Majority Democrats in the state Legislature are pushing changes they say will restore integrity to Washington’s venerable initiative process. Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, a Democrat, opposes the legislation, saying it would further burden those pursuing an initiative. On Friday, the Senate committee advanced Valdez’s bill on a 4-3 party-line vote. “I hate raising barriers to the (initiative) process but I think getting money out of politics is the most important thing right now,” he said, before voting for the bill. Checking addressesThis isn’t the only Democrat-sponsored bill targeting the initiative process.