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Steve Tharinger D

State Representative
Washington House of Representatives District 24
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2026
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Biography

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On Record (16)

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Concerning the capital budget.
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Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.
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Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects.
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Concerning the excise tax treatment of amounts received by title and escrow businesses from clients for remittance to a county filing office for the purpose of recording documents.
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Concerning the capital budget.
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Concerning an additive capital budget for state matching funds and federal expenditure authority for broadband.
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Amending the definition of timberland for purposes of determining the real estate excise tax for a governmental entity.
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Increasing transparency and consumer protection in water system rates.
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Ensuring that commercial fishing revenue benefits communities most dependent on the industry.
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Creating a local sales and use tax to fund services for children and families that enhance well-being, promote mental health, and provide early interventions.
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Amending the definition of timberland for purposes of determining the real property excise tax for a governmental entity.
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Modernizing the all payers claim database.
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Concerning the capital budget.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Extending a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects.
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Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.
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Establishing a tax on millionaires.
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Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility.
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Supporting children and youth behavioral health.
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Streamlining monitoring and oversight activities related to community residential service business providers.
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Improving the functioning of home care rate statutes.
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Concerning false identification as a peace officer.
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Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax.
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Creating a tenant assistance program.
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Improving young driver safety.
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Concerning fair access to community solar.
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Authorizing middle housing in unincorporated growth areas and unincorporated urban growth areas, certain limited areas of more intensive rural development, and fully contained communities.
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Supporting local news journalism.
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Creating the medicaid access program.
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Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices.
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Adding the department of natural resources' civil enforcement decisions under RCW 76.04.205 to appeals that may be heard by the pollution control hearings board.
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Strengthening consumer protection through increased insurer accountability for violations of the insurance code.
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Addressing the impacts of burrowing shrimp on bottom culture shellfish farming through integrated pest management research.
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Concerning the notice of sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities.
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Concerning the early learning facilities grant and loan program.
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Concerning the prevailing wages on public works.
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Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission.
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Concerning qualifications for child care providers.
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Providing judicial discretion to modify sentences in the interest of justice.
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Correcting obsolete or erroneous references in statutes administered by the insurance commissioner.
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Facilitating predictable and timely application decisions by the energy facility site evaluation council.
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Adding fusion energy to facilities that may obtain site certification for the purposes of chapter 80.50 RCW.
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Modifying motor vehicle and driver licensing laws to align with federal definitions, making technical corrections, and streamlining requirements.
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Enhancing requirements relating to the purchase, transfer, and possession of firearms.
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Concerning health plan coverage of fertility-related services.
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Establishing a prescribing psychologist certification in Washington state.
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Standardizing basic training and certification requirements for long-term care workers who provide in-home care for their family members, including spouses or domestic partners.
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Removing the exclusion from interest arbitration of Washington management service employees at the department of corrections.
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Eliminating the expiration of the interagency, multijurisdictional system improvement team.
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Increasing small works roster contract limits.
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Concerning publicly owned grocery stores.
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Incentivizing grocery stores located in underserved communities.
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Prohibiting negative use restrictions on real property that have the effect of limiting consumer access to food and medicine.
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Protecting patient access to discounted medications and health care services through Washington's health care safety net by preventing manufacturer limitations on the 340B drug pricing program.
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Requiring hospitals to offer immunizations for influenza in certain cases.
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Concerning personnel for ambulance service interfacility specialty care transports.
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Concerning endangerment with a controlled substance.
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Concerning public works contracting.
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Establishing the court unification task force.
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Concerning the requirements and process for approving and registering apprenticeship programs.
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Establishing the state marine forest.
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Concerning the provision of palliative care services by volunteer organizations that provide hospice care without compensation.
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Increasing tax exemption transparency and accountability.
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Concerning transition to kindergarten programs.
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Concerning rapid whole genome sequencing.
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Concerning access to psychedelic substances.
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Concerning advanced practice registered nurse and physician assistant reimbursement.
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Requiring coverage of pharmacogenomic testing for psychotropic medications.
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Improving access to career opportunities for students.
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Simplifying condominium construction statutes.
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Concerning factors which are considered in interest arbitration for adult family home providers.
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Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas.
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Concerning school operating costs.
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Concerning the governor's authority to limit outside militia activities within the state.
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Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program.
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