Oppose SB 5974, HB 1399, SB 5066, and HB 2216: Stop the Attack on Law Enforcement in Washington State
Legislative Alerts
Representative Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland), Senator Drew Hansen (D-Kitsap), and Representative Lisa Parshley (D-Olympia) introduced legislation that undermines law enforcement officers and imposes burdensome oversight weakening their ability to maintain law and order.
Contact your state legislators
Urge your state legislators to oppose these bills, protect merit-based law enforcement, and prevent government policy that prioritizes radical leftist political agendas.
Why it Matters
Urgent; Act Now: SB 5974, HB 1399, SB 5066, and HB 2216 are pending in the Washington State Legislature. Contact your state legislators and urge them to oppose these bills:
Senate Bill No. 5974 (SB 5974), introduced by Senator John Lovick (D-Mill Creek), and House Bill No. 1399 (HB 1399), introduced by Representative Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland), seek to “modernize” and “standardize” laws governing sheriffs, police chiefs, marshals, and police matrons, including new eligibility requirements, background checks, and the power for the state to decertify elected sheriffs who fail to enforce all state laws.
Senate Bill No. 5066 (SB 5066), introduced by Senator Drew Hansen (D-Kitsap), would expand the attorney general’s authority to investigate and take legal action against law enforcement officers for alleged misconduct, and imposes a “duty to intervene” for officers.
House Bill No. 2216 (HB 2216), introduced by Representative Lisa Parshley (D-Olympia), claims to protect emergency responders, but includes provisions that expand “sanctuary” policies that protect illegal aliens.
These bills undermine law enforcement and impose burdensome oversight weakening their ability to maintain law and order. Empowering the state attorney general to decertify elected sheriffs promotes a radical leftist agenda that prioritizes ideological control over traditional merit-based policing and public safety.
SB 5974, HB 1399, SB 5066, and HB 2216 are part of the larger communist attack on local police, intended to dismantle American local law enforcement through decriminalization, sanctuary protections, identity politics, and excessive regulation — replacing meritocracy with centralized policing that serves political agendas.
By rejecting these bills, legislators would prevent enacting anti-police laws, and maintain impartial, merit-based law enforcement.
Washington must reject SB 5974, HB 1399, SB 5066, and HB 2216. Urge your state legislators to oppose these bills, protect merit-based law enforcement, and prevent government policy that prioritizes radical leftist political agendas over the safety of all Americans.