Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2012 Regular Session of the 62nd Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate MARGARITA PRENTICE, President Pro Tem
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate PAULL SHIN, Vice President Pro Tem

January 9, 2012 - Monday 1ST DAY
SB 5999 By Senators Delvin, Schoesler, Becker, Carrell, Honeyford, Shin, Hewitt, Sheldon and Holmquist Newbry

Harmonizing state green house gas reporting requirements with federal requirements.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.

SB 6000 By Senators Harper, King and Shin

Concerning deposit and investment provisions for the prearrangement trust funds of cemetery authorities.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6001 By Senators Hobbs, Delvin, Honeyford, Sheldon, Tom and Roach

Extending the time to enforce civil judgments for damages caused by impaired drivers.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 6002 By Senators Kilmer, Parlette, Morton and Shin

Making adjustments to the school construction assistance formula.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6003 By Senators Carrell, Stevens, Padden, Harper, Becker, Rolfes, Swecker, Sheldon, Schoesler, Holmquist Newbry, Litzow, Hill, Fain, Parlette, Benton and Conway

Modifying organized retail theft provisions.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 6004 By Senators Carrell, Benton, Morton, Hill, Delvin, Sheldon and Schoesler

Concerning expenditures for works of art.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6005 By Senators Carrell, Delvin, Fain, Sheldon, Hill and Benton

Exempting certain vehicles from the written estimate requirement for auto repair facilities.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 6006 By Senators Carrell, Benton, Schoesler, Delvin, Sheldon, Swecker, Ericksen, Honeyford, Roach and Holmquist Newbry

Regarding sediment removal by citizen volunteers.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 6007 By Senators Carrell, Schoesler, Benton, Regala, Delvin and Parlette

Placing certain synthetic cannabimimetics and certain substituted cathinones into schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 6008 By Senators Carrell, Holmquist Newbry, Becker, Delvin, Honeyford and Benton

Concerning criminal street gangs.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 6009 By Senators Carrell, Schoesler, Becker, Morton, Fain, Holmquist Newbry, Swecker, Delvin, Hill and Roach

Regarding ethics in public service.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6010 By Senators Carrell, Roach, Becker, Conway, Schoesler, Regala, Delvin, Stevens and Shin

Concerning worker safety at state hospitals.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 6011 By Senators Ranker, Hargrove and Shin; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife

Charging an application fee for hydraulic project permits.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 6012 By Senator Ranker

Promoting thermal energy recovery from fossil-fueled electrical generation facilities.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 6013 By Senators Ranker and Frockt

Concerning the state integrated climate change response strategy.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 6014 By Senators Ranker and Shin

Concerning the management of storm water discharging to marine waters.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.

SB 6015 By Senators Ranker, Shin and Rolfes

Concerning oil spills.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 6016 By Senators Ranker, Shin and Kline

Concerning shoreline management.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 6017 By Senators Ranker and Nelson

Addressing the financial audits of local governments.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6018 By Senators Ranker, Kline and Frockt

Regarding the siting of small alternative energy resource facilities.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 6019 By Senator Ranker

Defining null power for fuel mix disclosures prepared by electric utilities.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 6020 By Senators Rolfes, Hewitt, McAuliffe and Conway

Regarding waivers from the one hundred eighty-day school year.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6021 By Senators Haugen, Fain, Shin and Roach

Regulating air rescue or evacuation services.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.

SB 6022 By Senators Regala, Swecker, Hatfield, Shin, Schoesler, Tom, Pflug, Hobbs, Holmquist Newbry and Honeyford

Changing the effective date of Initiative Measure No. 1163 concerning long-term care.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6023 By Senators Swecker, Prentice, Benton, Pridemore, Schoesler, Haugen, Kilmer, Chase, Hill, Holmquist Newbry, Becker, Ranker, Ericksen, Shin and Frockt

Creating the permit efficiency and accountability committee to select priority economic recovery projects for review by multiagency permitting teams.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & INNOVATION.

SB 6024 By Senators Pridemore, Swecker, Chase, Fain, Tom, King, Shin and Roach

Concerning political subdivisions in the intrastate mutual aid system.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6025 By Senators Kline, Padden, Eide, Becker, Shin and Tom

Eliminating the mandatory retirement provision for district judges.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 6026 By Senators Honeyford, Haugen, Stevens, Morton, Hatfield, Ericksen, Hobbs, Schoesler, Delvin, Shin, Hewitt, Roach and Holmquist Newbry

Maintaining and enhancing the viability of agriculture.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6027 By Senator Honeyford

Concerning publicly owned industrial wastewater treatment facilities.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.

SB 6028 By Senators Haugen, Honeyford, Hatfield, Schoesler, Holmquist Newbry, Delvin, Morton, King, Hobbs, Becker, Shin, Sheldon, Hewitt, Swecker and Roach

Regarding water resource management on the main stem of the Columbia and Snake rivers to promote the production of biofuel crops and organic crops.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6029 By Senators Shin, Tom, Hargrove, Hatfield, Harper, Pridemore, Delvin, Haugen, Honeyford, McAuliffe and Roach

Regarding the ability to obtain a baccalaureate degree in three years.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6030 By Senators Shin, Kline, Delvin and Regala

Addressing license suspension clerical errors.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 6031 By Senators Pflug, Kastama, Hewitt and Hill

Clarifying expenditure limits on mailings by members of the legislature.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6032 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Haugen, Kline, Tom and Chase

Imposing a fee on each new tire sold that contains studs.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6033 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Pflug, Harper, Regala, Kline and Shin

Concerning parental decision making regarding the disposition of remains upon the death of an adult child.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 6034 By Senators King, Haugen, Schoesler, Hatfield, Holmquist Newbry, Honeyford, Shin, Hewitt, Rolfes, Sheldon, Becker and Roach

Creating "4-H" special license plates.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6035 By Senators Delvin, Honeyford and Schoesler

Transferring the duties of the energy policy division of the department of commerce to the office of the governor and Washington State University.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 6036 By Senators Delvin, Morton, Honeyford and Hewitt

Prohibiting the use of moneys from the state and local toxics control account for the purpose of public participation grants to persons and organizations who may be adversely affected by a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.

SB 6037 By Senators Delvin, Carrell, Honeyford and Kline

Limiting access to reports and records of autopsies and postmortems.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 6038 By Senators Delvin and McAuliffe

Excluding permanent school building space used for STEM schools from eligibility determinations for state school plant funding assistance.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6039 By Senators Rolfes, Nelson, Chase, Fraser, Keiser, Conway, Pridemore and Kohl-Welles

Concerning home appliance warranties.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 6040 By Senators McAuliffe, King, Delvin, Rolfes, Hobbs, Shin and Chase

Regarding school construction assistance rules.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6041 By Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, Rolfes and Hobbs

Regarding lighthouse school programs.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6042 By Senators Schoesler, Carrell, Becker, Sheldon, Pflug, Honeyford and Padden

Suspending the requirement to purchase public art with appropriations made for construction of public buildings.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6043 By Senators Schoesler, Kastama, Honeyford, Harper, Swecker, Carrell, Padden, Pflug, Hargrove, Eide, Shin and Roach

Prohibiting cemetery districts from selling certain memorial markers if private retailers or wholesalers of these markers are located within fifty miles of the district.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6044 By Senator Honeyford

Concerning the supply of water by public utility districts bordered by the Columbia river to be used in, or power from, pumped storage projects.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES & MARINE WATERS.

SB 6045 By Senators Benton, Carrell, Padden, Stevens, Delvin, Holmquist Newbry and Swecker

Concerning greater governmental fiscal responsibility through limitations on expenditures.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6046 By Senators Prentice, Delvin, Conway, Kohl-Welles, King, Shin and Chase; by request of Gambling Commission

Addressing the powers and duties of the gambling commission.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

SB 6047 By Senators Chase, Swecker, Honeyford, Fraser, Shin, Parlette and Tom; by request of Secretary of State

Allowing the state library to recover costs associated with research requests from persons who are not Washington residents.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6048 By Senators Keiser, Pflug, Becker, Conway, Shin, Honeyford and Kline

Permitting nursing homes to recycle unused prescription medicines.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 6049 By Senators Kastama and Shin

Requiring the department of health to establish a cancer drug repository program.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 6050 By Senators Becker, Swecker, Schoesler, Morton, Honeyford, Carrell, Hewitt and Conway

Expanding waivers from the one hundred eighty-day school year requirement.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 6051 By Senators Keiser, Conway, Kline and Frockt

Concerning the donation and redistribution of unused prescription drugs.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SB 6052 By Senators Frockt, Hill, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Harper, Rolfes, Litzow, Hobbs, Eide, Fain, Tom, Ranker, Murray, Honeyford, McAuliffe, Conway, Sheldon, Roach and Haugen

Increasing penalties for vehicular homicide and vehicular assault.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

SB 6053 By Senators Benton, Carrell, Holmquist Newbry, Stevens and Roach

Enacting the Washington state English language empowerment act.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6054 By Senators Benton, Carrell, Holmquist Newbry, Stevens and Roach

Eliminating the certificate of need review for all health care facilities except hospitals.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

SJR 8218 By Senators Swecker, Regala, Hewitt, Harper, Schoesler, Benton, Hill and Becker

Amending the state Constitution to limit certain initiatives placed on the ballot.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SJR 8219 By Senators Benton, Carrell, Holmquist Newbry, Padden, Stevens and Swecker

Amending the state Constitution to include an expenditure limit.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SJR 8220 By Senators Benton, Holmquist Newbry, Stevens, Morton and Carrell

Amending the Constitution to designate English as the official language of the state.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.