Rep. Drew Hansen of Bainbridge Island has been named vice chair of the influential House Judiciary Committee in the 2013 Legislature by the Democratic majority.
Hansen, a practicing attorney in Seattle, is entering his first full term in the House. He was appointed to a vacant seat in late 2011.
The Judiciary Committee considers a panoply of subjects relating to criminal and civil law, the courts and judicial administraion.
Hansen also was named to the newly formed Finance Committee and the Higher Education Committee.
The majority Democratic caucus in the House approved committee assignments for all its members today.