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Former Member, Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, Ecology and Parks Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Ranking Minority Member, Environment and Energy Committee Washington State House of Representatives
Former Ranking Minority Member, Environment Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, Environment Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Assistant Ranking Minority Member, Labor and Workforce Development Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, Transportation Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, Ecology and Parks Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, Environment Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Ranking Minority Member, Environment Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Assistant Ranking Minority Member, Labor and Workforce Development Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Member, Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee
Ranking Minority Member, Environment and Energy Committee
Member, Transportation
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Hobbies or Special Talents:
Avid hunter and fisherman.
Type: resolution Chamber: lower
Type: resolution Chamber: lower
Type: resolution Chamber: lower
On November 1, 2018, the FBI said it was opening an investigation into Shea following the release of a four-page document titled The Biblical Basis for War. The document outlined what it labeled rules for war and terms of surrender, including an end to abortions, same-sex marriage, and communism. Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said the document was "a 'how to' manual consistent with the ideology and operating philosophy of the Christian Identity/Aryan Nations movement and the Redoubt movement of the 1990s." Shea said the document was part of a sermon and had been taken out of context. "It was a summary of a series of sermons on biblical war in the Old Testament as part of a larger discussion on the history of warfare," he said. On November 26, 2018, Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib (D) announced Shea was removed from his leadership position as Republican caucus chair. In a tweet, Habib said Shea's removal was linked to criticism about the document. On July 29, 2019, the state House announced it hired an outside firm to investigate Shea. According to The Columbian, the firm would be looking into "whether a member has engaged in, planned or promoted political violence and to determine the extent of his involvement with groups or people involved with such activities." On December 19, 2019, the firm released their investigative report, which included the statement that Shea "participated in an act of domestic terrorism against the United States." Shea was subsequently suspended from the Republican House caucus. At the time of the report's release, Shea was not expelled from the legislature and had not announced plans to resign. One of the other individuals named in the report contested the findings.
