Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2007 Regular Session of the 60th Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate ROSA FRANKLIN, President Pro Tem
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate PAULL SHIN, Vice President Pro Tem

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2007 12TH DAY
 
  SB 5422 By Senators Honeyford and Clements

Addressing the suspension or revocation of a person's driving privilege.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5423 By Senators Keiser, Pflug, Parlette, Franklin, Kastama, Marr, Tom, Delvin, Clements, Kilmer, Kohl-Welles and Kline

Improving the quality of health care through the use of health information technologies.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5424 By Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Kastama, Franklin, Rockefeller, Shin, Clements and Rasmussen

Requiring background checks for health care providers.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5425 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Hargrove, Stevens and Regala

Adding additional appropriate locations for the transfer of newborn children.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5426 By Senators Sheldon and Rasmussen

Reimbursing volunteer fire departments that respond to incidents on state highways.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5427 By Senators Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Fairley, Marr, Franklin and Rasmussen

Participating in insurance plans and contracts by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5428 By Senator Pflug

Modifying provisions relating to distributions to the education legacy trust.

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

  SB 5429 By Senators Franklin and Kohl-Welles

Concerning deductions from moneys received by an inmate.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5430 By Senators Hobbs, Fairley, Kilmer, Pridemore, Roach, Swecker, Shin, Benton, Rasmussen and Kohl-Welles; by request of Governor Gregoire

Creating the uniformed service shared leave pool.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5431 By Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler, Jacobsen, Parlette, Hatfield and Shin

Creating a public utility tax deduction for the transportation of agricultural commodities.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5432 By Senators Swecker, Roach, Hatfield, Zarelli, Kline, Brandland, Benton and Rasmussen

Allowing fire protection districts to have additional commissioners.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5433 By Senators Schoesler, Rasmussen, Morton, Swecker, Brandland and Honeyford

Exempting public work performed by fire district employees from competitive bidding requirements.

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

  SB 5434 By Senators Poulsen, Schoesler, Kastama, Zarelli, Prentice, Regala, Benton and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Revenue

Regarding excise taxation of sales of tangible personal property originating from or destined to foreign countries.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT.

  SB 5435 By Senators Kauffman, Pflug, Swecker and Keiser; by request of Attorney General

Creating the public records exemptions accountability committee.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5436 By Senators Pflug, Swecker and Kauffman; by request of Attorney General

Regarding the statute of limitations under the public records act.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5437 By Senators Pflug, Swecker and Kauffman; by request of Attorney General

Making adjustments to the recodification of the public records act.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5438 By Senators Eide, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Rasmussen, Pridemore, Shin, McAuliffe and Benton

Creating the Washington community learning center program.

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

  SB 5439 By Senators Eide, Haugen, McAuliffe, Benton, Rasmussen and Kohl-Welles

Protecting frail elders and vulnerable adults and persons with developmental disabilities from perpetrators who commit their crimes while providing transportation, within the course of their employment, to frail elders and vulnerable adults and persons with developmental disabilities.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5440 By Senators Keiser, Kauffman and Rockefeller

Modifying provisions relating to public facilities districts.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5441 By Senators Hobbs, Fairley, Holmquist, Rasmussen, Kohl-Welles, Franklin, Fraser, Tom, Zarelli, Parlette, Clements, Rockefeller, Shin, McAuliffe, Benton and Kilmer

Improving veterans' access to services.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5442 By Senators Hobbs, Shin, Hewitt, Zarelli, Swecker, Roach, Clements, Kauffman, Kilmer, Pridemore, Hatfield, Keiser, Parlette, Haugen, McAuliffe, Delvin, Benton, Rasmussen and Holmquist

Providing for tuition waivers for eligible veteran or national guard medal recipients.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 5443 By Senators Kohl-Welles and Keiser; by request of Department of Labor & Industries

Suppressing workers' compensation claims.

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

  SB 5444 By Senators Carrell, Kline, Holmquist, Swecker, Morton, Hewitt, McAuliffe, Tom, Sheldon, Honeyford, Clements, Schoesler, Brandland, Benton, Roach, Zarelli, Spanel, Marr, Kohl-Welles, Eide, Oemig, McCaslin, Shin, Pflug, Delvin, Rasmussen, Fairley, Weinstein, Kastama, Parlette, Stevens, Kilmer, Hatfield, Jacobsen, Haugen, Rockefeller and Keiser; by request of Governor Gregoire and Attorney General

Requiring notice to property owners before condemnation decisions.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5445 By Senators Jacobsen, Morton and Rasmussen

Authorizing oil and gas regulatory cost-reimbursements.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

  SB 5446 By Senators Keiser, Prentice, Brown, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Fairley, Tom, Murray, Rockefeller, Regala and Spanel

Extending existing mental health parity requirements to individual and small group plans.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5447 By Senators Hatfield, Jacobsen, Honeyford, Hargrove, Poulsen, Benton and Rasmussen

Instituting a Dungeness crab-coastal fishery buyback program.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5448 By Senators Swecker, Benton, Sheldon, Pflug and Delvin

Regarding parent taught driver training education courses.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5449 By Senators Swecker, Rockefeller, Jacobsen, Kastama, Clements, Pflug, Haugen, Benton and Rasmussen

Authorizing voluntary environmental management and incentive zone plans for subareas.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5450 By Senators Rasmussen, McAuliffe, Tom and Keiser

Allowing students whose individualized education program continues beyond high school to participate in high school graduation ceremonies.

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

  SB 5451 By Senators Rasmussen and McAuliffe

Authorizing students who are covered by section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 to obtain a certificate of individual achievement.

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

  SB 5452 By Senator Rockefeller

Providing for reunification after termination of parental rights.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5453 By Senators Morton, Clements and Stevens

Revising provisions for registration of contractors.

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

  SB 5454 By Senators Morton and Rasmussen

Addressing special needs transportation services provided by rural public utility districts.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

  SB 5455 By Senators Morton and Rasmussen

Creating the community revitalization partnership pilot program.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5456 By Senator Morton

Revising rules concerning nonresidents' participation in hunting and organized shooting events.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5457 By Senators Morton and Benton

Providing an additional means of notification of special meetings.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5458 By Senators Morton, Benton and Rasmussen

Providing for the exclusion of disability benefits from the income calculation for the retired person property tax relief program.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5459 By Senators Haugen, Swecker, McAuliffe, Benton and Rasmussen

Addressing Washington state patrol longevity bonuses.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5460 By Senators Swecker, Fraser, Jacobsen, Morton and Hargrove; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Clarifying the authority of the department of natural resources with respect to certain aquatic lands.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5461 By Senators Morton, Jacobsen, Fraser, Hatfield, Hargrove, Benton, Sheldon and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Improving forest health on state trust lands by continuing the use of contract harvesting for silvicultural treatments.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5462 By Senators Jacobsen, Hargrove, Morton, Rockefeller and Shin; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Maintaining the ability of the board of natural resources to determine the deduction of proceeds from transactions on state lands managed by the department of natural resources.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5463 By Senators Jacobsen, Rockefeller, Morton, Shin and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Modifying forest fire protection assessments.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5464 By Senators Jacobsen, Swecker, Morton, Hatfield, Rockefeller, Schoesler and Hargrove; by request of Department of Natural Resources

Adding the department of natural resources to the definition of "employer" under RCW 41.37.010.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5465 By Senators Schoesler, Kline, Carrell and Hatfield

Clarifying the process for restoration of the right to possess firearms.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5466 By Senators Shin, Delvin, Kilmer, Holmquist, Keiser, Parlette, Kohl-Welles, Clements and McAuliffe

Increasing the operating fee waiver authority for Central Washington University.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 5467 By Senators Keiser, Pflug, Parlette, Kastama, Franklin, Fairley, Weinstein, Marr, Tom, Brown, Hargrove, Zarelli, McAuliffe, Regala, Clements, Kilmer, Oemig, Pridemore, Rasmussen, Kohl-Welles, Benton, Kline and Roach

Creating the individual and family services program for people with developmental disabilities.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5468 By Senators Oemig, Zarelli, Regala and Schoesler; by request of Department of Revenue

Regarding the administration of tax programs administered by the department of revenue.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5469 By Senators Prentice, Parlette, Franklin, Benton, Hobbs, Keiser and Schoesler

Modifying provisions concerning pawnbrokers.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.

  SB 5470 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, McAuliffe, Brown and Regala

Revising provisions concerning dissolution proceedings.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5471 By Senators Stevens, Hargrove, Hobbs, Clements, Sheldon, Pridemore, Kilmer, Rasmussen, Rockefeller, Swecker, Roach and Benton

Limiting the power of cities and towns to license businesses.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5472 By Senators Kastama, Holmquist, Rasmussen, Regala, Marr, Carrell, Hargrove, Roach, Jacobsen, Kilmer, Sheldon, Swecker, Shin, Franklin, Clements and Keiser

Establishing a pilot program for family counseling.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5473 By Senators Oemig, Morton, Regala and Clements; by request of Department of Ecology

Changing the definition of floodway in the shoreline management act.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

  SB 5474 By Senators Oemig, Morton, Rockefeller and Regala; by request of Department of Ecology

Providing for a one-year extension for shoreline master program updates in RCW 90.58.080.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

  SB 5475 By Senators Poulsen, Honeyford, Regala and Kohl-Welles; by request of Department of Ecology

Modifying provisions affecting underground storage tanks.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

  SB 5476 By Senators Shin, Berkey, Schoesler, Kohl-Welles, Delvin, Spanel, Hewitt, McAuliffe and Rasmussen

Creating a mentoring program for students in grades eight through twelve.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.