CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8008
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
Passed by the Senate February 1, 2024 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 48 Nays 0
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that
the attached is SENATE JOINT
President of the Senate MEMORIAL 8008 as passed by the
Senate and the House of
Representatives on the dates hereon
Passed by the House February 29, 2024 set forth.
Yeas 92 Nays 0
Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
 SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8008
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session
By Senator J. Wilson
1 TO THE WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND TO THE
2 HONORABLE ROGER MILLAR, SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, AND TO THE
3 WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:
4 We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of
5 the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled,
6 respectfully represent and petition as follows:
7 WHEREAS, Justin R. Schaffer was a resident of Lewis County since
8 2006, who graduated from Adna High School, was a husband, son, and a
9 colleague; and
10 WHEREAS, Justin R. Schaffer attended Centralia College and
11 graduated with an Associate of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice; and
12 WHEREAS, Trooper Justin R. Schaffer graduated with the 103rd
13 Trooper Basic Training Class and was commissioned in September 2014;
14 in 2016, became a Drug Recognition Expert; this training lead to
15 gaining a partner in the form of narcotics K9 Frankie in 2018; and
16 WHEREAS, Trooper Justin R. Schaffer was fatally struck by a
17 vehicle while attempting to deploy spike strips to stop a fleeing
18 armed robbery suspect on March 24, 2020; and
19 WHEREAS, Trooper Justin R. Schaffer will forever be remembered
20 for his dedication, humility, and as a courageous public servant;
21 NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the
22 Washington State Transportation Commission commence proceedings to
23 designate the section of state route number 6 that traverses Lewis
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1 County from milepost 45 to milepost 51 as the Washington State Patrol
2 Trooper Justin R. Schaffer memorial highway.
3 BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately
4 transmitted to the Washington State Transportation Commission, the
5 Honorable Roger Millar, Secretary of Transportation, and the
6 Washington State Department of Transportation.
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