Washington State Bill Proposes Emergency Alerts for Public Officials
Washington state senators are proposing to create an emergency notification system for public officials that would alert them about any confirmed targeted threat to any public official. SB-5853, prefiled Monday, cites the Minnesota shootings in June that killed state Rep.…
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Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband and seriously injured state Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife. "Had an emergency notification system been implemented in Minnesota, senator Hoffman and his wife could have been notified of representative Hortman and her husband's murder and taken whatever precautions necessary to avoid harm," according to the legislation. Sponsoring the bipartisan bill are Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson (R) and 10 others.