Bipartisan bill addressing neglect, financial exploitation passes by 92-4 margin

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s bipartisan legislation to combat both financial exploitation and neglect of vulnerable adults in Washington state passed the House of Representatives today by a vote of 92-4.

The measure, House Bill 1153, now heads to the Senate.

Administration had asked for case to be held until new order is issued

Decision to “rescind and replace” recognizes the obvious: Executive Order fatally flawed

Unanimous victory for equality

OLYMPIA — The Washington State Supreme Court today unanimously upheld a lower court decision in Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s consumer protection lawsuit against a Richland florist. The court agreed with Ferguson that Arlene’s Flowers violated Washington’s Consumer

Protection Act and the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) by refusing to serve a same-sex couple seeking to buy wedding flowers in 2013.

OLYMPIA —The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced the resolution of two campaign finance cases today. Eastern Washington University trustee Jay Manning failed to timely file two financial disclosures after his appointment and will pay $4,812.50. Audubon Washington failed to timely file independent expenditure reports for work on a TVW video voters’ guide and will pay $4,390.

In December 2016, the AGO received a Citizen Action Notice from Glen Morgan alleging violations of the state’s public disclosure laws by Manning.

Bipartisan legislation creates new no-contact order

Unanimous 9th Circuit upholds temporary restraining order obtained by Wash. AG Ferguson

OLYMPIA — The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today unanimously affirmed a lower court’s ruling obtained by Attorney General Bob Ferguson, which blocks President Trump’s Executive Order on immigration.

VANCOUVER — The Attorney General’s Office has filed a petition in Clark County Superior Court seeking to civilly commit a Vancouver-area sex offender and prevent his release into the community. 

Timothy McMahon, 55, was convicted of six sexually violent offenses, all committed in Clark County. In 1986, McMahon was convicted of indecent liberties against a child under age 14. In 1997, he was convicted of two counts of child molestation in the second degree. In 2004, McMahon was convicted of three counts of child molestation in the first degree.

Bipartisan legislation extends statute of limitations, updates definition of commercial sexual activity

OLYMPIA — An agency request bill from Attorney General Bob Ferguson aimed at extending the window of opportunity to prosecute human traffickers for their crimes today passed the Senate with unanimous bipartisan support. The bill extends the statute of limitations on human trafficking to match that of non-lethal arson and updates the definition of commercial sex to include “anything of value,” rather than simply a fee.

Ferguson’s lawsuit proved companies made deceptive claims in thousands of ads

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that a King County judge ordered the makers of 5-hour ENERGY® to pay nearly $4.3 million in penalties, attorneys’ fees and costs for multiple violations of the state Consumer Protection Act.