Steve Tharinger
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Steve Tharinger
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| state_house=Washington
| district=24th
| office1 = Clallam County Commissioner
| term_start1 = January 1, 2000
| term_end1 = January 1, 2012
| predecessor1 = Martha M. Ireland
| successor1 = Jim McEntire
| alongside = Adam Bernbaum
| term_start=January 10, 2011
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| predecessor=Lynn Kessler
| successor=
| party=Democratic
| birth_name=Stephen Platner Tharinger
| birth_date={{Birth year and age|1949}}
| birth_place=Wisconsin, U.S.
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| alma_mater=Colorado College (BA)
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Stephen Platner Tharinger{{cite web|url=https://digitalccbeta.coloradocollege.edu/pid/coccc:10300/datastream/OB|title=Ninetieth Annual Commencement|work=Colorado College|date=1971-06-02|access-date=2021-12-22}} (born 1949){{Cite web|title=Legislative Manual 2021-2022|url=https://leg.wa.gov/LIC/Documents/Historical/Legislative%20Manuals/Legislative%20Manual%20-%20Red%20Book%202021_ONLINE.pdf|publisher=Washington State Legislature}} is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He is a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 24th district.{{cite web
|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/94645/steve-tharinger
|title=Steve Tharinger
|publisher=votesmart.org
|access-date=2012-07-09
}}
Notable legislation
Tharinger voted in favor of HB 1054,{{cite web|url=https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=1054&Year=2021&Initiative=false|title= HB 1054 - 2021-22 Establishing requirements for tactics and equipment used by peace officers. |website=leg.wa.gov}} which is described as establishing requirements for tactics and equipment used by peace officers by adding restrictions on vehicular pursuits, as well as prohibiting law enforcement from using chokeholds, the deployment of tear gas, or unleashed police dogs in the arrest or apprehension of suspects.{{cite web|url=https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2021-22/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/House/1054%20HBA%20PS%2021.pdf?q=20240724204938|title= Public Safety Committee |website=leg.wa.gov}}
References
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Washington House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Washington State Legislature
Category:County commissioners in Washington (state)
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