Rep. Dan Griffey talks with Local Matters’ host Johnny Manson about the Hope Card bill on Timber Country – KSWW, Aberdeen

May 11, 2023

Rep. Dan Griffey, R-Allyn, talks with KSWW’s Johnny Manson about House Bill 1766, the Hope Card bill for domestic violence survivors. The measure was recently signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee.

Currently, survivors with protection orders must carry with them the large legal document hard copies of protection orders in case they need it to prove to police they have such an order or to protect themselves against someone violating that order.

Under the Hope Card program, electronic, scannable cards that will contain most of the information from a full protection order.