Rep. Jim Walsh's News & Media


Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, speaks on several amendments and final passage of a bill that could allow schooldistricts to withhold personal student information from parents, including when fulfilling public record requests....

April 11, 2023

By Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen In Olympia, we're in the last few weeks of the legislative session and attention is turning to the state's budgets. I'm getting lots of questions about...

April 11, 2023

Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, discusses police pursuit reform with KVI's Ari Hoffman. Walsh shares that the amended bill, Senate Bill 5352, was recently approved in the House. The measure now heads...

April 11, 2023

During late-night debate on the House floor, lawmakers passed a controversial bill that allows police to engage in vehicular pursuits of criminal suspects on a very limited basis. Police reform sponsored...

April 11, 2023

Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, talks about current gun regulation legislation with KXRO's Kyle Pauley. Walsh discusses the underlying policy of SHB 1240 and SSB 5078, including the failure to add bipartisan-supported...

April 10, 2023

Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, shares comments in the House galleries after the passage of Senate Bill 5078. The measure unfairly targets lawful members of the firearm industry, imposing additional standards on...

April 10, 2023

Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, speaks during floor debate on a controversial bill that contains language removing state law enacting the death penalty. Senate Bill 5087 would remove language from the Revised...

April 10, 2023

During floor debate, Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen offered an amendment to a bill that would repeal the law prohibiting Labor and Industries (L&I) from adopting rules related to ergonomics and other...

April 10, 2023

The Washington State House of Representatives recently debated a controversial bill that contains language removing state law that enacts the death penalty. Labeled a “technical fix,” Senate Bill 5087 would remove...

April 10, 2023

During House floor debate, Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, offered an amendment that seeks to address the future of money, specifically cryptocurrency, and its use in relation to the state's uniform commercial...

April 7, 2023