STATE OF WASHINGTON
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
62nd Legislature - 2012 Regular Session
FRANK CHOPP JIM MOELLER
Speaker Speaker Pro Tempore
BARBARA BAKER, Chief Clerk
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS
Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
January 16, 2012 - Monday 8TH DAY 2012 Regular Session
NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL ADOPTED
PLEASE NOTE:
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HB 2456 By Representatives Chandler and Blake
Regarding disclosure of information relating to agriculture and livestock.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
HB 2457 By Representatives Kirby and Bailey
Addressing specialty producer licenses.
Referred to Committee on BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES.
HB 2458 By Representatives Armstrong and Ross
Concerning the existing authority to impose a sales and use tax for public facilities districts by providing flexibility in the submittal of the sales and use tax to voters by distressed public facilities districts.
Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
HB 2459 By Representatives Kagi and Armstrong
Authorizing the Washington state patrol to confiscate license plates from a motor carrier who operates a commercial motor vehicle with a revoked registration.
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
HB 2460 By Representatives Kenney, Anderson, Dickerson, Seaquist, Condotta and Haler
Exempting officers and employees of the Washington state institute for public policy from state civil service law.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
HB 2461 By Representative Moeller
Concerning background and qualifications statements for guardians ad litem.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
HB 2462 By Representative Moeller
Regarding immunity for health care providers following end-of-life planning declarations.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
HB 2463 By Representative Moeller
Concerning guardian reporting requirements for certain small estates.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
HB 2464 By Representatives Goodman, Rodne, Pedersen, Pearson and Hurst; by request of Attorney General
Enacting the stalking protection order act.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
HB 2465 By Representative Moeller
Modifying the property tax revenue limit.
Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
HB 2466 By Representatives Hurst, Armstrong, Kelley, Pearson, Finn, Eddy, Takko, Orcutt, Blake, Parker, Clibborn, Dammeier and Morris
Requiring the governor's signature on certain orders of adoption under the APA.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
HB 2467 By Representatives Clibborn and Armstrong
Changing the member contribution rate for the Washington state patrol retirement system.
Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
HB 2468 By Representatives Carlyle, Pedersen, Orwall, Kenney, Ryu, Hunt, Hasegawa, Maxwell, Goodman, Roberts, Ladenburg, Moscoso, Appleton, Kagi, Green and Fitzgibbon
Reducing criminal justice expenses by eliminating the death penalty in favor of life incarceration.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
HB 2469 By Representatives Upthegrove, Angel, Takko and Asay
Regarding boatyard storm water treatment systems.
Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
HB 2470 By Representatives Maxwell, Dahlquist, Sullivan and Dammeier
Providing for educational opportunities for low-income, at-risk, and diverse students based on the recommendations of the quality education council.
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
HB 2471 By Representatives Goodman, Chandler, Blake, Shea and Takko
Concerning criminal background checks and other requirements applicable to the purchase and transfer of firearms.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
HB 2472 By Representatives Stanford, Crouse, Moscoso and Liias
Giving general law enforcement authority to natural resource investigators.
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
HB 2473 By Representatives Green, Hinkle, Johnson and Van De Wege
Creating a medication assistant endorsement for certified nursing assistants who work in nursing homes.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
HB 2474 By Representatives Springer and Van De Wege
Adjusting voting requirements for the renewal of emergency medical service levies.
Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
HB 2475 By Representatives Liias, Reykdal, Ryu, Jinkins, Orwall, Cody, Billig, Fitzgibbon and Ladenburg
Protecting consumers from deceptive billing practices for electronic text messaging.
Referred to Committee on TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY & COMMUNICATIONS.
HB 2476 By Representatives Jinkins, Ladenburg, Armstrong, Clibborn and Hargrove
Modifying the boundaries of certain heavy haul corridors.
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
HB 2477 By Representatives Zeiger, Dammeier and Wilcox
Concerning missing endangered persons.
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
HB 2478 By Representatives Wilcox, Stanford, Zeiger, Pollet, Fagan, Eddy, Crouse, Miloscia, Fitzgibbon, Haler, Appleton, Anderson, Goodman, Liias, Billig and Probst
Creating higher education student auditing committees.
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
HB 2479 By Representatives Wilcox, Johnson, Haler, Alexander and Anderson
Expanding waivers from the one hundred eighty-day school year requirement.
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
HB 2480 By Representatives Wilcox, Short, Haler, Fagan and Schmick
Regulating the documents used in complying with the growth management act.
Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
HB 2481 By Representatives Goodman, Chandler, Blake, Shea and Takko
Changing provisions concerning concealed pistol license reciprocity.
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
HB 2482 By Representatives Kenney, Finn, Ryu and Hasegawa
Designating innovation partnership zones.
Referred to Committee on COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & HOUSING.
HB 2483 By Representatives Seaquist and Haler; by request of Governor Gregoire
Creating the office of the student achievement council.
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
HB 2484 By Representatives Eddy, Rodne, Blake, Johnson, Takko, Asay, Kelley, Hurst, Finn and Springer
Setting employee salaries upon reallocation or layoff action.
Referred to Committee on LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
HB 2485 By Representative Probst
Authorizing school districts to use electronic formats for warrants.
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS & OVERSIGHT.
HB 2486 By Representatives Reykdal, Jinkins, Appleton, Ladenburg, Kenney, Dickerson, Ormsby, Ryu, Pollet, Billig, Hunt, Liias, Roberts, Eddy, Wylie, Fitzgibbon, Hasegawa, Sells and Kagi
Concerning tax reform.
Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
HB 2487 By Representatives Takko, Fitzgibbon, Upthegrove, Springer and Tharinger; by request of Department of Ecology
Clarifying procedures for appealing the adoption of a local shoreline master program by ensuring consistency with existing procedural provisions of the growth management act, chapter 36.70A RCW, the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, and the state environmental policy act, chapter 43.21C RCW.
Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
HB 2488 By Representatives Green, Ladenburg, Kelley, Dammeier and Upthegrove
Concerning municipally produced class A biosolids.
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.
HB 2489 By Representatives Ladenburg, Kirby, Haler, Dammeier, McCune, Green and Zeiger
Creating authority for counties to exempt from property taxation new and rehabilitated multiple-unit dwellings in certain unincorporated urban centers.
Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
HB 2490 By Representatives Carlyle and Springer; by request of Governor Gregoire
Improving the business climate in this state by simplifying state and local tax and licensing systems.
Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
HB 2491 By Representatives Upthegrove and Orwall
Addressing when predecessor-successor relationships do not exist for purposes of unemployment experience rating.
Referred to Committee on LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
HB 2492 By Representatives Haigh, Dammeier, Maxwell, Dahlquist and Liias
Requiring the state board of education to provide fiscal impact statements before making rule changes.
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS & OVERSIGHT.
HB 2493 By Representatives Hunt, Hope and McCoy
Making the membership of the state board of education more representative of public education.
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
HB 2494 By Representatives Dunshee and Warnick; by request of Commission on State Debt
Implementing the recommendations of the commission on state debt.
Referred to Committee on CAPITAL BUDGET.
HB 2495 By Representatives Jinkins, Hinkle, Green, Bailey, Kelley and Moeller
Prohibiting pharmacists from substituting opioid analgesic drugs for an opioid analgesic drug incorporating a tamper resistance technology without verifying equivalence or obtaining the written, signed consent of the prescribing physician.
Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE & WELLNESS.
HB 2496 By Representatives Condotta, Warnick, Shea, Taylor and Fagan
Modifying the inflationary adjustment to the minimum hourly wage.
Referred to Committee on LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
HB 2497 By Representatives Condotta, Warnick, Shea, Taylor and Fagan
Regulating the minimum hourly wage of tipped employees.
Referred to Committee on LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
HB 2498 By Representatives Condotta, Warnick, Shea, Taylor and Fagan
Suspending the adjustment of the minimum hourly wage rate during periods of high unemployment.
Referred to Committee on LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
HB 2499 By Representatives Billig, Finn, Hunt, Appleton, Hasegawa, Reykdal, Liias, Ormsby, Sells, Jinkins and Fitzgibbon
Expanding disclosure of political advertising to include advertising supporting or opposing ballot measures.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
HB 2500 By Representatives Billig, Hunt, Appleton, Dickerson, Hasegawa, Reykdal, Liias, Ormsby, Sells and Fitzgibbon
Returning the initiative process to the people by enacting reforms relating to contributions to ballot measure committees.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
HB 2501 By Representatives Green, Cody, Jinkins, Ryu, Lytton, Sells, Reykdal, Kirby, Van De Wege and Moeller
Placing restrictions on mandatory overtime for employees of health care facilities.
Referred to Committee on LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
HB 2502 By Representative Hansen
Modifying exceptions to the compensating tax provisions for removal from forest land classification to more closely parallel open space property tax provisions.
Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
HB 2503 By Representatives Hansen, McCoy, Moscoso, Appleton, Kelley, Springer, Green and Van De Wege
Requiring institutions of higher education to provide early registration for eligible veterans and national guard members.
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.
HB 2504 By Representatives Hansen, Johnson, Stanford, Santos, Bailey, Maxwell, Angel, Warnick, Van De Wege, Moscoso and Appleton
Developing a state policy for cell phone use.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
HB 2505 By Representatives Hansen, Liias, Van De Wege, Billig, Clibborn, Hargrove, Jinkins, Reykdal, Ladenburg and Ryu; by request of Department of Licensing
Making technical corrections to provisions regarding drivers' licenses, permits, and identicards.
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
HB 2506 By Representatives Dammeier, Maxwell, Sullivan and Dahlquist
Strengthening categorical school programs based on the recommendations of the quality education council.
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION.
HB 2507 By Representative Hunt
Regarding the regulation of mercury.
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.
HB 2508 By Representatives Dickerson, Reykdal, Miloscia, Liias, Green, Hudgins, Sells, Hunt, Kenney and Ormsby
Establishing minimum standards for sick and safe leave from employment.
Referred to Committee on LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
HJM 4013 By Representatives Hasegawa, Santos, Kenney, Goodman, Ryu, Appleton, Dunshee, Pollet, Ormsby, Pettigrew, Stanford, Takko, Dickerson, Reykdal, Hunt and Moscoso
Requesting a reduction in federal military spending by ending the war in Afghanistan.
Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT & TRIBAL AFFAIRS.
HJM 4014 By Representatives Liias and Billig
Regarding the rates charged for text messaging services.
Referred to Committee on TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY & COMMUNICATIONS.
HJR 4226 By Representatives Dunshee and Warnick; by request of Commission on State Debt
Amending the Constitution to include the recommendations of the commission on state debt.
Referred to Committee on CAPITAL BUDGET.