 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 33 | ||
| SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE | ||
| Thursday, February 26, 2009 | 46th Day - 2009 Regular Session | |
| SENATE |
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This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2009.
HB 1008-S
by House Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Chase, Upthegrove, Seaquist, and Morrell)
Concerning permit requirements for small wind energy systems.
Addresses permit requirements for small wind energy systems.
| Jan 26 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 19 | TEC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1239-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Goodman, Haler, Roberts, Appleton, Moeller, and Kenney)
Addressing parenting plans and residential schedules in dependency proceedings.
Authorizes the juvenile court to have concurrent original jurisdiction with the family court over parenting plans or residential schedules under chapters 26.09 and 26.26 RCW as provided for in RCW 13.34.155.Authorizes the court hearing a dependency petition to hear and determine matters agreed to by the child's parents for the establishment or modification of a parenting plan under chapter 26.09 RCW as part of the dependency disposition or dependency review proceedings when doing so will implement a permanent plan of care for the child and result in dismissal of the dependency.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 19 | ELCS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1283-S
by House Committee on Environmental Health (originally sponsored by Representatives Rolfes, Campbell, Kretz, Upthegrove, and Ormsby; by request of Department of Health)
Modifying provisions regarding the operators of public water supply systems.
Clarifies the authority to certify and revoke or suspend certification for backflow assembly testers and cross-connection control specialists working with public water systems.
| Feb 19 | ENVH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Environmental Health at 6:00 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1353-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Nelson, Cody, Sells, Sullivan, Haigh, Simpson, Seaquist, Campbell, Carlyle, Hunt, Roberts, and Liias)
Regarding employment opportunities at institutions of higher education.
Declares an intent to: (1) Provide faculty and college excellence for Washington citizens by increasing the number of full-time, tenured academic employee positions at community and technical colleges and by enabling academic employees who hold part-time positions to have greater assurance of continuing employment; and(2) Develop a planning process through which the community and technical colleges and the state board for community and technical colleges suggest a long-term strategic plan and timeline for faculty conversions.Directs each community and technical college, in close collaboration with the exclusive bargaining representative for faculty, to create a conversion plan to increase the number of full-time tenured faculty positions.Requires each community and technical college, subject to collective bargaining, to establish a process: (1) Under which part-time and full-time nontenured faculty members, after successful completion of an evaluation period, receive timely notice of and priority consideration, consistent with other institutional and state policies, for academic employment assignments for which they are qualified in their discipline in coming academic terms; and(2) For ensuring that qualified internal applicants receive priority consideration for attaining a tenure-track position when one becomes available such as prior notification of job openings before they are posted outside of the institution or a job interview for positions where minimum requirements have been met.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive session in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1403-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Williams, DeBolt, Rolfes, Hinkle, Upthegrove, Blake, Moeller, Newhouse, Takko, Green, Walsh, Short, Haler, Kelley, Hurst, Van De Wege, McCune, Kristiansen, Condotta, Warnick, Hunt, Goodman, Johnson, Simpson, and Sullivan)
Addressing the detection of motorcycles and bicycles at vehicle-activated traffic control signals.
Finds that: (1) It is the policy of the state of Washington to provide for the safe and efficient use of public roads and highways by all types of vehicles that are authorized to use these roads and highways;(2) Many existing vehicle-activated traffic control signals are operated or installed in a manner that does not allow for the routine and reliable detection of motorcycles and bicycles necessary for signal change; and (3) It is the policy of the legislature that this problem be avoided in all new and substantially upgraded vehicle-activated traffic control signals and that existing vehicle-activated traffic control signals be operated to detect motorcycles and bicycles where currently capable consistent with safe traffic control.Regulates the adjusting, replacing, and updating of vehicle-activated traffic control signals to ensure detection of motorcycles and bicycles.
| Feb 5 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 18 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1409-S
by House Committee on Ecology & Parks (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege, Kessler, Upthegrove, Rolfes, Blake, Dunshee, Campbell, Jacks, Orwall, Seaquist, Appleton, Nelson, Roberts, Morris, Takko, Cody, Carlyle, McCoy, Goodman, Quall, Sullivan, Liias, Chase, Pedersen, Williams, Kagi, Kenney, Simpson, Conway, and Moeller)
Providing an emergency response system for the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Requires all vessels that are required to file an oil spill contingency plan with the department of ecology to also file evidence of participation in an emergency response system for the waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.Requires an emergency response towing vessel that is a part of the emergency response system required by RCW 88.46.130 to be stationed at Neah Bay and be continuously capable and available to respond to any vessel emergency.Requires the director of the department of ecology or the director's designee to initiate discussions with the director's equivalent position in the government for the Canadian province of British Columbia to explore options for Washington and British Columbia to share the marine response assets required under the act. This requirement expires on July 31, 2011.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Ecology & Parks at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 17 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ecology & Parks at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | EPAR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive session in the House Committee on Ecology & Parks at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1415-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Hasegawa, Haler, Hunt, Armstrong, Eddy, Newhouse, Conway, Wood, Williams, Johnson, Chase, Upthegrove, Condotta, Moeller, and Ormsby)
Providing for the sales of wine at the legislative gift center.
Authorizes the legislative gift center to sell at retail for off-premises consumption wine produced in Washington by a licensed domestic winery.Requires the legislative gift center to: (1) Collect and remit to the department of revenue all applicable state and local taxes on sales of wine; and(2) Consult with the Washington wine commission to select which Washington wines will be sold.Requires the Washington wine commission to: (1) Assist the legislative gift center in selecting the Washington wines the legislative gift center will sell; and(2) Give consideration to award-winning wines in assisting the legislative gift center.
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 18 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1454-S
by House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representative Dunshee; by request of Office of Financial Management)
Eliminating the statutory debt limit.
Eliminates the seven percent statutory debt limit.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 9 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 19 | CB - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 3:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 27 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 12:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1489-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake, Chandler, Schmick, Kretz, Walsh, Warnick, Hinkle, Short, Haler, Newhouse, Ross, and McCune)
Regarding water resource management.
Finds that: (1) Effective water resource management and a stable livestock industry are vital to the economic and environmental well-being of the state; and(2) Achievement of these goals is hindered by a lack of agreement of the intent of the 1945 legislature's enactment of RCW 90.44.050 as it pertains to the quantity of water available under the exemption from water right permit requirements for withdrawals of public groundwater for "stock watering purposes" and the meaning of the undefined term.
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 20 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1500-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Eddy, Hasegawa, McCune, Crouse, Nelson, and Upthegrove)
Concerning recording devices in motor vehicles.
Requires a manufacturer of a motor vehicle sold or leased in this state, that is equipped with one or more recording devices, to disclose in the owner's manual: (1) That the motor vehicle is equipped with one or more recording devices;(2) The type of data recorded; and(3) Whether the recording device or devices have the ability to transmit information to a central communications system or other external device.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 18 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1522-S
by House Committee on Environmental Health (originally sponsored by Representatives Hudgins, Dunshee, Hunt, Hasegawa, Williams, and Chase)
Regarding repair and reuse of electronic products by registered collectors.
Regulates the repair and reuse of electronic products by registered collectors of those products.
| Feb 11 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Environmental Health at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 19 | ENVH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environmental Health at 6:00 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to General Government Appropriations. | |
HB 1528-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Sells, Conway, Green, Kenney, Hasegawa, Miloscia, Morrell, Van De Wege, Cody, Appleton, Dickerson, O'Brien, Simpson, Chase, Williams, Moeller, Goodman, Ormsby, Nelson, Eddy, Hunt, Dunshee, Roberts, McCoy, Blake, Kirby, Jacks, Hurst, Wood, Takko, Ericks, Campbell, Seaquist, Kagi, Haigh, White, Flannigan, Rolfes, Wallace, Quall, Sullivan, Darneille, Orwall, Finn, Morris, Hudgins, and Santos)
Prohibiting certain employer communications about political or religious matters.
Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to attend a meeting, or listen to, respond to, or participate in any communication relating to political or religious matters as defined in section 2 of the act.Authorizes an employee aggrieved by a violation of the prohibition mentioned above to bring a civil action in the superior court for the county where the violation is alleged to have occurred or where the employer has its principal office.Requires an employer to post a notice of employee rights in a conspicuous place accessible to the employees at the employer's place of business.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1554-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Chase, Dickerson, Green, Goodman, Rolfes, Morrell, Cody, Simpson, Campbell, Ormsby, Van De Wege, Appleton, Flannigan, Seaquist, Miloscia, Hunt, Blake, Williams, Hudgins, Kenney, Priest, Sullivan, Eddy, White, Hasegawa, and Wood)
Authorizing the department of labor and industries to issue stop work orders for violations of certain workers' compensation provisions.
Authorizes the director of the department of labor and industries to issue a stop work order against an employer requiring the cessation of business operations of the employer if the employer is found to be in violation of RCW 51.14.010 (duty to secure payment of compensation--options).Subjects an employer who violates a stop work order to a one thousand dollar penalty for each day not in compliance.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 18 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1555-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Chase, Green, Dickerson, Rolfes, Goodman, Campbell, Morrell, Cody, Simpson, Ormsby, Van De Wege, Seaquist, Appleton, Miloscia, Hunt, Blake, Williams, Hudgins, Kenney, Sullivan, Priest, Eddy, and Wood)
Addressing the recommendations of the joint legislative task force on the underground economy in the construction industry.
Requires the department of labor and industries to: (1) Approve training on state law for applicants for contractor registration;(2) Conduct education and outreach to employers on workers' compensation requirements and premium responsibilities, including independent contractor issues; and(3) Work with new employers on an individual basis and also establish mass education campaigns.Requires a contractor to maintain and have available for inspection by the department of labor and industries a list of all direct subcontractors and a copy of their certificate of registration.Prohibits a local government from approving or issuing a business license to a person required to be registered under chapter 18.27 RCW (registration of contractors) without verifying that the person is registered under that chapter.Requires the department of licensing to verify contractor registration for local governments that participate in the master license system.Provides that any employer who fails to keep and preserve certain records required by section 13 of the act is subject to a penalty determined by the commissioner of the employment security department but not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars or two hundred percent of the quarterly tax for each offense, whichever is greater.Creates an interagency advisory committee on the underground economy to conduct a continuing study of the underground economy of the construction industry with the goal of reducing or eliminating the underground economy in this state.Requires the department of labor and industries, the employment security department, and the department of revenue to coordinate and provide staff support for the interagency committee on the underground economy.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 18 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1644-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Maxwell, Miloscia, Clibborn, Ormsby, Hurst, Green, and Orwall)
Concerning reconveyances of deeds of trust.
Revises provisions regarding reconveyances of deeds of trust.
| Feb 11 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 19 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1646-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Sullivan, Priest, Kenney, Morrell, and Ormsby)
Making adjustments pertaining to the high school Washington assessment of student learning in mathematics and science.
Makes adjustments to the high school Washington assessment of student learning in mathematics and science.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the state board of education and the professional educator standards board, to identify strategies and develop an implementation plan intended to assure that all students have the opportunity to learn the new mathematics and science standards.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) In consultation with the state board of education, recommend whether to use a comprehensive assessment or end-of-course assessments for the high school assessment for students to demonstrate that they have achieved proficiency on the state science standards; and(2) Identify the costs for developing and implementing end-of-course assessments in science.Eliminates the expiration of RCW 28A.655.0611 (graduation without certificate of academic achievement or certificate of individual achievement).
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 20 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive session in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to Education Appropriations. | |
HB 1691-S
by House Committee on Environmental Health (originally sponsored by Representatives Rolfes, Campbell, Kagi, Moeller, Ormsby, Dickerson, Dunshee, Kenney, and Conway)
Regarding the use of certain solid fuel burning devices.
Limits the use of certain solid fuel burning devices.
| Feb 11 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Environmental Health at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 19 | ENVH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environmental Health at 6:00 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1692-S
by House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Driscoll, Wood, Crouse, and Ormsby)
Addressing the authority of the board of directors of a public facilities district.
Requires the board of directors of certain public facilities districts, for promotional activities, to identify the proposed expenditure in its annual budget and adopt written rules governing promotional hosting by employees, agents, and the board, including requirements for identifying and evaluating the public benefits to be derived and documenting the public benefits realized.
| Feb 16 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 19 | CEDT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1708-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Nelson, Simpson, Chase, White, Cody, Upthegrove, Williams, McCoy, Appleton, Dickerson, Darneille, and Goodman)
Concerning wells on lands adjacent to the Maury Island aquatic reserve.
Addresses wells on lands adjacent to the Maury Island aquatic reserve.
| Feb 20 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1713-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Cody, Green, and Moeller)
Concerning the Washington state insurance pool.
Revises eligibility requirements for the Washington state insurance pool.Requires the board of the Washington state health insurance pool to conduct a study of options for equitable, stable, and broad-based funding sources for the operation of the pool.Authorizes the board of the Washington state health insurance pool to solicit funds to conduct the study.Provides contingent effective dates.
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 20 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive session in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1739-S
by House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Wallace, Campbell, Williams, Moeller, Jacks, Pettigrew, and Ormsby)
Promoting accessible communities for persons with disabilities.
Promotes accessible communities for persons with disabilities.Finds that more than nine hundred thousand Washington state residents with disabilities continue to face barriers to full participation that could be easily eliminated.Increases parking infraction penalties for blocking or otherwise making inaccessible the access aisle located next to a space reserved for persons with physical disabilities or for parking in a parking place reserved for persons with physical disabilities.Creates the accessible communities account. Two hundred dollars from each penalty imposed under section 6 (7), (8), (9), and (11) of the act (special parking for persons with disabilities) must be deposited into the account.Requires the military department's emergency management division to provide technical assistance in developing the planning template and in assisting local emergency management jurisdictions in incorporating the template into local comprehensive emergency management plans within existing resources.
| Feb 12 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 19 | HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Human Services at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1750-S
by House Committee on Ecology & Parks (originally sponsored by Representatives Warnick and Hinkle)
Regarding the installation and maintenance of boat lifts on state-owned aquatic lands.
Extends the current permission granted to an owner of residential property abutting state-owned shorelands or tidelands to install and maintain a dock to include installing and maintaining a boat lift.
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Ecology & Parks at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | EPAR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive session in the House Committee on Ecology & Parks at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to General Government Appropriations. | |
HB 2068-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Hurst, Priest, O'Brien, Miloscia, Seaquist, Cody, Appleton, Roberts, Campbell, and Morrell)
Concerning criminal background checks.
Revises provisions relating to investigating the criminal history of persons working with certain vulnerable populations.Grants concurrent responsibility to the department of health and the department of social and health services for purposes of determining suitability for employment, based on qualifying crimes.
| Feb 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive session in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations. | |
| Feb 25 | Committee relieved of further consideration. | |
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
HB 2085-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Walsh, Kagi, and Kenney)
Concerning searching for relatives of children in out-of-home placements.
Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Contract in one demonstration region for a statewide relative search service provider, with the goal of earlier identification of more persons who can be appropriate and stable placement options for children in dependency or termination proceedings; and(2) Select the region with the lowest rate of relative placements as of the effective date of the act.Authorizes the department of social and health services to incorporate the contract required under the act with another performance contract if doing so is likely to result in improved administrative efficiencies or improved outcomes for children.
| Feb 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 20 | ELCS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 23 | Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations. | |
HB 2102-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Smith, Dammeier, Newhouse, Blake, Rolfes, Moeller, Dunshee, Van De Wege, Haigh, and Warnick)
Concerning the local agricultural slaughter stimulus outlay account.
Creates the local agricultural slaughter stimulus outlay account to fund loans by the department of agriculture that allow local governments to purchase mobile slaughter units or upgrade existing fixed slaughtering facilities.
| Feb 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 20 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive session in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to General Government Appropriations. | |
HB 2105-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Cody and Morrell)
Concerning diagnostic imaging services.
Directs the department of labor and industries to convene a work group to analyze and identify evidence-based best practice guidelines or protocols applicable to advanced diagnostic imaging services and any decision and support tools available to implement the guidelines or protocols.Requires all state purchased health care programs, for those health care services purchased directly by the state, to implement evidence-based best practice guidelines or protocols applicable to advanced diagnostic imaging services, and the decision support tools to implement the guidelines or protocols.
| Feb 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 20 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive session in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations. | |
HB 2113-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Kagi, Chase, Quall, and Morrell)
Regarding placements of students in residential habilitation centers.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide residential habilitation center impact assistance for actual costs associated with educational services provided to students who are residents of the centers to the extent that those costs exceed funding otherwise provided to serve these students.Requires the department of social and health services, no later than twenty-four hours after it becomes known to the department that a person between the ages of three and twenty-one will be placed into a residential habilitation center, to provide notice of the placement to the superintendent of the school district in which the residential habilitation center is located.
| Feb 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive session in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to Education Appropriations. | |
HB 2114-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Seaquist and Cody; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Establishing a forum for testing primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects.
Requires the health care authority and the department of social and health services to design, oversee implementation of, and evaluate one or more primary care medical home reimbursement pilot projects in the state to include as participants public payors, private health carriers, third party purchasers, and health care providers.Expires July 1, 2013.
| Feb 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive session in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations. | |
HB 2119-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Wallace, Carlyle, Sullivan, Morrell, Quall, Santos, and Ormsby)
Expanding dual credit opportunities.
Directs the superintendent of public instruction, the state board for community and technical colleges, the higher education coordinating board, and the public baccalaureate institutions to jointly develop and each adopt rules governing the college in the high school program.Directs the superintendent of public instruction and the higher education coordinating board to develop advising guidelines to assure that students and parents understand that college credits earned in high school dual credit programs may impact eligibility for financial aid.Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in collaboration with the state board for community and technical colleges, the Washington state apprenticeship and training council, the workforce training and education coordinating board, the higher education coordinating board, and the public baccalaureate institutions, to report by September 1, 2010, and annually thereafter to the education and higher education committees of the legislature regarding participation in dual credit programs.Requires running start students, in lieu of tuition and fees as defined in RCW 28B.15.020 and 28B.15.041, to pay to the institution of higher education all other mandatory fees as established by each institution of higher education.Requires the institution of higher education to make available fee waivers for low-income students.
| Feb 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive session in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2126-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Darneille, Nelson, Jacks, Hasegawa, Van De Wege, Liias, and Kenney; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Consolidating the cemetery board and the board of funeral directors and embalmers.
Consolidates and modifies the duties of the cemetery board and the board of funeral directors and embalmers into one board to be known as the funeral and cemetery board.Consolidates the funeral directors and embalmers account and the cemetery account into one account to be known as the funeral and cemetery account.Requires the state treasurer to transfer any residual balance of funds remaining in the funeral directors and embalmers account and the cemetery account to the funeral and cemetery account after being notified by the office of financial management that it has completed the financial statement for fiscal year 2009, and no later than December 31, 2009.
| Feb 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2128-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Seaquist and Simpson)
Concerning health care coverage for children.
Requires the department of social and health services to manage its outreach, application, and renewal procedures with the goal of achieving year by year improvements in enrollment, enrollment rates, renewals, and renewal rates in order to qualify for enhanced federal funding.Delays the availability of children's health insurance until January 1, 2010, for children in families with household income over three hundred percent of the federal poverty level.Renames the children's health program as the apple health for kids program.
| Feb 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 20 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive session in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2160-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Driscoll, Hinkle, Cody, Bailey, Kelley, Wood, and Morrell; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Concerning health carrier payment of wellness incentives.
Exempts employee wellness programs from a general prohibition on rebates by insurers.
| Feb 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive session in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2162-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Conway, Condotta, Green, Chase, Wood, Goodman, and Schmick)
Regulating house-banked social card games.
Permits local governments, within their jurisdiction, to ban house-banked social card games, allow house-banked social card games, or limit the number of existing house-banked social card games.
| Feb 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2222-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake, Kretz, Short, Eddy, Smith, Takko, Hinkle, Hudgins, Springer, Herrera, Morris, Warnick, Williams, and Chandler)
Creating a technical assistance program for industrial and construction storm water permit permittees.
Authorizes the department of ecology to: (1) Use a portion of the permit fees collected for construction and industrial storm water general permits as necessary to develop a technical assistance program for permittees for the industrial and construction storm water general permits; and(2) Encourage permittees to help fund and support the technical assistance program with in-kind services.Requires the department of ecology to develop the technical assistance program in consultation with an advisory committee comprised of at least fifty percent impacted permittees.
| Feb 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive session in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2291
by Representatives Blake and Chandler
Exempting the agricultural commodity commissions from certain administrative cost reductions.
Exempts the agricultural commodity commissions from certain administrative cost reductions.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2292
by Representatives Blake and Chandler
Exempting the agricultural commodity commissions from certain administrative cost reductions.
Exempts the agricultural commodity commissions from certain administrative cost reductions.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2293
by Representatives Ericks, Williams, and Kelley
Providing a state sales and use tax exemption for emergency medical equipment.
Provides a tax exemption on the sale or use of emergency medical equipment by a fire protection district, regional fire protection service authority, or a county, city, or town for the provision of emergency medical services.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 2294
by Representatives Pearson, O'Brien, Ross, Haler, Walsh, Dammeier, Ormsby, Klippert, Schmick, Green, Kelley, Hinkle, McCune, Roach, and Chandler
Improving public safety by improving the sentencing and supervision of criminal offenders in confinement and in the community.
Requires the department of corrections to: (1) Establish and utilize a validated, evidence-based risk assessment instrument consistent with national best practices that classifies offenders as high risk, moderate risk, and low risk;(2) Actively supervise for a minimum of twelve months, with no exceptions, any offender convicted of a felony in Washington state who is classified as high risk; and(3) Actively supervise for a minimum of six months, with no exceptions, any offender convicted of a felony in Washington state who is classified as moderate or low risk.Requires any offender convicted of a felony in Washington state to be sentenced to a minimum term of twelve months of community custody.Requires community corrections officers and community corrections employees whose primary job or function is to deal with felony offenders hired on or after July 1, 2009, to successfully complete the basic law enforcement academy course known as the basic course, or the basic law enforcement equivalency certification known as the equivalency course, provided by the criminal justice training commission.Authorizes the criminal justice training commission to charge the department of corrections for the costs of providing the training.Makes counties and cities responsible for the supervision of misdemeanant and gross misdemeanant offenders.Provides that the act applies retroactively and prospectively regardless of whether the offender is currently on community custody or probation with the department of corrections, currently incarcerated with a term of community custody or probation with the department of corrections, or sentenced after July 1, 2009.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Human Services. | |
HB 2295
by Representatives Cody, Williams, Seaquist, and Darneille
Concerning the organization of the department of social and health services.
Requires the department of social and health services to organize the regional service delivery system around three geographic regions (regions I, II, and III).
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations. | |
SB 5025-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kline, McCaslin, and Carrell)
Modifying statutory cost provisions.
Modifies provisions regarding statutory costs.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 18 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 19 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5115-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Kline, and Roach)
Modifying the judicial conduct commission.
Increases membership of the judicial conduct commission.Prohibits a commission member or alternate who participates in an investigation or initial proceeding leading to a finding of probable cause from participating in any further proceedings on that cause, including a public hearing.Provides a contingent effective date.
| Feb 17 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | Executive session in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 24 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5131-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Delvin, Hargrove, Brandland, and Regala; by request of Lieutenant Governor)
Concerning crisis referral services for criminal justice and correctional personnel.
Requires the criminal justice training commission to: (1) Offer a training session on personal crisis recognition and crisis intervention services to criminal justice, correctional personnel, and other public safety employees; and(2) Make the training available to all employees of state and local agencies that perform public safety duties.Authorizes the criminal justice training commission to charge a reasonable fee to defer the cost of making the training available.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 23 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 24 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. | |
SB 5172-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Shin, Hobbs, Kastama, McAuliffe, Jarrett, Pridemore, Brown, Keiser, Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles, and Kline)
Establishing a University of Washington center for human rights.
Establishes a University of Washington center for human rights to expand opportunities for Washington residents to receive a world-class education in human rights, generate research data and expert knowledge to enhance public and private policymaking, and become an academic center for human rights teaching and research in the nation.Authorizes the higher education coordinating board to solicit, accept, receive, and administer federal funds or private funds, in trust or otherwise, and contract with foundations or with for-profit or nonprofit organizations to support the purposes of the act.
| Feb 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 23 | HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5176-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Shin, Kastama, McAuliffe, Rockefeller, Jarrett, Pridemore, Hobbs, Delvin, Keiser, Hatfield, Kilmer, Jacobsen, and Roach)
Creating a bi-state partnership for teachers of children with visual impairments.
Finds that: (1) Washington needs to provide additional resources for the preparation of teachers for children with blindness and visual impairments;(2) Portland State University has a nationally recognized program for teachers of children with visual impairments; and(3) A collaborative partnership between Portland State University and Washington State University-Vancouver would help address the critical need for teachers of the blind and visually impaired in Washington.Directs Washington State University to establish the position of vision impairments/orientation and mobility coordinator to be housed at Washington State University-Vancouver.Authorizes Washington State University to solicit, accept, receive, and administer federal funds or private funds, in trust or otherwise, and contract with foundations or with for-profit or nonprofit organizations to support the purposes of the act.
| Feb 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 23 | HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 5225-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Kline and Hargrove)
Concerning crimes against property.
Raises the monetary threshold amounts differentiating the various degrees of property crimes in the state.Creates an organized retail crime task force to: (1) Examine the impact of raising these values on the retail industry, the district and municipal courts, and the county and city offices of the prosecuting attorney;(2) Examine whether civil immunity should be granted for retailers who create a common database on individuals suspected of theft and who deliver the database to law enforcement agencies; and(3) Identify any policies or procedures which would enhance the successful investigation and prosecution of property crimes in Washington state.Requires a court or prosecuting authority to check existing judicial information systems to determine the criminal history of the defendant before a sentence is imposed upon the defendant convicted of a crime against property.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | Executive session in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 24 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5376-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Kauffman, Delvin, Shin, Haugen, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, and Kline)
Requiring the higher education coordinating board to develop a grant program to encourage training for students studying in the medical field to work with individuals with disabilities.
Requires the higher education coordinating board, subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, to develop a centralized program for grants for institutions for programs designed to develop training projects focused upon improvement of services to adult individuals with developmental disabilities.Authorizes the higher education coordinating board to administer the grant program in consultation with the department of health.
| Feb 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 23 | HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5402-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Tom, Carrell, Shin, Delvin, Kline, Fraser, Roach, Kohl-Welles, and Marr)
Regarding the prevention of animal cruelty.
Revises prevention of animal cruelty provisions.
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 20 | Executive session in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 24 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5614-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Franklin, Kline, McDermott, and Fraser)
Addressing the recommendations of the joint legislative task force on the underground economy in the construction industry.
Requires a contractor to maintain and have available for inspection by the department of labor and industries a list of all direct subcontractors and a copy of their certificate of registration.Authorizes a local government that issues a business license to a person required to be registered under chapter 18.27 RCW (registration of contractors) to verify that the person is registered under chapter 18.27 RCW and report violations to the department of labor and industries.Requires the department of licensing to conduct the verification for local governments that participate in the master license system.Requires the department of labor and industries to: (1) Conduct education and outreach to employers on workers' compensation requirements and premium responsibilities, including independent contractor issues; and(2) Work with new employers on an individual basis and also establish mass education campaigns.Provides that any employer who fails to keep and preserve records required by section 11 of the act is subject to a penalty determined by the commissioner of the employment security department but not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars or two hundred percent of the quarterly tax for each offense, whichever is greater.
| Feb 2 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 24 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5646-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators McDermott, Carrell, and Kline)
Changing the requirements for persons who serve legal process for a fee or wage.
Modifies qualifications for a person who serves legal process for a fee in the state of Washington.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 20 | Executive session in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 24 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5651-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Delvin, Kline, and Tom)
Providing humanitarian requirements for certain dog breeding practices.
Declares that: (1) Current Washington state laws are inadequate regarding the care and husbandry of dogs in large-scale breeding facilities;(2) No Washington state agency currently regulates large-scale breeding facilities;(3) The United States department of agriculture does not regulate large-scale breeding facilities; and (4) An unfair fiscal burden is placed on city, county, and state taxpayers as well as government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, who are required to care for discarded or abused and neglected dogs from large-scale breeding facilities.Prohibits a person from owning, possessing, controlling, or otherwise having charge or custody of more than fifty dogs with intact sexual organs over the age of six months at any time.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 28 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 9 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 19 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 23 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 24 | Made eligible to be placed on second reading. | |
SB 5800-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Fraser, Swecker, Fairley, Murray, Shin, and Kline)
Regarding shorelines of statewide significance.
Provides that the Olympia Isthmus be declared a shoreline of statewide significance through the shoreline management act to advance the public interest and to protect public investments.Creates a special height district on the Olympia Isthmus in the area adjacent to the historic Budd Inlet named in section 2 of the act in order to protect the scenic beauty of the state capitol campus for the citizens of this state and for out-of-state visitors.
| Feb 19 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 24 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5967-S
by Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Fairley, Fraser, McAuliffe, and Kline)
Prohibiting unfair practices in public community athletics programs by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex.
Prohibits a city, town, county, or district from discriminating against any person on the basis of sex in the operation, conduct, or administration of community athletics programs for youth or adults.Prohibits a third party receiving a lease or permit from a city, town, county, or district, including a school district, for a community athletics program from discriminating against any person on the basis of sex in the operation, conduct, or administration of community athletics programs for youth or adults.Requires each city, town, county, or district operating a community athletics program or issuing permission to a third party for the operation of such program on its facilities to adopt a policy that specifically prohibits discrimination against any person on the basis of sex in the operation, conduct, or administration of community athletics programs for youth or adults.
| Feb 23 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 24 | GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6093
by Senator Jacobsen
Concerning health care financing.
Establishes a single financing entity called the Washington health security trust to provide coverage for a set of health services for all residents.Requires all Washington state employers to pay a health security assessment to the department of revenue to fund the Washington health security trust.Requires all Washington residents eighteen years old or older, except medicare and medicaid beneficiaries, with incomes over one hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level to pay a standard monthly flat rate health security premium effective May 15, 2011.Abolishes the health care authority and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the Washington health security trust.Creates the reserve account, the displaced worker training account, and the benefits account.Expires the displaced worker training account on January 1, 2014.Makes an appropriation.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6094
by Senator Jacobsen
Concerning health care financing.
Establishes a single financing entity called the Washington health security trust to provide coverage for a set of health services for all residents.Requires all Washington state employers to pay a health security assessment to the department of revenue to fund the Washington health security trust.Requires all Washington residents eighteen years old or older, except medicare and medicaid beneficiaries, with incomes over one hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level to pay a standard monthly flat rate health security premium effective May 15, 2011.Abolishes the health care authority and transfers its powers, duties, and functions to the Washington health security trust.Creates the reserve account, the displaced worker training account, and the benefits account.Expires the displaced worker training account on January 1, 2014.Makes an appropriation.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6095
by Senators Haugen and Swecker
Clarifying that retirement costs continue to be authorized as a charge included in the Puget Sound pilotage district tariff.
Clarifies that retirement costs continue to be authorized as a charge included in the Puget Sound pilotage district tariff.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6096
by Senator Tom
Concerning the taxation of the manufacturing and selling of fuel for consumption outside the waters of the United States by vessels in foreign commerce.
Declares an intent to address the taxation of persons manufacturing and/or selling bunker fuel. Bunker fuel is fuel intended for consumption outside the waters of the United States by vessels in foreign commerce. Although the state has historically collected tax from bunker fuel manufacturers, recently questions have arisen whether the manufacture of bunker fuel is subject to business and occupation tax under RCW 82.04.240 (tax on manufacturers). Pursuant to the act, the activity is taxable under RCW 82.04.240.Requires the department of revenue to take any actions that are necessary to ensure that its rules and other interpretive statements are consistent with the act.Provides that the act applies both prospectively and retroactively.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6097
by Senator Hatfield
Exempting the agricultural commodity commissions from certain administrative cost reductions.
Exempts the agricultural commodity commissions from certain administrative cost reductions.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6098
by Senator Roach
Requiring public agencies, special purpose districts, and municipalities to post certain information on their web sites.
Requires every public agency, special purpose district, and any municipality that owns or maintains a public internet web site to post certain information on their web site.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6099
by Senator Roach
Requiring ballot titles to indicate tax consequences of the ballot measure.
Requires the concise description on a ballot title to include a statement describing the amount the measure will increase or decrease taxes if the measure has tax implications.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6100
by Senator Roach
Preventing rejection of ballots that have voter identifying marks.
Allows a ballot to contain a randomly assigned unique identifying mark solely for auditing and vote reconciliation purposes, or to determine if a particular ballot has been previously counted.Prohibits the unique identifying mark from being associated at any time with an individual voter, a voter's address, or a voter's registration number.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6101
by Senator Roach
Updating public records provisions.
Updates and organizes public records provisions.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SJM 8014
by Senator Jacobsen
Requesting Congress to hold hearings on interchange fees.
Requests Congress to hold hearings on interchange fees.
| Feb 25 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |