Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks

November 19, 2021

King receives awards for work on business, agricultural issues

Sen. Curtis King has been honored this week by two statewide associations for his legislative work on business and agricultural issues. King, the ranking Republican member on both the Senate Labor, Commerce and Tribal Affairs Committee and Senate Transportation Committee, received the Association of Washington Business’ 2021 Legislator of the Year...
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March 11, 2021

King receives award for work on agricultural issues

Sen. Curtis King has been honored by the Washington Farm Bureau for his work on agricultural issues. King, the ranking Republican member of the Senate Labor, Commerce and Tribal Affairs Committee, was named the agricultural organization’s 2020 Legislator of the Year on Wednesday. “I’m honored to be recognized by the Farm...
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January 27, 2021

King bill aims to prevent farms, other employers from paying three years of retroactive overtime

Two months after the state Supreme Court issued a confusing ruling that could have disastrous consequences for dairy farms, Sen. Curtis King has introduced a bill to head off what could be a financially devastating problem for the state’s dairy industry and other segments of Washington’s economy. For 60 years,...
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August 12, 2014

King pleased by tentative agreement that should allow grain inspections to resume at Vancouver port

Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima and co-chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, made this statement regarding the tentative agreement reached today between United Grain Corporation in Vancouver and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. “The end of these protracted negotiations is good news for working families across Washington. I’m glad that...
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July 24, 2014

King questions timing of grain-inspection shutdown at Vancouver port

Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, made this statement regarding Gov. Jay Inslee’s recent decision to withdraw the Washington State Patrol security detail that had been escorting state grain inspectors to United Grain Corporation’s export terminal in Vancouver. The move has effectively brought grain exports from the terminal, site of an ongoing...
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March 29, 2012

King bill will lessen burden on Washington farmers, employees

Gov. Christine Gregoire signed Senate Bill 6423 Thursday afternoon, clarifying in state law that farmers and their employees are not required to possess commercial driver’s licenses under certain conditions. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, received unanimous support from the Washington State Senate and passed the House of...
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March 06, 2012

King bill exempting farmers from CDL requirements to become law

The governor is soon expected to sign a measure sponsored by Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, which would clarify in state law that farmers and those who work for farmers need not have a commercial driver’s license to move products from field to storage. Senate Bill 6423 received unanimous support from...
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April 18, 2011

King bill to allow off-road motorcycles on public roads signed into law

Today Gov. Christine Gregoire signed into law Senate Bill 5800, a measure introduced by Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, to authorize the use of modified off-road motorcycles on public roads. “My bill will allow outdoor recreationalists to use their motorcycles to get from one place to another, such as from a...
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January 21, 2008

King bill to spare beekeepers from tax receives committee hearing

Sen. Curtis King this morning told the Senate Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Committee that Washington would benefit if the state’s beleaguered beekeepers could take the money they pay in state taxes and invest it in the health of their hives instead. King, R-Yakima, is the prime sponsor of Senate...
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