 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 13 | ||
| SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE | ||
| Thursday, January 28, 2010 | 18th Day - 2010 Regular Session | |
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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.
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HB 1357-S2
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Pettigrew, Dickerson, Orwall, Walsh, Moeller, Kenney, and Wood)
Protecting consumers by assuring persons using the title of social worker have graduated with a degree in social work from an educational program accredited by the council on social work education.
Prohibits a person from representing himself or herself as a social worker unless certain qualifications have been met.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 22 | HCW - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 2:15 PM. | ||
| Jan 27 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1418-S2
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Kagi, Priest, Sullivan, Walsh, Pettigrew, Roberts, Dickerson, Quall, Seaquist, Sells, Appleton, Hunt, Haler, Pedersen, Orwall, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Conway, Kenney, Maxwell, Santos, Probst, Driscoll, Goodman, and Nelson)
Establishing a statewide dropout reengagement system.
Provides a statutory framework for a statewide dropout reengagement system to provide appropriate educational opportunities and access to services for students age sixteen to twenty-one who have dropped out of high school or are not accumulating sufficient credits to reasonably complete a high school diploma in a public school before the age of twenty-one.Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop a model interlocal agreement and a model contract for the dropout reengagement system.Authorizes school districts to offer dropout reengagement programs using the model contracts and interlocal agreements.
| Feb 6 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 18 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 27 | Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Mar 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Mar 19 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 15 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 26 | ED - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1969-S2
by House Committee on Education Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Haigh, Appleton, Kagi, Seaquist, Hurst, O'Brien, Morrell, Green, Dickerson, and Sullivan)
Promoting predictable funding for school districts that provide residential education.
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Submit to each regular session of the legislature during an odd-numbered year a budget request for residential education; and(2) Allocate funding appropriated by the legislature for residential education to the school districts and educational service districts that are required to conduct certain programs.
| Feb 18 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education Appropriations at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 26 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education Appropriations at 9:00 AM. | |
| Jan 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education Appropriations at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 21 | APPE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education Appropriations at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 26 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2396-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Hinkle, Driscoll, Campbell, Cody, Van De Wege, Carlyle, Johnson, Simpson, Hurst, O'Brien, Clibborn, Nelson, Maxwell, Conway, McCoy, and Moeller)
Regarding emergency cardiac and stroke care.
Directs the department of health to: (1) Enhance and support an emergency cardiac and stroke care system; and(2) Share with the legislature, their report, which was funded by the centers for disease control and prevention, concerning emergency cardiac and stroke care.Exempts from the public records act, cardiac and stroke system performance data submitted to national, state, or local data collection systems.
| Jan 14 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 9:00 AM. | |
| Jan 22 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 2:15 PM. | ||
| Jan 26 | Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations. | |
HB 2430-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Driscoll, Hinkle, Blake, Walsh, Green, Roberts, Goodman, Clibborn, Carlyle, Moeller, Kelley, and Hurst)
Concerning cardiovascular invasive specialists.
Requires the secretary of the department of health to, until July 1, 2012, issue a cardiovascular invasive specialist certificate to certain eligible persons.
| Jan 12 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 22 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 2:15 PM. | ||
| Jan 27 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2551-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Cody, Green, Sullivan, Pedersen, Darneille, and Moeller)
Establishing the Washington vaccine association.
Creates the Washington vaccine association to assess health carriers and third-party administrators for the cost of vaccines provided to certain children in Washington state.Provides for sunset termination and review.Prescribes penalties for nonpayment of assessments.
| Jan 15 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 22 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 2:15 PM. | ||
| Jan 27 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2688-S
by House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunter, Condotta, Chandler, Green, Moeller, Williams, Carlyle, Springer, and Conway)
Creating a beer and wine tasting endorsement to the grocery store liquor license.
Authorizes a grocery store licensed under RCW 66.24.360 to apply for an endorsement to offer beer and wine tasting.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 26 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Commerce & Labor at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2731-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman, Haler, Maxwell, Priest, Kagi, Sullivan, Seaquist, Quall, O'Brien, Jacks, Haigh, Pedersen, Darneille, Kenney, Rolfes, Hunter, Williams, Orwall, Liias, Carlyle, Roberts, Simpson, Walsh, Nelson, Kelley, Dickerson, Appleton, Eddy, Sells, and Morrell)
Creating an early learning program for educationally at-risk children.
Establishes an early learning program to provide voluntary preschool opportunities for educationally at-risk children who are three and four years of age.Provides funding and administration for quality early learning opportunities for children from birth to age three and their parents and caregivers.
| Jan 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 22 | ELCS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 25 | Referred to Ways & Means. | |
| Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 27 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2801-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Liias, Johnson, Pedersen, Hunt, Orwall, Maxwell, Quall, Moeller, Chase, Williams, Nelson, and Simpson)
Regarding antiharassment strategies in public schools.
Expands the tools, information, and strategies that can be used to combat harassment, intimidation, and bullying of students, and increases awareness of the need for respectful learning communities in all public schools.Requires each school district to designate a person in the district as the primary contact regarding the antiharassment, intimidation, or bullying policy.Requires the office of the education ombudsman to serve as the lead agency to provide resources and tools to parents and families about public school antiharassment policies and strategies.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the office of the education ombudsman to convene an ongoing antiharassment work group.
| Jan 22 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 26 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2876-S
by House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Green, and Morrell)
Concerning pain management.
Requires the podiatric medical board, the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery, and the medical quality assurance commission to repeal its rules on pain management and adopt new rules that contain certain elements on chronic, noncancer pain management.Requires the dental quality assurance commission, the optometry board, and the nursing care quality assurance commission to adopt new rules that contain certain elements on chronic, noncancer pain management.
| Jan 22 | HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 2:15 PM. | ||
| Jan 26 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2998-S
by House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Seaquist, Armstrong, Hunt, Kessler, Wallace, Conway, and Darneille)
Suspending certain monetary awards and salary increases.
Suspends certain monetary awards and salary increases given to state employees.Encourages supervisors throughout state agencies to look for nonmonetary ways to acknowledge outstanding contributions to Washington's citizens by our state's civil servants.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 26 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | WAYS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Placed on second reading. | ||
| 1st substitute bill substituted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. | ||
HB 3133
by Representatives Liias, Sells, Van De Wege, and Morrell
Authorizing advertising on school buses.
Requires the rules of the superintendent of public instruction to allow school districts to place advertising and educational material on and in school buses after approval by the school district board of directors.Directs revenue received for the advertising and educational material to be deposited in the school district's general fund or transportation vehicle fund.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 3134
by Representatives Liias, Williams, Van De Wege, and Simpson
Regulating sports pool boards, bracket pools, and fantasy sports leagues.
Regulates sports pool boards, bracket pools, and fantasy sports leagues.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 3135
by Representatives Chase, Simpson, Ormsby, Santos, and Kenney
Encouraging instruction in the history of civil rights.
Encourages school districts to prepare and conduct a program at least once a year to commemorate the history of civil rights in our nation.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 3136
by Representatives Dunshee, Simpson, and Ormsby
Concerning water pollution control.
Addresses funding criteria for publically owned nonindustrial water pollution control facilities.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Capital Budget. | |
HB 3137
by Representative Seaquist
Reviewing certificate of need applications.
Expands the criteria required for the review of certificate of need applications.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 3138
by Representatives McCune, Campbell, and Morrell
Addressing Nisqually river emergency relief, preparedness, and response.
Makes an appropriation to the Washington military department, working in cooperation with the flood division of the department of ecology, the Nisqually river council, and other respective local governments, as appropriate, to participate in flood hazard mitigation and response projects for the Nisqually river valley area.Requires the Washington military department to administer the Nisqually river flood assistance funds and to use the appropriated funds for flood prevention, mitigation costs, emergency response, and relocation costs of public facilities, infrastructure, and citizens and businesses that are displaced by Nisqually river flooding conditions.Authorizes projects that will promote neighborhood level public education on disaster preparedness.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 3139
by Representatives Condotta, Chandler, Crouse, and Short
Allowing employers to pay a training wage to new employees for a specified period of time.
Requires the director of the department of labor and industries to establish procedures, by rule, for the issuance of special training certificates to certain employers to pay wages to new employees during a training period.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
HB 3140
by Representatives Ericks and Morrell
Relating to creating the cities and counties law enforcement and fire protection services financial assistance act of 2010.
Introduced by title and introductory section only.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 3141
by Representatives Kagi, Pettigrew, Seaquist, Kenney, and Ormsby
Redesigning the delivery of temporary assistance to needy families.
Assures that subsidized employment in the community jobs program will be available to parents who are unable to find employment after earnest efforts at job search or education and training activities.Reforms components of Washington's subsidized child care program by redesigning the eligibility determination process.Requires the department of early learning to: (1) Establish and implement policies in the working connections child care program to promote stability and quality of care for children from low-income households; and(2) Develop a transition plan, at least three months before a family leaves the TANF program, that includes a description of the resources, services, and programs a family may access in order to assure the children in the family are provided adequate shelter, food, and care.Requires that the TANF program be administered to implement pathways to family self-sufficiency regarding employment, career development, and disability support.Changes the name of the Washington WorkFirst program to the Washington family lifeline program.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Children's Services. | |
| Jan 29 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Children's Services at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 3142
by Representatives Hunt, Alexander, Williams, and Kenney
Exempting parking charges imposed by the state on employees from excise taxes.
Provides an excise tax exemption on parking charges imposed by the state on state employees.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
SB 5046-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline, and Franklin)
Placing symphony musicians under the jurisdiction of the public employment relations commission for purposes of collective bargaining.
Places symphony musicians under the jurisdiction of the public employment relations commission for purposes of collective bargaining.
| Jan 22 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 27 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6263-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senator Keiser)
Establishing the Washington vaccine association.
Creates the Washington vaccine association to assess health carriers and third-party administrators for the cost of vaccines provided to certain children in Washington state.Provides for sunset termination and review.Prescribes penalties for nonpayment of assessments.
| Jan 11 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6273-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Swecker, Fairley, Keiser, Hatfield, Pflug, Stevens, Shin, and McCaslin)
Regarding insurance coverage of the sales tax for prescribed durable medical equipment and mobility enhancing equipment.
Includes sales and use tax in insurance coverage for prescribed durable medical equipment and mobility enhancing equipment.
| Jan 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6293-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Brandland and Carrell)
Changing provisions relating to rendering criminal assistance in the first degree.
Changes the offense of rendering criminal assistance in the first degree to a class B felony, or if the offender is a relative, then to a class C felony.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 26 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 27 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6325-S
by Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation (originally sponsored by Senator Jacobsen)
Modifying the duties of the institute of forest resources and creating the timber recovery fund board.
Requires the director of the school of forest resources of the University of Washington to: (1) Coordinate the existing school of forest resources' cooperatives and centers to promote a more holistic, efficient, and integrated approach to broaden its research program to address the issues facing the forest section; and(2) Appoint a policy advisory board to advise the director on policies for the institute of forest resources that are consistent with the purposes of the institute.Creates a timber recovery fund board which is responsible for allocating grants and loans for the protection of working forest lands.Requires the recreation and conservation office to: (1) Provide necessary grants and loan administration support to the timber recovery fund board; and(2) Provide necessary coordination with the institute of forest resources.Creates the timber recovery fund board account.
| Jan 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Ocean & Recreation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Ocean & Recreation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 26 | NROR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
SB 6340-S
by Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Regala and Kline)
Changing the membership of the Washington state forensic investigations council.
Adds a criminal defense attorney and a scientist from an established university in the state of Washington to the forensic investigations council.
| Jan 22 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 26 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 27 | JUD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6345-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Eide, Regala, Delvin, Haugen, Kohl-Welles, Rockefeller, Keiser, Fairley, Kline, Tom, and Fraser)
Addressing the use of wireless communications devices while driving.
Prohibits the use of a wireless communications device by a person holding a driver's instruction permit or an intermediate license while driving a motor vehicle.Changes the offense of using a wireless communications device while driving and the offense of sending, reading, or writing a text message while driving from secondary offenses to primary offenses.
| Jan 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6346-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Ranker, Haugen, Regala, Rockefeller, Pridemore, Marr, King, Fraser, Swecker, Kilmer, Shin, Tom, Kohl-Welles, and Kline)
Expanding the use of certain electric vehicles.
Expands the use of certain electric vehicles.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6348-S
by Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senators Ranker, Swecker, Pridemore, Kohl-Welles, Regala, Berkey, Hobbs, and Parlette)
Prohibiting certain communications of collection agencies and their employees.
Prohibits certain communications of collection agencies and their employees.
| Jan 19 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 27 | LCCP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6392-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Tom, Swecker, Oemig, Holmquist, Jacobsen, Haugen, and Marr)
Clarifying the use of revenue generated from tolling the state route number 520 corridor.
Clarifies the use of revenue generated from tolling the state route number 520 corridor.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6403-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kauffman, McAuliffe, Hargrove, Hobbs, Regala, Oemig, McDermott, and Shin; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction)
Regarding accountability and support for vulnerable students and dropouts.
Facilitates the development of a collaborative infrastructure at the local, regional, and state level between systems that serve vulnerable youth in order to improve statewide high school graduation rates.Changes the duties and composition of the work group established in RCW 28A.175.075.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 26 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6488-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Oemig, Gordon, McAuliffe, Tom, Rockefeller, Kline, and Ranker; by request of Governor Gregoire)
Regarding school levies.
Modifies school levy provisions.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 26 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
SB 6518-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Oemig, Gordon, Kohl-Welles, McDermott, Tom, McAuliffe, Hobbs, Kauffman, Marr, Ranker, and Pridemore)
Changing school levy provisions.
Changes school levy provisions.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 26 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
SB 6521-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Honeyford)
Requiring state agencies to use an agriculture impact statement.
Requires the state conservation commission to develop a form and process for an agriculture impact statement.Requires all state agencies to complete an agriculture impact statement before acquisition of an interest in certain real property.
| Jan 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 26 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | ARED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6556-S
by Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development (originally sponsored by Senators Hatfield and Schoesler)
Changing the fees for certain types of agricultural burning.
Changes burning permit fees for field burning and pile burning.Removes the provision limiting an increase in fees by the annual inflation rate.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 26 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | ARED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6778
by Senators McAuliffe, Shin, Kauffman, and Kline
Establishing an alternative route to a high school diploma.
Allows a student, as an alternative to high school graduation requirements, to receive a high school diploma if the student: (1) Successfully completes the minimum credits for admission to a public four-year institution of higher education adopted by the higher education coordinating board, which includes meeting the required college academic distribution requirements;(2) Earns a cumulative average grade of at least a three on a four-point scale, for certain required courses; and(3) Completes a culminating project and a high school and beyond plan according to rules adopted by the state board of education.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6779
by Senators Kline, Carrell, Delvin, and Roach; by request of Governor Gregoire
Concerning pretrial release or detention.
Addresses pretrial release or detention.Takes effect January 1, 2011, upon approval of the voters at the next general election of the proposed amendment to Article I, section 20 of the state Constitution which allows judges to deny bail to a person charged with a crime if only the pretrial detention of the person will reasonably assure public safety.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6780
by Senators Keiser, Ranker, Kline, Delvin, and Fairley
Concerning community living for persons with developmental disabilities.
Provides services and support arrangements for the transition of persons with developmental disabilities from an institutional setting to a community setting.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6781
by Senators Keiser and Parlette
Establishing the interstate health insurance compact act.
Establishes the interstate health insurance compact act.Expands flexibility provided in current law to increase the availability of affordable health care coverage options for the citizens of the state.Expires January 1, 2015.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6782
by Senators King and Honeyford
Concerning abatement of nuisances involving criminal street gang activity.
Authorizes abatement of nuisances involving criminal street gang activity.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6783
by Senators King and Honeyford
Concerning criminal street gangs.
Creates the offense of school criminal gang intimidation.Adds time to the standard sentence range for felony crimes if the offender or an accomplice was found to be either a criminal street gang associate or member and the offense they are being sentenced for is a criminal street gang-related offense.Changes the offense of criminal street gang tagging from a gross misdemeanor to a class C felony.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6784
by Senators King, Honeyford, and Schoesler
Concerning property used to facilitate a criminal street gang-related offense.
Declares that all real and personal property is subject to seizure and forfeiture and no property right exists in them if used, or intended for use, in any manner to facilitate a criminal street gang-related offense.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6785
by Senators King, Honeyford, and Schoesler
Authorizing abatement of nuisances involving criminal street gang activity.
Authorizes abatement of nuisances involving criminal street gang activity.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6786
by Senators Kastama, Swecker, Eide, Delvin, Hobbs, King, Murray, Hatfield, Berkey, Marr, Tom, Oemig, Haugen, and Keiser
Creating a commission to restructure state government.
Creates the agency reallocation and realignment of Washington commission on restructuring state government to: (1) Review budget, revenue, and caseload forecasts and estimates;(2) Examine current operations and organization of state government; and(3) Evaluate operational and organizational restructuring possibilities.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
SB 6787
by Senators Carrell, Delvin, and Roach
Concerning the pretrial detention of the accused who may receive a life sentence or face a charge of a capital offense.
Addresses pretrial detention of the accused who may receive a life sentence or face a charge of a capital offense.Takes effect January 1, 2011, upon approval of the voters at the next general election of the proposed amendment to Article I, section 20 of the state Constitution providing that offenses that may result in a mandatory life sentence upon conviction are not bailable by sufficient sureties.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6788
by Senators Brown, Morton, Delvin, and Marr
Addressing the dissolution of the assets and affairs of a nonprofit corporation.
Addresses dissolution of the assets and affairs of a nonprofit corporation.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6789
by Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Murray, Hewitt, Holmquist, and Parlette; by request of Department of Revenue
Concerning sales and use tax exemptions for certain equipment and infrastructure contained in data centers.
Provides a tax exemption for the sales to, or the use by, qualifying businesses of eligible server equipment to be installed, without intervening use, in an eligible computer data center, and for the use of, or charges made for, labor and services rendered in respect to installing eligible server equipment.Expires April 1, 2018.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6790
by Senator Kastama
Providing regional economic development services.
Requires the department of commerce to provide grants for the delivery of economic development services on a regional basis.Makes appropriations.
| Jan 27 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |