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Biography
Steve Tharinger is a former small business owner and past three term Clallam County Commissioner who lives in Dungeness with his wife, Yvonne.
He is a member of the Sequim Sunrise Rotary and a state-certified, volunteer mediator with the Peninsula Dispute Resolution Center. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Colorado College.
Steve was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2010 and serves the 24th Legislative District, which includes all of Clallam and Jefferson counties and a portion of Grays Harbor County.
As chair of the House Capital Budget Committee, he helps write the state’s capital investment budget, which builds schools, colleges, parks and other state facilities plus making investments in our natural resources.
His community involvement includes past service on dozens of boards and commissions, including the Clallam County Economic Development Council, the state insurance commissioner’s Health Care Reform Revitalization Committee, the Clallam County Board of Health and the Dungeness River Management Team.
At the state level, Steve served on Salmon Recovery Funding Board from 2002 to 2010 and as chair from 2008-10). He helped write the state’s new Alzheimer’s plan and co-chairs the Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Aging and Disability.
News
OLYMPIA—The construction budget passed by the House and Senate will build a record $ 1 billion in new public schools and includes more than $46 million in local projects in the 24th District. “This budget will put people to work...
OLYMPIA — A town hall meeting scheduled for Forks on Dec. 12 will be rescheduled due to a critical meeting on water rights. The meeting, hosted by Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, Rep. Steve Tharinger, D-Dungeness, and Rep. Mike...
ABERDEEN—More than a dozen state representatives, including Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, came to the Rotary Log Pavilion for the first stop on a listening tour in timber and farm country. “It was great to see so many local...
OLYMPIA—Hospitals in remote parts of Washington state will get help from a new law written by Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-Sequim). “In rural Washington, hospitals are the foundation that health care is built upon,” Rep. Tharinger said. “This legislation will maintain...
Here’s some recent press coverage about the local school now under construction using cross-laminated timber. This new technology has great potential for creating jobs in timber country while reducing the risk of expensive wildfires, since it makes thinning forests far more...
Photos
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- Boys and Girls Club members with Rep. Kevin Van De Wege inside the state capitol.
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- At the Gift of Life reception.
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- Rep. Tharinger and Page Madeline Patterson.
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- Gov. Jay Inslee signs Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2450, April 18, 2016. Relating to allowing critical access hospitals participating in the Washington rural health access preservation pilot to resume critical access hospital payment and licensure. Primary Sponsor: Steve Tharinger.
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- Realtor Day during the 2016 session.
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- Rep. Tharinger with Page Kelsy Bryson.
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- Gov. Jay Inslee signs Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2380, April 18, 2016. Relating to the capital budget. Primary Sponsor: Steve Tharinger.
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- Taking questions along with Rep. Kevin Van De Wege from the Boys and Girls Club.
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- Speaking at the unveiling of the state’s Alzheimer’s plan.
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- A meeting senators and representatives who belong to the bipartisan Heritage Caucus.
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- Gov. Jay Inslee signs Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2778, April 18, 2016. Relating to retail sales and use tax exemption criteria for certain clean alternative fuel vehicles. Primary Sponsor: Jake Fey.
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- With students from the Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend.
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- Rep. Tharinger and Page Madeline Patterson.
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- Students from a Boys and Girls Club visiting my office in the House of Representatives.
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- Rep. Tharinger with Page Kelsy Bryson.
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- Gov. Jay Inslee signs Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill No. 1713, April 18, 2016. Relating to integrating the treatment systems for mental health and chemical dependency. Primary Sponsor: Eileen Cody.
Contact
Olympia Address:
JLOB 314
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA
98504-0600
(360) 786-7904
Email Steve
Legislative Assistant:
Leanne Horn
Email: Leanne.Horn@leg.wa.gov
Toll-free Hotline:
1-800-562-6000
1-800-635-9993 (TTY)
Committees:
Capital Budget (Chair)
Appropriations
Health Care & Wellness
For Press Inquiries:
Guy Bergstrom, Message Coordinator
(360) 786-7811
Guy.Bergstrom@leg.wa.gov
For broadcast-quality audio or TV/radio interviews:
Dan Frizzell, Broadcast Coordinator
(360) 786-7208
Dan.Frizzell@leg.wa.gov