Rep. Low pre-files bills to penalize fentanyl use, standardize animal cruelty punishments
39th District Rep. Sam Low, R-Lake Stevens, has prefiled a bill that makes it a gross misdemeanor to smoke fentanyl or methamphetamine around other people in public. House Bill 2002 would make it a gross misdemeanor—or a class C felony if a minor is involved—to knowingly or intentionally exhale the smoke of fentanyl, methamphetamine, or their derivatives in a public space within 10 feet of another person, or within an enclosed public space with another person.
Low also has pre-filed a bill to standardize the penalties for animal cruelty to give judges less latitude in sentencing. House Bill 1961 would reclassify all forms of Animal Cruelty in the First Degree as having a standard sentencing range of 1-3 months in county jail for a first-time offender with no prior record, increasing to 9-12 months for offenders with higher criminal scores. Low developed this bill together with the animal rescue group Pasado’s Safe Haven based in Sultan.
HDSA gains full accreditation
SNOHOMISH — The Historic Downtown Snohomish Association (HDSA) has become fully accredited in the Washington State Main Street Program. They’ve leveled up from being an affiliate. They did so by meeting 10 benchmarks set by the program relating to how it is organized and how it enhances and promotes the city’s downtown core.
“It’s a community accomplishment,” HDSA executive director Maygen Hetherington said in November at a City Council meeting.
Sunday market in Snohomish announced
SNOHOMISH — The operators of Space 802, at First and Cedar, have announced they are planning a Sunday market this summer.
It would have 15 spaces and run for 15 Sundays from June to September inside the footprint of Space 802’s parking lot.
Space 802 is the red brick building at 802 1st St.
Neither the Snohomish Farmers Market nor the Historic Downtown Snohomish Association are affiliated with the Sunday market, the leaders of their respective organizations said.
Bartender still in contest
SNOHOMISH — Snohomish Eagles bartender Angela Simonet advanced last week to be among the final 10 contestants looking to be named the “Bar Boss of the Year.”
The winner of the voting-based competition, running to Feb. 8, will receive $10,000 in addition to a feature story and cover photo in Bartender magazine.
The Tribune profiled Simonet in last week’s edition.
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