The State of Liberty was a proposed U.S. state to be formed out of Eastern Washington, as submitted in a failed bill proposal in 2019 by Matt Shea and Bob McCaslin Jr. in the Washington House of Representatives. [1] It was proposed by Shea as House Memorials in 2015 and 2017, [2] [3] [4] [5] and was the subject of the Douglas County Republicans' "Lincoln Day dinner" keynote speech in May 2018 at the Wenatchee Convention Center. [6] In early 2021, a bill (House Bill 1239) calling for the creation of a new state called Liberty was proposed by Republicans Rob Chase and Bob McCaslin. [7] [8] The bill was also co-sponsored by Republicans Robert Sutherland and Tom Dent. [9]
The State of Liberty was a proposed U.S. state to be formed out of Eastern Washington, as submitted in a failed bill proposal in 2019 by Matt Shea and Bob McCaslin Jr. in the Washington House of Representatives. [1] It was proposed by Shea as House Memorials in 2015 and 2017, [2] [3] [4] [5] and was the subject of the Douglas County Republicans' "Lincoln Day dinner" keynote speech in May 2018 at the Wenatchee Convention Center. [6] In early 2021, a bill (House Bill 1239) calling for the creation of a new state called Liberty was proposed by Republicans Rob Chase and Bob McCaslin. [7] [8] The bill was also co-sponsored by Republicans Robert Sutherland and Tom Dent. [9]