Emboldened by new majority, Washington Senate Democrats set fast legislative pace

OLYMPIA — A carbon tax. A state voting-rights act. A ban on bump stocks for semi-automatic rifles, and proposals to bolster women’s reproductive health.

Those are just a handful of the Democratic bills rolling out of legislative committees or off the Washington Senate floor in what has become a frenzied legislative session.

Emboldened by their new single-seat Senate majority — along with control of the House and the governor’s office — the Democrats are voting morning, afternoon and sometimes late at night.

Now just past the session’s halfway mark, they’re pointing to a string of victories.

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