MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: May 11, 2021
Jesse Salomon
A bill that removes non-payment of moving violation-based traffic infractions from a list of actions that can lead to criminal enforcement of license suspensions was signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday.
SB 5226, sponsored by 32nd District State Sen. Jesse Salomon, removes criminal penalties for an inability to pay traffic fines.
Under current law, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if they drive while their driver’s license is suspended or revoked in the third degree. The penalty can be up to 90 days in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both. There are a number of ways one can fall into this license suspension status under current law. SB 5226 removes failure to pay an infraction from this list and instead makes any financial collections a civil matter.
Inslee OKs bill curbing debt-based license suspensions
GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press
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SEATTLE (AP) Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday approved a measure aimed at preventing tens of thousands of people a year from having their driver’s licenses suspended for failure to pay fines.
An estimated 46,000 people have their licenses suspended annually because they fail to pay court-imposed fines for noncriminal moving violations as minor as neglecting to use a turn signal. And, once their license is suspended, they can be subject to criminal prosecution if they re caught driving again.
Activists say that punishes people for being poor, disproportionately affects minority and young drivers, and makes it harder for them to get to work, to take care of sick family members or to get children to school.
Inslee approves bill curbing debt-based license suspensions
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs 33 new bills into law
By the time Washington lawmakers concluded their 105-day session Sunday night, they had approved nearly a dozen measures on police reform, passed two key climate measures cap-and-trade and a low-carbon fuel standard that had long been priorities of Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, and passed a new capital gains tax on high-profit stocks and bonds that had languished in previous legislative sessions.
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday approved a measure aimed at preventing tens of thousands of people a year from having their driver’s licenses suspended for failure to pay fines.
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Iran’s Natanz uranium-enrichment site was hit by an explosion that caused a power failure on Sunday, the New York Times reports. Iranian officials have pointed fingers at Israel, calling the attack an “act of sabotage.”
The explosion follows the renewal last week of diplomatic talks about the 2015 nuclear deal, and the unveiling on Saturday by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani of new centrifuges at the Natanz site. Centrifuges are used to produce enriched uranium, which is in turn used to make reactor fuel and nuclear weapons.
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