Senator Tim Sheldon

Senate capital budget funds critical local projects in Shelton, Belfair and Bremerton OLYMPIA… A capital budget proposal released April 8 by the Washington state Senate provides funding for critical projects in the 35th Legislative District, said state Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch. The projects include a $400,000 renovation of the Shelton Senior Center, $1.5 million for sewer rehabilitation in the city of Shelton,... Read More...

Senate budget avoids new taxes, slashes tuition, boosts Mason County, Sheldon says OLYMPIA… A $38 billion budget proposal approved by the state Senate Monday avoids tax increases and offers an enormous middle-class tax cut, in the form of reduced tuition at the state’s colleges and universities, said Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch. “This is a proposal I think the tough-minded people of rural... Read More...

By avoiding new taxes, Sheldon says Senate offers a budget for ‘the rest of the state’ OLYMPIA… A no-new-tax Senate budget proposal addresses the state’s most fundamental needs, said state Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch – fully funding K-12 education, cutting tuition and offering a flat-rate cost-of-living increase that boosts the state’s lowest-paid workers. The Senate’s $38 billion budget proposal is a stark contrast to the spending... Read More...

Senate approves Sheldon orange-paint trespass bill OLYMPIA… A bill giving landowners a new way to mark their property against trespassing has cleared the state Senate, and its sponsor, state Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, said he hopes it fares better than last year. Senate Bill 5233 gives property owners the right to dispense with the traditional no-trespassing... Read More...

Sheldon bill lets motorcyclists cross the line OLYMPIA… The Washington Senate voted March 5 to let motorcyclists cross the line – in the passing lane, anyway. Senate Bill 5623, sponsored by state Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, cleared the Senate on a 35-14 vote. After major amendments on the Senate floor, it would allow motorcyclists to pass slow-moving... Read More...

Sheldon bills require agencies to “show their work,” protect privacy for process servers OLYMPIA… The Washington state Senate has approved a pair of bills sponsored by state Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, requiring state agencies to provide more information about the science they use in land-use decisions, and protecting privacy for process servers. Sheldon’s “empirical science” measure cleared the Senate March 3 on a... Read More...

Senate transportation plan funds Belfair bypass, provides needed reforms, Sheldon says OLYMPIA… State Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, said March 2 his vote in favor of a transportation package in the state Senate was not an easy choice, but a necessary one. “It was a tough decision,” he said. “But for our state to move forward we need improvements to our whole... Read More...