Who: Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, Chair of the House Public Safety Committee and Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, Chair of the Senate Law & Justice Committee What: Public hearing…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Work session on bias motivated crimes and state responses
Who: Rep. Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland), Chair of the House Public Safety Committee; Sarah Brown, Program Director, Criminal Justice, National Conference of State Legislatures; Michelle Deutchman, Western States Counsel, Anti-Defamation League…
Rep. Roger Goodman working to protect vulnerable adults, domestic violence victims
OLYMPIA –Last week the House Public Safety Committee approved two of several public safety bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland), chair of the committee. Rep. Goodman has a strong…
Goodman reappointed Chair of House Public Safety Committee
OLYMPIA – Representative Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland), an attorney with extensive criminal justice experience, has once again been chosen by his colleagues to serve as Chair of the House Public Safety…
Goodman appointed to leadership post on National Conference of State Legislatures committee
OLYMPIA – Rep. Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland), an attorney and criminal justice expert, has been appointed vice chair of the National Conference on State Legislatures’ (NCSL) Law and Criminal Justice Committee. Next week…
Restorative justice, it works!
Three years ago Rep. Goodman paved a new, smarter, more effective path to justice in our state’s system. He passed a bill, HB 1775, that legalized the use of restorative justice….
Rep. Goodman reappointed as Public Safety Committee Chair
Rep. Roger Goodman, an attorney and criminal justice expert, was reelected by his colleagues to continue chairmanship of the House Public Safety Committee. “In a heartbeat, a violent crime or…
House passes bipartisan bill on the use of drones
Last evening, in a 83-15 vote, the House passed HB 2789, which provides a framework for the public use of drones, defined in the bill as “extraordinary sensing devices” (ESDs)….
Goodman named chair of House Public Safety Committee
Rep. Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland) has been picked to chair the House Public Safety Committee. “In a heartbeat, a violent crime or a natural disaster can take away everything — your…
Rep. Goodman on cannabis legalization: The world is watching, and the hard work has just begun
The voters of Washington state, who turned out in greater numbers — 81 percent –than any other state in the nation, did two brave things in approving marriage equality and…