 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 16 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Tuesday, February 1, 2011 | 23rd Day - 2011 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.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2011.
HB 1037-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Ross, Johnson, Bailey, Upthegrove, Hurst, Armstrong, Walsh, Hinkle, Angel, Warnick, Schmick, Short, Klippert, Dammeier, McCune, Fagan, Nealey, Blake, Ladenburg, Kristiansen, Pearson, Tharinger, and Moeller; by request of Attorney General)
Placing restrictions on legal claims initiated by persons serving criminal sentences in correctional facilities.
Restricts certain legal claims by a person serving a criminal sentence in a federal, state, local, or privately operated correctional facility.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1041-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Green, Angel, Goodman, McCune, Kelley, Hope, Dammeier, Warnick, Blake, Hurst, Moeller, and Upthegrove)
Including correctional employees who have completed government-sponsored law enforcement firearms training to the lists of law enforcement personnel that are exempt from certain firearm restrictions.
Includes correctional personnel who have completed government-sponsored law enforcement firearms training to the lists of law enforcement personnel that are exempt from certain firearm restrictions.
| Jan 12 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 27 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1053-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Kenney, Ladenburg, Appleton, Roberts, Darneille, and Upthegrove; by request of Washington State Bar Association)
Implementing recommendations from the Washington state bar association elder law section's executive committee report of the guardianship task force.
Implements recommendations from the state bar association elder law section's executive committee report of the guardianship task force.
| Jan 17 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1085-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Angel and Kirby)
Creating a hair design license.
Creates a hair design license.
| Jan 14 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 25 | Executive action scheduled, but the motion to report the bill out of the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM failed. | |
| Jan 27 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1202-S
by House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunt, Taylor, and Moscoso)
Creating a pilot project to allow spirits sampling in state liquor stores and contract stores.
Requires the liquor control board to establish a pilot project to allow spirits sampling in state liquor stores and contract stores to promote the sponsor's products.Expires December 1, 2012.
| Jan 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 27 | SGTA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1218-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Goodman and Rodne; by request of Statute Law Committee)
Making technical corrections to the Revised Code of Washington.
Makes technical corrections to the RCW.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 28 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
HB 1253-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Rivers, Pedersen, and Rodne; by request of Uniform Laws Commission)
Revising the uniform interstate family support act.
Revises the uniform interstate family support act.Provides a contingent effective date and requires the department of social and health services to provide notice of that date to certain parties.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1267-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Pedersen, Walsh, Jinkins, Eddy, Roberts, Kagi, Sullivan, Van De Wege, Hurst, Goodman, Orwall, Moeller, Kirby, Frockt, Carlyle, Liias, Kenney, Clibborn, Seaquist, Blake, Hudgins, Fitzgibbon, Darneille, Dunshee, Morris, Takko, Pettigrew, Finn, Billig, Hunter, Cody, Dickerson, Stanford, Springer, Reykdal, Haigh, Rolfes, Sells, Jacks, Appleton, Hunt, Maxwell, Ryu, Ormsby, Ladenburg, McCoy, Santos, Lytton, Moscoso, Upthegrove, Green, Hasegawa, and Tharinger; by request of Washington State Bar Association)
Clarifying and expanding the rights and obligations of state registered domestic partners and other couples related to parentage.
Expands and clarifies the rights and obligations of state registered domestic partners and other couples related to parentage.Establishes consistent standards and procedural safeguards for the protection of all parties involved in a surrogacy contract in this state and to confirm the legal status of children born as a result of these contracts.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1328-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege, DeBolt, Blake, Klippert, Hinkle, Ross, Hasegawa, Kirby, Billig, Liias, Takko, Stanford, Finn, Alexander, Short, Angel, Dammeier, Zeiger, Upthegrove, Tharinger, Green, Kelley, Hurst, McCune, Kenney, and Maxwell)
Temporarily suspending certain motorcycle rules when operating in parades or public demonstrations.
Suspends certain motorcycle rules temporarily when operating on a closed road during a parade or public demonstration.
| Jan 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | ||
HB 1688
by Representatives Hurst, Appleton, Ladenburg, and Roberts; by request of Department of Corrections
Allowing the department of corrections to deport criminal illegal immigrant offenders serving a sentence.
Authorizes deportation of criminal illegal immigrant offenders serving a sentence.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1689
by Representative Hurst
Allowing booking photographs and electronic images at jails to be open to the public.
Requires department of corrections officers and chief law enforcement officers to maintain a jail register that is open to the public and includes booking photographs or electronic images.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1690
by Representative Kirby
Requiring disclosure of nonoriginal repair parts.
Limits the use of nonoriginal equipment manufacturer crash parts in the repair of a motor vehicle.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1691
by Representatives Kirby, Anderson, Springer, Eddy, Ryu, Morris, and Stanford
Concerning embalmers.
Authorizes certain parties to surrender dead bodies of persons required to be buried at public expense, to an accredited educational institution offering funeral services and embalming programs for use in training embalming students.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
| Feb 1 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
| Feb 4 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1692
by Representatives Rolfes, Appleton, Roberts, and Hunt
Concerning manufactured/mobile home park rent adjustment.
Facilitates and encourages fair bargaining between tenants and owners of manufactured/mobile home parks to achieve mutually satisfactory agreements regarding space or lot rents in the parks.Protects tenants from unreasonable space or lot rent increases while simultaneously recognizing and providing for the need of park owners to receive a just and reasonable return on the investment in their property.Creates the manufactured/mobile home park rental review board.Provides that the act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1693
by Representative Hunt
Addressing the health care coverage of retired local government employees.
Addresses health care coverage for retired local government employees.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1694
by Representatives Stanford and Kirby; by request of Insurance Commissioner
Regulating unauthorized insurance.
Regulates unauthorized insurance.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
| Feb 1 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
| Feb 4 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1695
by Representatives Takko, Rodne, Miloscia, and Angel
Modifying water-sewer district provisions.
Prohibits a city or town from assuming the jurisdiction of certain water-sewer districts unless voters of the entire water-sewer district approve a ballot proposition authorizing the assumption under general election law.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1696
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, Takko, and Smith; by request of Department of Ecology
Concerning provisions for notifications and appeals timelines under the shoreline management act.
Modifies shoreline management act provisions relating to timelines of notifications and appeals.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1697
by Representatives Roberts, Seaquist, Goodman, Orwall, Dickerson, and Kenney
Providing for unannounced visits to homes with dependent children.
Requires the department of social and health services and the supervising agencies to randomly select no less than ten percent of the caregivers currently providing care to children in out-of-home care and in-home dependencies to receive one unannounced face-to-face visit in the caregiver's home per year.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1698
by Representatives Lytton, Morris, Van De Wege, Blake, and Liias; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Improving recreational fishing opportunities in Puget Sound and Lake Washington.
Improves recreational fishing opportunities in Puget Sound and Lake Washington from current levels and increases the economic benefits from the fishery.Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Adaptively manage the Puget Sound recreational salmon and marine fish enhancement program to maximize the benefits to the Puget Sound recreational fishery; and(2) Use artificial rearing of salmon to improve recreational salmon fishing in Puget Sound.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1699
by Representatives Kenney, Smith, and Maxwell; by request of Washington State Department of Commerce
Concerning housing trust fund administrative costs.
Modifies housing assistance program and affordable housing program provisions relating to administrative costs associated with compliance and monitoring activities of the department of commerce.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1700
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Angel, Appleton, Armstrong, Rolfes, Johnson, Clibborn, Rivers, Reykdal, Ormsby, Upthegrove, Liias, Billig, and Moeller
Modifying the requirements related to designing various transportation projects.
Requires certain standards be met in the construction or modification of bicycle facilities and pedestrian rights-of-way.Requires the department of transportation, when constructing, reconstructing, retrofitting, maintaining, altering, or repairing any portion of a transportation network, to: (1) Consult with local jurisdictions in the scoping, design, and planning phases; and(2) Consider the needs of all users by applying certain design solutions from the institute of transportation engineers.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1701
by Representatives Ormsby, Green, Sells, Kenney, Van De Wege, Hasegawa, Hudgins, Moeller, Miloscia, Sullivan, Upthegrove, Pettigrew, Seaquist, Hunter, and Frockt
Concerning the misclassification of contractors as independent contractors in the construction industry.
Addresses the loss in state revenue through misclassification of workers as independent contractors in the construction industry.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1702
by Representatives Liias, Rodne, Angel, Springer, Eddy, Smith, Anderson, Clibborn, Stanford, and Takko
Establishing a process for the payment of impact fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants.
Establishes a process for the payment of impact fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1703
by Representatives Dammeier, Haigh, Anderson, Probst, Parker, Alexander, Zeiger, and Smith
Addressing fiscal notes for legislation that uniquely affects school districts.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to prepare school district fiscal notes on proposed legislation that increases or decreases school district revenues or expenditures in a manner that uniquely affects school districts.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Education Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 1704
by Representatives Reykdal, Moscoso, Sullivan, Hasegawa, Stanford, Sells, Appleton, and Hunt
Providing for vesting after five years of service in the defined benefit portion of the public employees' retirement system, the school employees' retirement system, and the teachers' retirement system plan 3.
Changes requirements for vesting from ten years of service to five years of service in the defined benefit portion of certain retirement systems.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1705
by Representatives Moscoso, Sullivan, Reykdal, Stanford, Sells, Appleton, and Hunt
Providing retirement benefits at earlier ages in the plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.
Lowers the age requirement for retirement benefits in certain retirement systems.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1706
by Representatives Cody, Moscoso, Reykdal, Sullivan, Appleton, Stanford, Hasegawa, Sells, Hunt, and Kenney
Allowing certain separated plan 2 members of the retirement systems to participate in insurance plans and contracts.
Allows participation in insurance plans and contracts by certain separated retirement system members.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 1707
by Representatives Kenney, Appleton, Darneille, Pettigrew, Orwall, Santos, Liias, Ryu, Ormsby, Hasegawa, Dunshee, Frockt, Kagi, Cody, Springer, Upthegrove, Hunt, Pedersen, Rolfes, Ladenburg, Moscoso, Goodman, Roberts, and Dickerson
Concerning the existing surcharge for local homeless housing and assistance.
Modifies provisions regarding the local homeless housing and assistance surcharge.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Community Development & Housing. | |
HB 1708
by Representative Moeller
Concerning mechanics' and materialmen's claims of liens.
Addresses mechanics' and materialmen's claims of liens.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
| Feb 2 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1709
by Representatives Kirby and Bailey
Making certain lines of group disability insurance more available.
Authorizes group disability insurance for certain lines of coverage that is offered to residents of this state under a group disability insurance policy to be issued to certain other groups.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1710
by Representatives Moscoso, Liias, Probst, Ladenburg, Hasegawa, McCoy, Haler, Dahlquist, Green, Wilcox, McCune, Zeiger, Roberts, Stanford, Billig, Maxwell, Hunt, and Kenney
Creating a strategic plan for career and technical education.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to convene a working group to develop a statewide strategic plan for secondary career and technical education.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1711
by Representatives McCoy, Hasegawa, Rolfes, and Walsh
Regarding the provision of telecommunications services by public entities.
Grants public utility districts the authority to provide retail telecommunications services, including broadband, with the expectation that these services will be subject to the same telecommunications taxes, fees, and surcharges that are applicable to other telecommunications providers in the state.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
| Feb 1 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Technology and Energy & Communications at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1712
by Representatives Harris, Crouse, Short, Jacks, and McCune
Regarding null power.
Defines the attributes of null power.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1713
by Representatives Upthegrove, Short, Morris, Taylor, Takko, Springer, Smith, Eddy, and McCune
Modifying the categorical exemptions for development under the state environmental policy act.
Preempts selected categorical exemption levels for development under the state environmental policy act in WAC 197-11-800 and adopts updated levels in statute.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
| Feb 3 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1714
by Representatives Klippert, Finn, Pearson, McCune, Hope, and Ross
Implementing a biometric matching system program.
Requires the department of licensing, upon implementation of a biometric matching system program, to make the program available to official governmental enforcement agencies to assist in the investigation of suspected criminal activity or for verifying identity of an individual.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1715
by Representatives Bailey, Wilcox, Buys, Zeiger, Haler, Fagan, Johnson, and Warnick
Designating coffee as the state beverage.
Establishes the official Washington state beverage act.Designates coffee as the official beverage of the state.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1716
by Representatives Asay, Hurst, Klippert, Pearson, and Miloscia
Regulating secondhand dealers who deal with precious metal property.
Establishes and implements stricter standards relating to transactions involving property consisting of gold and other precious metals.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1717
by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Rolfes, Chandler, Dunshee, Orcutt, Appleton, Van De Wege, Hinkle, and Stanford
Regarding derelict fishing gear.
Requires a person who loses or abandons commercial net fishing gear in the waters of the state to report certain information to the department of fish and wildlife.Encourages a person who loses or abandons shellfish pots in the waters of the state to report certain information to the department of fish and wildlife.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1718
by Representatives Roberts, Moeller, Dammeier, and Green
Concerning offenders with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries.
Addresses offenders who have intellectual or developmental disabilities or who have suffered a traumatic brain injury.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 1719
by Representatives Rodne, Schmick, Haler, Smith, Wilcox, Johnson, Klippert, Kristiansen, McCune, Short, Ross, and Warnick
Limiting liability for unauthorized passengers in a vehicle.
Overrules the holding in Rahman v. State that a government or private employer may be held liable for injuries to unauthorized occupants of the employer's vehicle.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1720
by Representatives Hunt and McCoy; by request of Governor Gregoire
Reorganizing and streamlining central service functions, powers, and duties of state government.
Creates the department of enterprise services to provide centralized leadership in efficiently and cost-effectively managing resources necessary to support the delivery of state government services.Abolishes the department of general administration and the public printer and transfers their powers, duties, and functions to the department of enterprise services.Transfers certain powers, duties, and functions of the department of information services, the department of personnel, and the office of financial management to the department of enterprise services.Transfers certain powers, duties, and functions of the department of personnel to the office of financial management.Requires the code reviser to prepare legislation for the 2012 regular session that changes all statutory references to the director or department of general administration to department of enterprise services.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1721
by Representatives Frockt, Kenney, Roberts, Fitzgibbon, and Stanford
Preventing storm water pollution from coal tar sealants.
Prohibits the sale, at wholesale or retail, of a coal tar pavement product that is labeled as containing coal tar.Prohibits the application of a coal tar pavement product on a driveway or parking area.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
SB 5307-S
by Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Hewitt, Regala, Conway, Kastama, Hobbs, King, Rockefeller, Swecker, and Roach)
Concerning evaluating military training and experience toward meeting licensing requirements in medical professions.
Allows persons with certain military training or experience to count that training and experience towards certain professional licensing requirements.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 27 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 28 | HEA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5558
by Senators Hargrove, Regala, and Harper
Regulating dissemination of juvenile records by consumer reporting agencies.
Prohibits consumer reporting agencies, that collect personally identifiable information pertaining to juvenile records about an individual residing in the state, from disseminating information contained within the record, including the existence or nonexistence of the record, to any third party.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5559
by Senators Morton and Hewitt
Concerning county use of moneys collected from certain county sales and use taxes.
Addresses a county's use of money collected from local retail sales and use taxes.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5560
by Senator Morton
Authorizing the issuance of one license plate upon request of the vehicle owner.
Authorizes a vehicle owner to request one license plate, however the cost to the owner is the same as if two plates were issued.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5561
by Senators Swecker and Shin
Designating the state rock.
Designates Tenino sandstone as the official rock of the state.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5562
by Senators Delvin, Hewitt, Schoesler, Becker, Stevens, Honeyford, and Shin
Creating a task force on construction crane safety review.
Creates a task force on construction crane safety review to review the implementation of statutes concerning crane safety.Expires December 31, 2011.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5563
by Senators Delvin, Schoesler, Hewitt, Stevens, Honeyford, and Sheldon
Suspending provisions of the energy independence act on a temporary basis.
Provides utilities with more time during the continuing economic downturn to meet certain mandates of the energy independence act and thereby delay the rate impacts that would be caused by the capital investments to meet the mandates.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5564
by Senators Delvin, Carrell, Morton, Stevens, Hewitt, Ericksen, Honeyford, Zarelli, Roach, and Sheldon
Promoting the development and construction of nuclear energy facilities.
Expedites regulatory processes and provides incentives for establishing additional nuclear-generated power in the state.Creates a joint legislative task force on nuclear energy to study the feasibility of pursuing additional nuclear-generated power.Expires July 1, 2012.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Environment, Water & Energy. | |
SB 5565
by Senators Fraser and Shin
Addressing the health care coverage of retired local government employees.
Addresses health care coverage for retired local government employees.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5566
by Senators Kohl-Welles and Kline; by request of Governor Gregoire
Concerning long-term disability for injured workers and costs to the workers' compensation program.
Reduces long-term disability for injured workers and the resulting costs to the workers' compensation system.Authorizes the director of the department of labor and industries to provide funding from the medical aid fund for safety and health investment projects to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities; to create early return-to-work programs; and to reduce long-term disability through the cooperation of employers and employees or their representatives.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
| Feb 1 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5567
by Senators Regala, Hobbs, and White
Adjusting the property tax levy lid limits for certain local services.
Adjusts property tax levy lid limits for certain local services.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5568
by Senators Eide, Hobbs, McAuliffe, and Shin
Concerning equity in school district salary allocations.
Starts a six-year process, beginning with the 2011-12 school year, to equalize salary allocations to school districts for state-funded staff pursuant to state basic education appropriation sections of the biennial budget.Requires school districts to provide an annual report to the office of the superintendent of public instruction outlining the total compensation and taxable benefits it pays to each individual staff member it employs.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5569
by Senator Honeyford
Addressing postretirement employment at institutions of higher education.
Modifies provisions regarding postretirement employment at higher education institutions and public school or educational service districts.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5570
by Senators Honeyford, Hatfield, Holmquist Newbry, Stevens, Parlette, King, Schoesler, and Becker
Prohibiting the impoundment of farm vehicles under certain conditions.
Prohibits farm vehicles from being impounded under certain conditions.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5571
by Senator Rockefeller
Regarding the permitting of anaerobic digestion under chapter 70.94 RCW, the clean air act.
Creates a limited permitting exemption under the clean air act for anaerobic digestion in order to minimize any regulatory burdens inhibiting the furtherance of the state public interest.
| Jan 31 | Held on first reading. | |
SB 5572
by Senators Kilmer, Becker, Shin, Haugen, Hobbs, and Conway
Authorizing institutions of higher education to limit enrollment in the running start program.
Authorizes higher education institutions to establish policies limiting the number of running start students accepted for enrollment or in a specific program of study at that institution.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 5573
by Senators Pridemore, Kline, Delvin, and Shin
Regarding shared parenting placement agreements for children with disabilities placed in out-of-home care.
Establishes a shared parenting placement agreement to provide services to children with developmental disabilities who are placed out of home. The services will be offered by the department of social and health services. The parent or legal guardian retains custody of the child.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5574
by Senators Harper and Kline
Concerning collection agencies.
Modifies collection agency provisions relating to communication with debtors.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5575
by Senators Hatfield, Delvin, Eide, Schoesler, Haugen, Shin, Kilmer, Hobbs, Becker, Honeyford, Conway, and Sheldon
Recognizing certain biomass energy facilities as an eligible renewable resource.
Promotes the generation of renewable energy from pulping liquors and biomass in economically distressed communities.Prohibits the utilities and transportation commission, from January 1, 2011, until December 21, 2013, from considering the act in any proceeding concerning a company's decision to acquire or construct an eligible renewable resource.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5576
by Senators Kilmer, Zarelli, Tom, and Shin; by request of University of Washington and Washington State University
Regarding capital construction and building purposes at the University of Washington and Washington State University.
Modifies provisions regarding capital construction and building purposes at the University of Washington and Washington State University.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5577
by Senators Delvin, Hatfield, Haugen, and Shin
Authorizing program providers to issue food and beverage service worker's permits.
Authorizes an individual or entity approved in food safety training by the state board of health to issue food and beverage service worker's permits.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5578
by Senator White
Modifying the frequency of meetings of the motorcycle safety education advisory board.
Requires quarterly meetings of the motorcycle safety education advisory board.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5579
by Senators Kline and Pflug
Modifying harassment provisions.
Addresses harassment provisions relating to: (1) The district courts' exclusive original jurisdiction;(2) Municipal courts transferring certain actions and proceedings to superior court;(3) Exemption from protection orders; and(4) Determination of criminal history or pendency of other proceedings involving the parties.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5580
by Senators Regala and Kline
Modifying provisions relating to orders of disposition for juveniles.
Modifies juvenile deferred disposition provisions relating to: (1) Payment of restitution;(2) Withholding driving privileges;(3) Unlawful possession of a firearm;(4) Notification to school principal; and(5) Consecutive and concurrent periods of detention.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5581
by Senators Keiser, Parlette, Hargrove, Shin, Conway, and Kline
Creating a nursing home safety net assessment.
Requires the department of social and health services to establish a skilled nursing facility safety net assessment on certain Washington skilled nursing facilities, that will be used solely to augment funding from all other sources and thereby obtain additional funds to restore recent reductions and to support additional payments to skilled nursing facilities for medicaid services.Establishes the skilled nursing facility safety net trust fund to receive the assessments for securing federal matching funds under federally prescribed programs available through the state medicaid plan.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5582
by Senators Conway and Kohl-Welles; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Addressing administrative efficiencies for the workers' compensation program.
Addresses administrative efficiencies for the workers' compensation program.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
| Feb 1 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5583
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Holmquist Newbry, Keiser, Conway, and Kline; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Addressing the recommendations of the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee for workers' compensation.
Addresses recommendations of the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee for workers' compensation.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
| Feb 1 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5584
by Senators Harper, Kohl-Welles, and Kline; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Concerning the conforming of apprenticeship program standards to federal labor standards.
Conforms apprenticeship program standards to federal labor standards.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
| Feb 1 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5585
by Senator Carrell
Concerning street rod and custom vehicles.
Addresses street rod and custom vehicle provisions relating to: (1) Application for original certificate of title;(2) Exemptions from emission test requirements; and(3) Use of blue dot taillights.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5586
by Senators Carrell and Becker
Concerning the effect of zoning ordinances on motor vehicle collection and restoration.
Prohibits a local government from prohibiting the hobby of collecting and restoring motor vehicles.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5587
by Senators Schoesler, Sheldon, Zarelli, King, Tom, Delvin, Honeyford, and Hewitt
Terminating the low-income property tax deferral program.
Eliminates the low-income property tax deferral program.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5588
by Senators Schoesler, King, Pridemore, Tom, Zarelli, Ericksen, Honeyford, and Hewitt
Repealing the unfunded state remittance for persons eligible for the federal earned income tax credit.
Repeals the unfunded state remittance for persons eligible for the federal earned income tax credit.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5589
by Senator Morton
Addressing heavy haul industrial corridors.
Changes weight limits for and designation of certain heavy haul industrial corridors.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5590
by Senator Benton
Concerning lien holder requirements for certain foreclosure sales.
Addresses lien holder requirements for certain foreclosure sales.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 5591
by Senator Benton
Concerning the dissemination of information pertaining to a deferred prosecution.
Prohibits a criminal justice agency, if a petitioner has successfully completed a deferred prosecution program, from disseminating any criminal history or court record information pertaining to the charges underlying the deferred prosecution petition or the fact of the deferred prosecution.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5592
by Senators Shin, Chase, and Kline
Concerning weapons in or on the premises of an institution of higher education, or at a college-sponsored event.
Prohibits weapons at higher education institutions and college-sponsored events.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5593
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Conway, Kline, Murray, and Prentice
Regulating tanning facilities.
Implements safety, training, and licensure requirements for tanning facilities.Restricts access by minors to indoor tanning facilities.Prescribes penalties.Creates the tanning facility account.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 5594
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Prentice, Conway, Kline, and Murray
Regulating the handling of hazardous drugs.
Requires the director of the department of labor and industries, in consultation with the secretary of the department of health, to establish standards regulating the handling of antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs by health care personnel.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
| Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce & Consumer Protection at 10:00 AM. | ||
SB 5595
by Senator Parlette
Concerning distribution of the public utility district privilege tax.
Modifies provisions relating to the distribution of the public utility district privilege tax.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 5596
by Senators Parlette, Zarelli, Becker, and Hewitt
Requiring the department of social and health services to submit a demonstration waiver request to revise the federal medicaid program.
Requires the department of social and health services to submit a section 1115 demonstration waiver request to the federal department of health and human services to expand and revise the medical assistance program as codified in Title XIX of the federal social security act.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 5597
by Senators Delvin, McAuliffe, Parlette, and Roach
Providing for an automatic stay of any order terminating parental rights.
Requires an order terminating a person's parental rights to be automatically stayed for thirty days after entry of the order terminating parental rights.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5598
by Senators Prentice and Kline
Regulating the production, distribution, and sale of cannabis.
Regulates the production, distribution, and sale of cannabis.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 5599
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Conway, Keiser, Kline, Nelson, and Harper
Concerning the misclassification of contractors as independent contractors in the construction industry.
Addresses the loss in state revenue through misclassification of workers as independent contractors in the construction industry.
| Jan 31 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |