Washington State Senate 5th Order

Introduction & First Reading
Short Titles and Referrals
2006 Regular Session of the 59th Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate ROSA FRANKLIN, President Pro Tem
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate PAULL SHIN, Vice President Pro Tem

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2006 4TH DAY
 
  SB 6399 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Franklin, Keiser and Kline; by request of Employment Security Department

Improving unemployment insurance collection and penalty tools.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6400 By Senators Prentice, McCaslin and Benton

Regulating manufactured home parks or manufactured housing communities.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6401 By Senators Doumit, Jacobsen, Schoesler, Regala, Morton and Honeyford

Modifying definitions of charter licenses.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6402 By Senators Doumit, Oke, Jacobsen, Regala, Spanel and Shin

Creating the Columbia river safety and coastal crab mitigation work group.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6403 By Senators Doumit, Jacobsen, Regala and Rockefeller

Concerning forest fire protection assessments.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6404 By Senators Johnson, Esser, Keiser, Delvin, Kline and Rasmussen; by request of Criminal Justice Training Commission

Regarding the certification of tribal police officers.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6405 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen, Shin, Benton and Oke; by request of Attorney General

Imposing additional registration requirements on risk level III offenders.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6406 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen, Benton and Oke; by request of Attorney General

Including assault of a child in the second degree in the list of two-strike offenses.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6407 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen, Benton and Oke; by request of Attorney General

Increasing the seriousness level for possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6408 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen and Oke; by request of Attorney General

Tolling the statute of limitations for felony sex offenses.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6409 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen and Oke; by request of Attorney General

Revising provisions relating to sex offender sentencing and disposition alternatives.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6410 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Doumit, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen and Benton; by request of Attorney General

Revising provisions relating to community protection zones.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6411 By Senators Doumit, Parlette, Pridemore, Delvin, Fraser, McAuliffe, Shin and Kohl-Welles

Allowing six-year long collective bargaining agreements.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6412 By Senators Doumit, Zarelli and Hargrove

Increasing the number of superior court judges in Clallam and Cowlitz counties.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6413 By Senator Oke

Regarding sales of used law enforcement motor vehicles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6414 By Senators Pridemore and Kline

Requiring fiscal information in local tax ballot measure titles.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6415 By Senators Pridemore, McAuliffe and Mulliken

Allowing interpreters to assist hearing impaired persons during driver's license examinations.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6416 By Senators Keiser, Hewitt, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Prentice, Finkbeiner, Parlette, Sheldon, Deccio, Shin, Esser and Rasmussen

Prohibiting pyramid promotional schemes.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6417 By Senators Roach, Kline, Jacobsen, Esser, Weinstein, Thibaudeau, Benson, Rasmussen, Schmidt, Carrell, Morton, Deccio, Stevens, Mulliken, McCaslin, Hargrove and Delvin

Prohibiting sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6418 By Senators Keiser and Deccio

Adding requirements to renew initial limited licenses for dental hygienists.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6419 By Senators Thibaudeau, Deccio, Kastama, Benson, Keiser and McAuliffe

Creating pilot projects for dental hygienists.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6420 By Senators Pridemore, Schmidt, Kohl-Welles, Fairley, McAuliffe and Shin

Regarding community and technical college part-time academic employee health benefits.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6421 By Senator Kastama

Eliminating Saturday counting of ballots.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6422 By Senator Kastama

Modifying election recount provisions.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6423 By Senators Haugen and Kastama

Modifying absentee or provisional ballot notice requirements.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6424 By Senators Schoesler, Rasmussen, Morton, Mulliken and Benton

Providing a property tax exemption for land used for growing crops used in the production of biodiesel feedstock.

Referred to Commitee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6425 By Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler and Morton

Encouraging enrollment in conservation programs.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6426 By Senators Schoesler, Morton and Delvin

Revising requirements for reciprocity of concealed pistol licenses.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6427 By Senators Kastama, Mulliken, Morton and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development

Concerning schedules for the review of comprehensive plans and development regulations.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6428 By Senators Pridemore, Esser, Poulsen, Morton, Schmidt, Fairley, Benson, Berkey, Regala, Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, Prentice, Kastama, Johnson, Thibaudeau, Kline, Eide, Shin, Rockefeller, Jacobsen, Haugen, Doumit, Oke, Franklin, Swecker, Carrell, Rasmussen, Spanel, Fraser, McAuliffe, Keiser, Brown, Finkbeiner, Brandland and Benton

Providing electronic product recycling through manufacturer financed opportunities.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6429 By Senators Jacobsen, Oke, Haugen, Honeyford and Rasmussen; by request of Archaeology and Historic Preservation

Exempting certain Native American cultural resources information from public disclosure.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6430 By Senators Keiser, Benton, Deccio, Roach, Thibaudeau, Zarelli, Pridemore, Franklin and Kohl-Welles

Modifying provisions relating to nursing facility medicaid payment systems.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6431 By Senators Kastama, Roach, Kline and Benton

Regarding the state interoperability executive committee.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6432 By Senators Rockefeller, Schoesler, Fraser, Pridemore, Regala, Keiser, Mulliken, Kline, Kohl-Welles and Benton

Funding solar energy demonstration projects.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6433 By Senators Kastama, Jacobsen, Poulsen, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Shin, Haugen, Rasmussen, Keiser, Regala, Thibaudeau, Franklin, McAuliffe and Kohl-Welles

Establishing the emergency management, preparedness, and assistance account.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6434 By Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Franklin and Kline

Compensating on-call workers for active duty hours under the state minimum wage act.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6435 By Senators McAuliffe, Rockefeller and Shin

Creating a certificate of academic progress.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6436 By Senators McAuliffe, Schmidt, Rockefeller, Eide, Weinstein and Pridemore

Transferring duties of the reconstituted state board of education.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6437 By Senators McAuliffe, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Eide, Keiser, Schoesler, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, Pridemore, Rasmussen and Shin

Providing for adoption of course equivalencies for career and technical courses.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6438 By Senators Weinstein, McAuliffe, Eide, Poulsen, Schmidt, Esser, Finkbeiner, Keiser and Kohl-Welles

Modifying school district levy provisions.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6439 By Senators Doumit, Oke, Jacobsen, Schoesler and Delvin

Concerning coastal crab fisheries licenses.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6440 By Senators Kline and Johnson

Providing procedures for judicial orders concerning distraint of personal property.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6441 By Senators Johnson and Kline

Changing the law related to judicial orders concerning distraint of personal property.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6442 By Senators Shin and Schmidt

Authorizing the transfer of certain real property and facilities.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6443 By Senators Fraser and Regala; by request of Office of Financial Management

Creating the economic stability account.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6444 By Senators Prentice, Doumit, Fraser, McAuliffe, Regala, Rasmussen, Shin and Roach; by request of Office of Financial Management

Creating the pension funding stabilization account.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6445 By Senators Fraser, Pridemore, Franklin, Rasmussen and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Providing unreduced retirement benefits in the plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6446 By Senators Fraser, Pridemore, Franklin, Rasmussen and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Setting contribution rates in the Washington state patrol retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6447 By Senators Pridemore, Fraser, Franklin, Rasmussen and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Addressing the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system plan 1.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6448 By Senators Mulliken, Pridemore, Fraser, Franklin and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Addressing the public employment of retirees from the teachers' retirement system plan 1 and the public employees' retirement system plan 1.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6449 By Senators Fraser, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Shin and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Making changes to general provisions in the public safety employees' retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6450 By Senators Pridemore, Mulliken, Fraser, McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Allowing vesting after five years of service in the defined benefit portion of the public employees' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the teachers' retirement system plan 3.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6451 By Senators Fraser, Mulliken, Pridemore, McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Funding the unfunded actuarial accrued liability in plan 1 of the public employees' retirement system and plan 1 of the teachers' retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6452 By Senators Fraser, Mulliken, Pridemore, McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Establishing minimum contribution rates for the public employees' retirement system, the public safety employees' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the teachers' retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6453 By Senators Mulliken, Pridemore, Fraser, Rockefeller, Franklin and Spanel; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Establishing a one thousand dollar minimum monthly benefit for certain plan 1 members of the public employees' retirement system and certain plan 1 members of the teachers' retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6454 By Senators Mulliken, Pridemore, Fraser, Rockefeller, Franklin, Spanel, Shin and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Providing annual increases in certain retirement allowances.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6455 By Senators Fraser, Mulliken, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Spanel and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Creating optional public retirement benefits for justices and judges.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6456 By Senators Pridemore, Rockefeller, Spanel and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Authorizing optional membership and distributions of retirement allowances for certain members of the teachers', school employees', and public employees' retirement systems.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6457 By Senators Pridemore, Mulliken, Fraser, Rockefeller, Rasmussen and Roach; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Permitting members of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, the public safety employees' retirement system, plan 1 of the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, and the Washington state patrol retirement system to make a one-time purchase of additional service credit.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6458 By Senators Pridemore, Mulliken, Fraser, Rockefeller, Franklin and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Purchasing service credit in plan 2 and plan 3 of the teachers' retirement system for public education experience performed as a teacher in a public school in another state or with the federal government.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6459 By Senators Keiser, Brandland, Thibaudeau, Spanel, Rasmussen, Kline, Parlette and Kohl-Welles

Supporting community-based health care solutions.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6460 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, McCaslin, McAuliffe, Keiser, Rasmussen, Benton, Roach and Oke; by request of Attorney General

Increasing penalties for crimes committed with sexual motivation.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6461 By Senators McAuliffe and Schmidt

Adopting a weighted multiple measures approach to graduation requirements.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6462 By Senators Shin, Berkey, Rasmussen, Jacobsen, Schmidt, Swecker, Honeyford, Pflug and Sheldon

Providing biotechnology product and medical device manufacturing tax incentives.

Referred to Committee on INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6463 By Senators Fairley and Benton

Allowing banks and savings banks to organize as limited liability companies.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 6464 By Senators Delvin, McAuliffe, Hewitt, Pridemore and Rasmussen

Expanding the baccalaureate degree program at WSU, Tri-Cities.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6465 By Senators McAuliffe, Berkey, Haugen, Fairley, Shin, Rockefeller, Hargrove, Rasmussen, Franklin, Thibaudeau and Regala

Changing provisions relating to sex offenders.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6466 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Weinstein, McAuliffe, Delvin, Finkbeiner, Brown, Rasmussen and Kline; by request of Governor Gregoire

Creating the department of early learning.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6467 By Senators Schmidt, Haugen, Shin, Benson, Rasmussen, Benton and Oke

Modifying the laws concerning armed forces license plates.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6468 By Senators Johnson, Schmidt, Roach, Zarelli, Stevens, Mulliken, Carrell, Benton, Deccio, Parlette, Honeyford, Benson, Keiser, Kline and Kohl-Welles

Requiring classroom-based civics assessments.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6469 By Senators Thibaudeau, Keiser, Haugen, Franklin, Brown, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Spanel, Kline and Kohl-Welles

Creating a blue ribbon commission on health care cost and access.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6470 By Senators Shin, Deccio, Schmidt, Sheldon, Jacobsen, Rasmussen and Mulliken

Creating Washington manufacturing services in statute.

Referred to Committee on INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6471 By Senators Zarelli, Hewitt, Sheldon, Parlette, Brandland, Stevens, Morton, Finkbeiner, Schmidt, Pflug, Esser, Carrell, Mulliken, Schoesler, Benton, Deccio, Oke, Honeyford, Johnson and Roach

Implementing a proposed constitutional amendment creating a rainy day reserve fund.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6472 By Senators Rasmussen and Carrell

Requiring school districts to adopt policies for the retention and promotion of students.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6473 By Senators Poulsen, Morton and Rockefeller

Eliminating the requirement that telecommunications companies file price lists.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6474 By Senators Regala, Poulsen, Morton, Kline and Kohl-Welles

Modifying provisions related to the model toxics control act.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6475 By Senators McAuliffe, Schmidt, Eide, Weinstein, Haugen, Berkey, Kastama, Shin, Kohl-Welles and Rasmussen; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Authorizing alternative methods of assessment and appeal processes for the certificate of academic achievement.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6476 By Senators Roach, Pflug, Johnson, Carrell, Stevens, Benson, Delvin, Schoesler, Schmidt, Mulliken and Benton

Providing for active monitoring of nonpersistent offenders.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6477 By Senators Roach, Benson, Stevens, Benton, Johnson, Esser and Honeyford

Creating a work group to study volunteer amateur radio emergency communications.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6478 By Senators Regala, Hargrove, McAuliffe, Keiser and Rasmussen

Creating sexual assault protection orders.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6479 By Senators Regala, McAuliffe and Kline

Revising the privilege for sexual assault advocates.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 6480 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Haugen, Brown and Keiser; by request of Department of Transportation

Eliminating the department of transportation's exemption from the public works apprenticeship utilization requirements.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6481 By Senators Jacobsen, Weinstein and Fairley

Penalizing persons who violate rules concerning the use of toxic shot to hunt waterfowl.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 6482 By Senators Honeyford, Mulliken, Schoesler, Finkbeiner, Esser and Delvin

Providing funds for energy assistance.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 6483 By Senators Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Rasmussen, Franklin, Haugen, Berkey, Keiser, Kline, Regala, Eide, Brown, Thibaudeau, Schmidt, Spanel and Shin; by request of Governor Gregoire

Expanding apprenticeship opportunities for high school graduates.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6484 By Senators Doumit, Swecker, Hargrove, Rasmussen, Schoesler, Morton, Keiser, Eide, Hewitt, Mulliken, Parlette and Benton

Providing local assistance for state narcotics task forces.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SJM 8029 By Senators Schoesler, Morton, Delvin and Mulliken

Requesting Congress to repeal the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SJR 8222 By Senators Zarelli, Doumit, Hewitt, Sheldon, Parlette, Rasmussen, Stevens, Johnson, Finkbeiner, Schmidt, Pflug, Schoesler, Carrell, Esser, Mulliken, Benton, Deccio, Brandland, Honeyford, Oke, Benson and Roach

Establishing a rainy day reserve fund.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

  HB 2424 By Representatives Grant, Kessler, Williams, Morrell, Condotta, Clibborn, Linville, Cox, Hunt, Buck, Conway, Haigh, Sump, P. Sullivan, Walsh, Springer, Buri, Haler, Newhouse, Ericksen, Morris, Ericks, Kretz, Strow, B. Sullivan, Dunn, Upthegrove, Ormsby, McDermott, Holmquist and Takko

Providing sales and use tax exemptions for users of farm fuel.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.