Washington legislation · 2025-26 Regular Session
Washington HR4715: Rep. Tharinger
Status: Passed both chambers, March 12, 2026
Honoring Representative Tharinger.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 2026-4715 HR 4715 ByRepresentatives Jinkins, Stokesbary, Abbarno, Abell, Barkis, Barnard, Berg, Bergquist, Bernbaum, Berry, Bronoske, Burnett, Callan, Chase, Connors, Corry, Cortes, Couture, Davis, Dent, Doglio, Donaghy, Duerr, Dufault, Dye, Engell, Entenman, Eslick, Farivar, Fey, Fitzgibbon, Fosse, Goodman, Graham, Gregerson, Griffey, Hackney, Hall, Hill, Jacobsen, Keaton, Klicker, Kloba, Leavitt, Lekanoff, Ley, Low, Macri, Manjarrez, Marshall, McClintock, McEntire, Mena, Mendoza, Morgan, Nance, Obras, Orcutt, Ormsby, Ortiz-Self, Parshley, Paul, Penner, Peterson, Pollet, Ramel, Reed, Reeves, Richards, Rude, Rule, Ryu, Salahuddin, Santos, Schmick, Schmidt, Scott, Shavers, Simmons, Springer, Stearns, Steele, Stonier, Street, Stuebe, Taylor, Thai, Thomas, Timmons, Valdez, Volz, Walen, Walsh, Waters, Wylie, Ybarra, and Zahn WHEREAS, Representative Steve Tharinger was elected to the House of Representatives in 2010 representing the 24th Legislative District; and WHEREAS, He received his political science degree from Colorado College after growing up in the Twin Cities in Minnesota; and WHEREAS, Representative Tharinger started his career as a contractor building houses, and later became a small business owner; and WHEREAS, He was elected as the Clallam County Commissioner in 1999 and pursued his passions by serving on many local boards and commissions; and WHEREAS, He championed environmental efforts to protect Washington waterways and native salmon; and WHEREAS, Representative Tharinger was the chair of the House Capital Budget Committee for 12 years, where he worked tirelessly to …
Sponsors
- Laurie Jinkins (D) · primary sponsor
- Drew Stokesbary (R)
- Peter Abbarno (R)
- Hunter Abell (R)
- Andrew Barkis (R)
- Stephanie Barnard (R)
- April Berg (D)
- Steve Bergquist (D)
- Adam Bernbaum (D)
- Liz Berry (D)
- Dan Bronoske (D)
- Brian Burnett (R)
Latest actions
- : Adopted.
- : Introduced.
Subjects: HOUSE RESOLUTIONS
Common questions
- What is HR4715?
- HR4715 is a bill in the Washington Legislature (2025-26 Regular Session): Rep. Tharinger.
- What does HR4715 do?
- Honoring Representative Tharinger.
- What is the status of HR4715?
- Passed both chambers as of March 12, 2026. Latest action: Adopted. (March 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR4715?
- Laurie Jinkins (D), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR4715?
- On the Washington Legislature website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=4715&Year=2025
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