No, we didn't go "red", :-)

We have just passed a law that will help discourage the totally and
dangerously ignorant from operating a boat.

From today's e-mail:

Good morning WAMBE:
At approximately 11 AM this Saturday morning SSB-5145 was finally
passed by the Washington State Senate, as Amended by the House. The
Bill is on the way to the Governors desk for her signature. HOORAY.

As Rick Rizz of the Mariners would say, the "Happy Totals" are below.

Have a great weekend everybody and thanks again for all of your
support. We did it! (Totals Below)
-David Kutz
Secretary, WAMBE
President, Recreational Boating Association of Washington
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SSB 5145
Senate vote on Final Passage as Amended by the House
4/16/2005

Yeas: 28 Nays: 13 Absent: 1 Excused: 7
Voting Yea: Senators Berkey, Deccio, Eide, Esser, Fairley, Finkbeiner,
Franklin, Fraser, Haugen, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kastama, Keiser, Kline,
Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, McCaslin, Pflug, Poulsen, Pridemore, Rasmussen,
Regala, Rockefeller, Shin, Spanel, Swecker, Thibaudeau, and Weinstein.

Voting Nay: Senators Benton, Brandland, Hargrove, Hewitt, Honeyford,
Morton, Parlette, Roach, Schoesler, Sheldon, Stevens, Wyss, and
Zarelli.

Absent: Senator Carrell.
Excused: Senators Brown, Delvin, Doumit, Mulliken, Oke, Prentice, and
Schmidt.