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Senator
Brian Hatfield
19th District
Raymond
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March 12, 2008
Trio of Hatfield bills
pass Legislature; headed to Governor
OLYMPIA – As the adjournment of the 2008
Legislative session draws near, the Legislature is sending
three bills sponsored by Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond,
to Governor Gregoire for her signature.
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March 5, 2008
Hargrove, Hatfield applaud
the passage of bill to reduce green house gas emissions,
create green jobs in state
OLYMPIA — The Senate gave a green light to a bill
limiting green house gases in Washington while at the same
time creating a comprehensive jobs growth initiative to
increase the number of green jobs to 25,000 by 2020.
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March 4, 2008
Hatfield advances crab
buyback bill
OLYMPIA – Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond,
revived his plan to expand the authority of the Department of Fish and Wildlife to create a crab fishery
license buy-back program with the passage of Senate Bill 6821, which was amended to include
Hatfield’s original proposal.
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March 4, 2008
House passes Hatfield bill to help contractors
OLYMPIA – Today the House of Representatives passed
Senate Bill 6504 on a unanimous vote, the first bill from
Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond, to pass the House this session.
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Feb. 21, 2008
19th district Legislators stand firmly against
outrageous new license fees
OLYMPIA – “There has been a lot of coverage in the news
this week about Senate Bill 6900, which your 19th district
representatives STRONGLY OPPOSED.
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Feb. 21, 2008
Hatfield helps pass tax
break for working families
OLYMPIA – In the last vote before the cut-off
deadline, the Senate passed Senate Bill 6809, by a vote of 32 to 16, which will
provide working families with a tax break based on the
Earned Income Tax Credit. Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond,
co-sponsored the measure.
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Feb. 15, 2008
 1:23 wrap with Sen. Brian Hatfield of Raymond
on passage of his Local Farms-Healthy Kids bill. Mark Allen reports from
Olympia.
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Feb. 15, 2008
Senators praise Weyerhaeuser Cosmopolis mill
decision
OLYMPIA — In a huge victory for the citizens of Grays
Harbor County and the entire Washington coastal region, Sen. Jim
Hargrove, D-Hoquiam, Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond, and
Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, expressed their unanimous
support for the purchase of the Cosmopolis Pulp Mill by Evergreen
Pulp of California and the Grays Harbor PUD. The announcement by
Weyerhaeuser comes after more than a year of meetings and
negotiations involving state lawmakers, community leaders and other
potential buyers. more>>>
Feb. 15, 2008
2:00 wrap with Sen. Jim Hargrove of Puyallup,
Sen. Brian Hatfield of Raymond and Sen. Tim
Sheldon of Potlatch
on the purchase of the Weyerhaeuser paper mill in Cosmopolis. Chase
Gallagher reports from
Olympia.
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Feb. 11, 2008
1:38 wrap with Sen. Brian Hatfield of Raymond
on sustaining shellfish harvests.
Chase Gallagher reports from Olympia.
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Feb. 11, 2008
Hatfield bill to expand buyback program
advances in Senate
OLYMPIA – The Department of Fish and Wildlife’s
authority to perform fishery license buyback programs,
including for Dungeness crab, would be expanded with a new
bill from Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond, that is
swiftly passing through the hurdles of the Senate.
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Jan. 29, 2008
Smaller counties to boost economic development
with Hatfield proposal
OLYMPIA – With small populations, Washington’s rural
counties can’t count on the increase to their sales tax revenues
like their larger counterparts. Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond,
aims to change that disparity with a new proposal designed to give
an economic boost to 12 of Washington’s smaller counties. His
proposal, Senate Bill 6476, was heard Tuesday in the Senate
Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.
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Jan. 28, 2008
1:16
wrap with Sen. Brian Hatfield of Raymond on local farms,
healthy kids
Lead: Washington's schoolchildren may soon be eating healthier,
thanks to local farmers. Chase Gallagher reports from Olympia.
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Jan. 24, 2008
Hearing held on Hatfield’s
Healthy Kids bill
OLYMPIA – The Senate Committee on Agriculture &
Rural Economic Development heard public testimony today on
Senate Bill 6483, known as the Local Farms, Healthy
Kids bill, sponsored by Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond.
Hatfield, who serves as Vice-Chair of the committee, noted
the unlikely alliance that has coalesced around this bill.
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Jan. 22, 2008
Local farmers to feed local schools
under Hatfield proposal
OLYMPIA – For students in Washington’s schools,
school lunch is about to become healthier and fresher thanks
to a new proposal from Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond.
His proposal, Senate Bill 6483, would provide a number of changes
to the way local schools feed their students, as well as
easing restrictions on local farmers.
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Jan. 22, 2008
Hatfield seeks permit simplification at
session’s start
OLYMPIA – Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond,
is starting the new legislative session looking to establish
a little more common sense in government with Senate Bill 6504, which streamlines the permitting
process for storm water related construction projects.
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Jan. 14, 2008
Hatfield sworn into Washington Senate
OLYMPIA – Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond, was sworn
into the Washington State Senate on the first day of the 2008
legislative session.
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