sharon Wylie, will be held this Saturday, March 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., in the Public Service Center’s 6th floor hearing room at 1300 Franklin Street in Vancouver.
Pridemore to host town hall meeting 3/6/2012
Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-Vancouver, will host a town hall meeting with Rep. Jim Moeller and Rep. Sharon Wylie from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in Vancouver.
The meeting will run from 10 a.m. to noon in the Public Service Center’s 6th floor hearing room at 1300 Franklin St.
Legislature passes Pridemore overpayments bill 3/3/2012
Innocent recipients of overpayments by the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) could be forgiven rather than required to pay back onerous sums that were the fault of the state, under legislation passed today by the Legislature.
Senate Bill 6508 passed the Senate on a 33-16 vote and, having previously passed the House, now goes to the governor to be signed into law.
House passes Pridemore overpayments bill 2/29/2012
Innocent recipients of overpayments by the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) could be forgiven rather than required to pay back onerous sums that were the fault of the state, under legislation passed today by the House on a 63-35 vote.
Senate Bill 6508, proposed by Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-Vancouver, had earlier passed the Senate but was amended by the House. The two chambers must reconcile the differences before it can go to the governor to be signed into law.
Senate passes Pridemore bill to forgive penalties 2/14/2012
Innocent recipients of overpayments by the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) could be forgiven rather than penalized, under legislation passed today by the Senate.
Senate Bill 6508, proposed by Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-Vancouver, was prompted by the case of a single mother in Vancouver who had received nearly $3,000 more than she was due from DSHS for her two-year-old son’s child care before DSHS discovered its mistake and billed her for the overpayment. Though the mistake was not hers, the woman was suddenly faced with a $3,000 debt and no means of repaying it.
Senate passes Pridemore bill to sunset tax breaks 2/11/2012
Bills to create or expand tax breaks in Washington would be required to define the nature of the expected benefits and include an expiration date, under legislation passed today by the Senate.
“When the Legislature passes a tax break without defining its benefits, it makes it difficult to determine whether the tax break actually provides the benefit,” said Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-Vancouver. “This measure will clear up the mystery.”
Pridemore bill would let state forgive penalties 2/3/2012
Some overpayments to clients of the state Department of Social and Human Services (DSHS) would be more likely to be forgiven, rather than repaid, under legislation passed out of the Senate Human Services & Corrections Committee on Thursday night.
Senate Bill 6508, proposed by Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-Vancouver, was prompted by the case of a single mother in Vancouver who had received nearly $3,000 more than she was due from DSHS for her two-year-old son’s child care before DSHS discovered its mistake and billed her for the overpayment.
Pridemore bill would require robocall identification 1/17/2012
Automated phone calls generated by political organizations would be required to announce the identity of the call's sponsor, under legislation proposed by Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-Vancouver.
Senate Bill 6089, which was heard today by the Senate Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections Committee that Pridemore chairs, would require sponsors to list their name, city and state in all telephone political advertising that consists of 500 or more identical or substantially similar calls in the 12-month period prior to an election. The requirement would apply regardless of whether the call relates to a candidate or a ballot proposition.
