 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 63 | ||
| SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE | ||
| Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | 101st Day - 2009 Regular Session | |
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| HOUSE |
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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 2318-S2
by House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Sells, Ericks, Kenney, Liias, Simpson, Hope, McCoy, Conway, and Roberts)
Creating the Washington institute of aerospace technology and manufacturing studies.
Creates the Washington institute of aerospace technology and advanced manufacturing to improve the state's aerospace training, education, research, and development programs by coordinating, providing, and developing curriculum for a statewide consortium of schools and programs that provide aerospace workforce education and training.Requires the institute to be headquartered in Snohomish county and initially administered by the board of trustees of Edmonds Community College.
| Mar 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 9:00 AM. | |
| Apr 9 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:30 AM. | |
| Apr 14 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 8:00 AM. | |
| Apr 18 | WAYS - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Apr 20 | Placed on second reading. | |
HB 2348-S
by House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller and Ormsby)
Regarding surcharges on fee-based activities related to public health.
Requires a surcharge of eight dollars to be charged to each transaction related to the purchase of certified copies of birth and death certificates.Expires June 30, 2011.
| Apr 14 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 8:00 AM. | |
| Apr 20 | WAYS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Placed on second reading. | ||
HB 2382
by Representatives Santos, Moeller, Morrell, Cody, Kretz, Hinkle, Armstrong, Walsh, and Cox
Concerning the taxation of moist snuff.
Establishes weight, rather than wholesale price, as the measure of tobacco products tax on moist snuff.Imposes the tax at a rate that is equivalent to cigarette tax, with a specified minimum of tax on each consumer-sized package.Dedicates any new revenue attributable to the act to the health services account, to the extent possible, while keeping other accounts whole.Declares that the legislature recognizes the role that tax policy plays in the levels of consumption of moist snuff by youth due to impacts on price. Discouraging youth access to moist snuff and youth consumption is an important state policy. The legislature directs the department of health, with the assistance of the department of revenue and the office of financial management, to study this issue.
| Apr 21 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
SB 6116-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Murray and Kohl-Welles)
Concerning excise taxes in a county with a population of one million five hundred thousand or more and a county east of the crest of the Cascade mountains that has pledged lodging tax revenue for payment of bonds prior to June 26, 1975.
Addresses excise taxes in a county with a population of one million five hundred thousand or more and a county east of the crest of the Cascade mountains that has pledged lodging tax revenue for payment of bonds prior to June 26, 1975.
| Mar 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Apr 20 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6186
by Senator Shin
Providing that notes and information compiled during traffic stops are available for public inspection.
Provides that any notes or information compiled during a traffic stop by law enforcement is not subject to the public inspection and copying exemption in chapter 42.56 RCW (public records act).
| Apr 21 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |