Judge dismisses GOP lawmakers' challenge of House vax rule
OLYMPIA — In the weeks before the start of the 2022 legislative session, majority Democrats signed off on a plan for conducting business in the House of Representatives in the ongoing pandemic.
It required lawmakers be vaccinated to participate in floor session and to access their offices. It restricted where the public could go. Overall, many elements didn’t sit well with Republicans.
Six of them, including Granite Falls Rep. Robert Sutherland, sued in November, alleging the House plan created “separate and unequal classes of legislators” and violated their right to freedom of speech and laws regarding discrimination.
On July 1, their fight came to an end when Thurston County Superior Court Judge Mary Sue Wilson dismissed the case.
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