Legislative Digest No. 64

	WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Digest No. 64

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
Thursday, April 23, 2009		102nd Day - 2009 Regular Session

SENATE

SB 5557-S

HOUSE

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.

House Bills

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.

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 4/21/2009)

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.

Creates the Washington aerospace futures account.

-- 2009 REGULAR SESSION --
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.
Apr 21	2nd substitute bill substituted.
	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 3.

HB 2358

by Representative Conway

Increasing liquor license fees limited to fees for beer and/or wine restaurants; taverns; snack bars; combined beer and wine retailers; grocery stores; beer and/or wine specialty shops; passenger trains, vessels, and airplanes; spirits, beer, and wine restaurants; spirits, beer, and wine private clubs; beer and wine private clubs; and public houses.

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 4/21/2009)

Increases certain liquor license fees.

Requires ten and a half percent of total license fee revenues collected for certain licenses to be deposited in the liquor revolving fund. This percentage is not subject to the distribution specified in RCW 66.08.180 (liquor revolving fund--distribution--reserve for administration--disbursement to universities and state agencies) and may be expended only for purposes of the administration and enforcement of those licenses.

Expires July 1, 2011.

-- 2009 REGULAR SESSION --
Apr 16	First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
	Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 8:00 AM.
Apr 18	WAYS - Executive action taken by committee.
	WAYS - Majority; do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
Apr 20	Placed on second reading.
Apr 21	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 1.

HB 2377-S

by House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Pettigrew, Dickerson, Darneille, Williams, and Hunt)

Funding health care and the working families' tax rebate with a voter-approved temporary sales tax increase.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Asks the voters to approve temporary tax increases in order to fund health care and to support working families during this time of revenue shortfalls.

Creates the health care trust account.

Makes appropriations.

-- 2009 REGULAR SESSION --
Apr 17	Public hearing in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations at 8:00 AM.
	Executive session in the House Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations at 5:00 PM.
Apr 21	APPH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.

Senate Bills

SB 5557-S

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Pridemore)

Adopting the recommendations of the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences.

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 4/21/2009)

Adopts the recommendations of the citizen commission for performance measurement of tax preferences concerning calculation of the business and occupation tax deduction for radio and television broadcasting, reporting data on the community benefits of nonprofit nursing homes and hospitals, and a property tax exemption for airports belonging to municipalities of adjoining states.

-- 2009 REGULAR SESSION --
Feb 4	Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
Mar 2	WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Minority; without recommendation.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
	Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
Mar 9	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Apr 21	1st substitute bill substituted.
	Floor amendment(s) adopted.
	Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
	Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2.

SB 6122-S

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Prentice, Zarelli, and Brandland; by request of Secretary of State)

Reducing costs of the elections division of the office of the secretary of state.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Reduces costs of the elections division of the office of the secretary of state.

Eliminates the requirement to purchase an equivalent amount of radio and television advertising for initiatives, referenda, and constitutional amendments.

Removes the requirement that the public printer must print and bind the voters' pamphlet.

Repeals the manual of election laws and rules and the voter guide.

-- 2009 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 17	Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM.
Apr 21	WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Minority; do not pass.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Apr 22	Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

SB 6129-S

by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senator Prentice)

Temporarily suspending cost-of-living increases for educational employees.

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Suspends the Initiative 732 cost-of-living adjustments for: (1) School district employees during school years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011; and

(2) Academic employees of community and technical college districts and classified employees of technical colleges during fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Requires the legislature, beginning in the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium and thereafter, to provide on an expedited basis, to the extent financially feasible, additional cost-of-living allocations equal to what would have been received if the allocations had not been suspended.

-- 2009 REGULAR SESSION --
Apr 21	WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
	Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

SB 6187

by Senator McCaslin

Modifying criminal statute of limitations.

Provides that prosecutions for criminal offenses may be commenced at any time after their commission.

-- 2009 REGULAR SESSION --
Apr 22	First reading, referred to Judiciary.