Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2008 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

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008 11TH DAY
 
  SB 6788 By Senators Keiser, Brandland, Fairley and Honeyford

Assisting local governments with payment for extraordinary prisoner medical expenses.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6789 By Senators Kilmer, Fairley, Rockefeller and Roach

Requiring public notification of industrial development levies by port districts.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6790 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Regala, Shin, Kline and Kohl-Welles

Creating a pilot program for the postsecondary education of inmates.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6791 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens and Marr

Clarifying permitted uses of moneys currently collected under the county legislative authority sales and use tax for chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and services or therapeutic courts.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6792 By Senators Hargrove and Stevens

Concerning dependency matters.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6793 By Senators Pflug and Parlette

Developing alternative benefits packages for medicaid beneficiaries.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6794 By Senators Haugen, Spanel, Shin and Rockefeller; by request of Governor Gregoire

Requiring the procurement of new ferry vessels that carry no more than one hundred motor vehicles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6795 By Senators Kauffman and Prentice

Providing a state sales and use tax credit for public facilities districts located within two counties.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6796 By Senators Fraser, Zarelli and Kastama

Concerning the information required to be reported in the annual economic impact report on lodging tax revenues.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6797 By Senators Kastama and Kilmer

Concerning sales and use tax for public facilities in urban counties.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & MANAGEMENT.

  SB 6798 By Senators Hargrove, Morton, Pridemore, Delvin, Sheldon, Hatfield, Fairley and Shin

Increasing assistance to cities and counties.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6799 By Senators Regala, Prentice and Fraser; by request of Department of Revenue

Concerning the sourcing, for sales and use tax purposes, of sales of tangible personal property by florists.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6800 By Senators Hobbs, Oemig and Haugen

Concerning the disposition of publicly owned railroad infrastructure.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6801 By Senators Kastama, Prentice, Eide, Weinstein, Kauffman, Fraser, McAuliffe, Kline, Rasmussen and Spanel

Requiring a minimum of three years' notice on closures or conversions of mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities.

Referred to Committee on CONSUMER PROTECTION & HOUSING.

  SB 6802 By Senators Carrell, Kilmer and Rasmussen

Creating a military improvement zone program.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6803 By Senators McAuliffe, Hargrove and Rasmussen

Establishing restricted licenses for persons who fail to comply with child support obligations.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 6804 By Senators Kilmer, Carrell, Hobbs, Shin, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Marr, McAuliffe, Rasmussen and Benton

Providing grants to community colleges for long-term care worker training.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

  SB 6805 By Senators Haugen, Rasmussen, McAuliffe, Kline and Kohl-Welles

Promoting farmland preservation and environmental restoration through conservation markets.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6806 By Senators Haugen, Rasmussen and Shin

Providing tax incentives for anaerobic digester production.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 6807 By Senators Kastama, Keiser, Fairley and Kohl-Welles

Restricting long-term care facilities.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6808 By Senator Prentice

Requiring local bridge owners to maintain, replace, or appropriate funds for bridges deemed to be especially deficient.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 6809 By Senators Pridemore, McAuliffe, Rockefeller, Eide, Oemig, Hatfield, Regala, Fraser, Delvin, 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 WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6810 By Senators Shin, Schoesler, Kline, Weinstein, Berkey, Franklin, McDermott, Delvin, Hargrove, Hewitt, Pridemore, Hobbs, Rasmussen, Fraser, Kastama, Fairley, Murray, Keiser, Kauffman, Kohl-Welles, Oemig, Kilmer and McAuliffe

Encouraging water efficiency.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

  SB 6811 By Senators Hobbs, Delvin, Hatfield, Shin and McAuliffe

Providing business and occupation tax incentives for businesses that use recycled material.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6812 By Senators Roach, Rasmussen, Shin and McAuliffe

Creating autism diagnostic clinics in public hospital districts.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 6813 By Senators Rasmussen, Roach, Kastama, Kilmer, Franklin, Regala and Kauffman

Creating a roving early intervention specialist pilot program.

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

  SB 6814 By Senators Rasmussen, Kilmer, Brandland, Kauffman, Holmquist, Berkey, Eide, Hatfield and Hargrove

Concerning paydates for employees participating in state active military duty.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 6815 By Senators Rasmussen, Shin, Kastama and Regala

Authorizing paid leaves of absence for military personnel needs.

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

  SB 6816 By Senators Prentice, Pflug, Keiser, Rasmussen, Parlette, Fraser and Shin; by request of Health Care Authority

Administering benefits under the public employees' benefits board.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 6817 By Senator Swecker

Penalizing late reports and late unemployment insurance contributions.

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

  SB 6818 By Senators Oemig, Brandland, Tom, Zarelli, Kastama, Weinstein, Kilmer, Keiser and Kohl-Welles

Promoting transparency in state expenditures.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SJM 8029 By Senators Weinstein, McCaslin, Roach, Tom, Kline, Hargrove, Carrell, McDermott, Hobbs, Marr, Shin, Rasmussen and Kohl-Welles

Requesting the Postal Service to issue a postage stamp commemorating Nisei veterans.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

  ESHB 1030 By House Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness (originally sponsored by Representatives Takko, Lovick, Simpson, Haler, Blake, Campbell, Ross, Skinner, Newhouse, Conway, Morrell, Chandler, McDonald, Rodne, Kristiansen, Wallace, Moeller, VanDeWege, McCune, Williams, Bailey, Warnick, Upthegrove, Alexander and Pearson)

Enhancing the penalty for eluding a police vehicle.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SHB 1032 By House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Hudgins, Anderson, Wallace, Moeller, B. Sullivan and Chase)

Creating a sustainable energy trust.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

  EHB 1057 By Representatives Hudgins, Dunshee, Wood and Chase

Requesting information on the use of alternative fuels.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

  SHB 1141 By House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Roberts, Haler, O'Brien, Green, Goodman, Kagi, Appleton, Walsh, Williams, Dickerson, Darneille, Flannigan, McCoy, Hinkle, Pettigrew and Hasegawa)

Modifying diversion records provisions.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  HB 1142 By Representatives Williams, Warnick, O'Brien, Rodne, Campbell, Lantz and Goodman

Changing provisions regarding statutory costs.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  HB 1143 By Representatives Lantz, O'Brien, Williams, Campbell, Rodne, Goodman and Moeller

Concerning notices of dishonor.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  HB 1230 By Representatives Hurst, Roach, Sullivan and Simpson

Designating state route number 164 as a highway of statewide significance.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  EHB 1283 By Representatives Roach, McDonald, Morrell, Rolfes, Kelley, Skinner, Orcutt, Priest, Takko, Conway, Appleton, Newhouse, Haler, Moeller, VanDeWege, McCune, Roberts and Springer

Authorizing high school diplomas to be issued to persons who left high school before graduation to serve in the United States armed forces.

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

  HB 1345 By Representatives Wood, Condotta, Kristiansen, Lantz, Dickerson, Morrell, McCune and Conway; by request of Gambling Commission

Prohibiting minors from participating in gambling activities.

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

  ESHB 1394 By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Williams, Roach, O'Brien, Hurst, Ormsby, Chase and Simpson)

Authorizing incentive grants to support medical research and products to improve services to persons with developmental disabilities.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

  HB 1403 By Representatives O'Brien, Hinkle, Condotta, Fromhold, Ahern, McCune and Warnick

Modifying snowmobile registration requirements.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  HB 1404 By Representatives Wallace, Hinkle, Condotta, O'Brien, Fromhold, Ahern, McCune and Warnick

Providing a sales tax exemption for certain trail grooming services.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SHB 1879 By House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake, B. Sullivan, Moeller, Kretz, Morris, Strow, Pettigrew, Orcutt, Armstrong, McCoy, Linville, VanDeWege, Takko, Lovick, Williams, Haigh, Sullivan, Sump, Kenney and Ormsby)

Authorizing the department of natural resources to offer nominally valuable materials to nonprofit organizations.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  HB 1923 By Representatives Hunt and Condotta

Modifying requirements for motor vehicle transporter license applications.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  HB 2017 By Representatives Ericks, Lovick, O'Brien and Dunshee

Designating state route number 527 as a highway of statewide significance.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  HB 2090 By Representatives Dickerson, Dunn and Kenney

Adding the director of the department of early learning to the family policy council.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  HB 2137 By Representatives Wallace, Skinner, Kagi, Hankins, Roberts, Chase, Kenney, Moeller, Simpson and Santos

Allowing school employees' children with disabilities to enroll in special services programs in the district where the employee is assigned.

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

  HB 2170 By Representatives Ross, O'Brien, Pearson, Newhouse, Curtis, Rodne, McCune, Kelley, Eddy, Goodman, VanDeWege, Hurst, Simpson and Moeller

Protecting employees, contract staff, and volunteers of a law enforcement agency.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  ESHB 2191 By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Lantz, Warnick, Pedersen, Williams, Moeller, Seaquist, Morrell, Kelley, Simpson and Ormsby)

Limiting deferred prosecution in domestic violence cases.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  HB 2437 By Representatives Seaquist, McDonald, Fromhold, Armstrong, Takko, Hankins, Blake, Lantz, Morrell, McCoy, McIntire, Kenney, Schual-Berke, Appleton, Kagi, Sullivan, Dunn, Chase, Upthegrove, Liias, Simpson, Barlow, Ericks, Green and Warnick; by request of Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development

Authorizing public works board projects.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.