STATE OF WASHINGTON
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
60th Legislature - 2008 - Regular Session

   
FRANK CHOPP JEFF MORRIS
Speaker Speaker Pro Tempore
 
BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk     

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS   FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
 
Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions

 
February 21, 2008 - Thursday 39TH DAY Regular Session
 
NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL ADOPTED
PLEASE NOTE:
Added sponsor Pink Slips must be in the WORKROOM or on the Rostrum by 2:00 p.m. today.
 
HB 3376 By Representatives Dunn and McCune
 
  Regarding reporting of impaired drivers by health care professionals.
 
  Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
 
SSB 5256 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Roach, Fairley, Kastama, Eide, Hobbs, Fraser, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Franklin, Kilmer, Honeyford and Keiser)
 
  Providing for the exclusion of veterans benefits from the income calculation for the retired person property tax relief program.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
E2SSB 5271 By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Pridemore, Benton, Kline, Swecker, Roach and Rasmussen)
 
  Modifying when a special election may be held.
 
  Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
 
SSB 5566 By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Franklin and Kohl-Welles)
 
  Providing for privacy protection for certain voter registration information.
 
  Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
 
SSB 6210 By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senator Benton)
 
  Providing for the registration of sex offender or kidnapping offender e-mail addresses or other internet communication names or identities.
 
  Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
 
2SSB 6220 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Parlette, Pflug, Prentice and Kohl-Welles)
 
  Allowing the delegation of nursing tasks to care for persons with diabetes.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SB 6242 By Senator Spanel; by request of Department of Agriculture
 
  Addressing pesticide registration and license fees.
 
  Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
 
SB 6313 By Senators McAuliffe, Rasmussen, Tom, Delvin, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Fairley and Fraser
 
  Recognizing disability history in the public education system.
 
  Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
 
ESSB 6360 By Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Pflug, Keiser, Swecker, Fairley, Hewitt, Schoesler and Kohl-Welles)
 
  Establishing a task force on primary care medical practice. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Establishing a work group on primary care medical practice. )
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SSB 6389 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Schoesler, Hobbs, Rasmussen, Marr, Franklin and Kilmer)
 
  Exempting certain military housing from property and leasehold excise taxes.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
SSB 6426 By Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs, Shin, Swecker, Rasmussen, Fairley, Berkey, Rockefeller, Eide, Schoesler, Fraser, Kauffman, Kohl-Welles and McAuliffe)
 
  Enacting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
 
  Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
 
E2SSB 6438 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Rockefeller, Oemig, Honeyford, Murray, Delvin and Pridemore)
 
  Creating a statewide high-speed internet deployment and adoption initiative. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Coordinating the development of a statewide high-speed internet deployment and adoption initiative. )
 
  Referred to Committee on TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY & COMMUNICATIONS.
 
SSB 6448 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Marr, Zarelli, Keiser, Delvin, Kline, Brown, Brandland, Kohl-Welles, Fairley, Shin, Pflug, McAuliffe, Rasmussen and Kilmer)
 
  Providing for intensive behavior support services for children with developmental disabilities.
 
  Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES.
 
ESSB 6466 By Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, Tom, Rasmussen, McAuliffe, Hobbs, Stevens, Delvin, Shin and Carrell)
 
  Creating a task force to study teaching Spanish and Chinese in public schools. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Creating a task force to study teaching world languages in public schools. )
 
  Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
 
SB 6471 By Senators Weinstein, Kauffman, Tom, Fairley, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Keiser and Kline
 
  Protecting consumers by regulating loans under the consumer loan act and mortgage broker practices act.
 
  Referred to Committee on INSURANCE, FINANCIAL SERVICES & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
 
E2SSB 6502 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Oemig, Rasmussen and Kline)
 
  Reducing the release of mercury into the environment.
 
  Referred to Committee on SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
 
SSB 6527 By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kastama and Kline)
 
  Addressing the failure to transfer motor vehicle title and registration.
 
  Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
 
ESSB 6560 By Senate Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Morton, Delvin and Swecker)
 
  Increasing public utility district bid limits. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Regarding public utility district contracts. )
 
  Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
 
ESSB 6573 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Brandland, Kauffman, Delvin, Benton, Roach, McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board)
 
  Providing additional revenues for public safety.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
ESB 6591 By Senators Benton and Berkey; by request of Insurance Commissioner
 
  Regulating insurance producers.
 
  Referred to Committee on INSURANCE, FINANCIAL SERVICES & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
 
SB 6638 By Senators Murray, Roach, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Fairley, Kline, Kauffman, Jacobsen, Eide and Pflug
 
  Reallocating existing lodging taxes for heritage and arts programs in a county with a population of one million or more.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
ESB 6641 By Senators Regala, Zarelli and Carrell; by request of Department of Revenue
 
  Providing that voter-approved increases in property tax levy limitations for a multiyear period of up to six years do not permanently increase a taxing district's levy base, unless otherwise provided in the ballot proposition.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
SB 6653 By Senators Murray, Holmquist, Schoesler, Roach and Rasmussen; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy and LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board
 
  Allowing department of fish and wildlife enforcement officers to transfer service credit.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
SSB 6710 By Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser and Marr; by request of Washington State Patrol)
 
  Modifying the fire protection standards for hospitals.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
 
SB 6722 By Senators Regala, Delvin, Schoesler, Pridemore and Shin; by request of Department of Ecology
 
  Creating the cleanup settlement account.
 
  Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
 
ESSB 6730 By Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Delvin, Shin and Kohl-Welles)
 
  Regarding child care at institutions of higher education.
 
  Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
 
SSB 6777 By Senate Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators McDermott, Brown, Murray, Kohl-Welles and Pridemore)
 
  Clarifying interests in certain state lands.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
SSB 6805 By Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Rasmussen, McAuliffe, Kline and Kohl-Welles)
 
  Promoting farm and forest land preservation and restoration through conservation markets.
 
  Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
 
ESSB 6809 By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Pridemore, McAuliffe, Rockefeller, Eide, Oemig, Hatfield, Regala, Fraser, Brown, Fairley, Tom, Kilmer, Keiser, Franklin, Kauffman, Kline, Rasmussen, Spanel, Jacobsen and Kohl-Welles)
 
  Providing a tax exemption for working families measured by the federal earned income tax credit.
 
  Referred to Committee on FINANCE.
 
ESB 6821 By Senators Hatfield and Jacobsen
 
  Exempting certain information obtained by the department of fish and wildlife from disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW. (REVISED FOR ENGROSSED: Concerning fish and wildlife harvest management. )
 
  Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES.
 
SB 6891 By Senators Stevens, Hargrove, Carrell, Brandland and Roach
 
  Requiring certain hiring and training practices for children's administration social workers.
 
  Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & CHILDREN'S SERVICES.
 
SSB 6898 By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kline and Hargrove)
 
  Modifying criminal sentencing requirements.
 
  Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
 
SJM 8028 By Senators Shin, Berkey, Honeyford, Hobbs, Swecker, Delvin, Roach, Rasmussen and Benton
 
  Requesting that the President and Congress support the participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization.
 
  Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.