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 26, 2012 - Thursday		18TH DAY

	SB 6488	By Senator Harper Concerning guardian reporting requirements for certain small estates. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6489	By Senator Harper Concerning the issuance of certain drivers' licenses. Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.
	SB 6490	By Senators Pridemore, Carrell, Chase, Conway, Harper, Hobbs, Swecker, Hargrove, Hatfield and Shin Clarifying the number of employees within certain classifications within the consolidated technology services agency. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6491	By Senator Nelson; by request of Department of Health and Department of Ecology Transferring the low-level radioactive waste site use permit program from the department of ecology to the department of health. Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT.
	SB 6492	By Senators Hargrove, Stevens and Regala Improving timeliness, efficiency, and accountability of forensic resource utilization associated with competency to stand trial. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6493	By Senators Regala, Hargrove, Stevens, Harper, Kline, Carrell and Shin Addressing sexually violent predator civil commitment cases. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6494	By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Regala and Carrell Improving truancy procedures by changing the applicability of mandatory truancy petition filing provisions to children under seventeen years of age, requiring initial petitions to contain information about the child's academic status, prohibiting issuance of a bench warrant at an initial truancy status hearing, and modifying school district reporting requirements after the court assumes jurisdiction in a truancy case. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6495	By Senators Chase, Prentice, Nelson, Kohl-Welles and Kline Concerning fiscal reform. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6496	By Senators Pridemore, Chase, Prentice, Nelson, Shin, Kline, Harper, Conway and Kohl-Welles Improving accountability by requiring that new tax preferences have a net benefit to the state. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6497	By Senators Chase, Nelson, Shin, Kline, Conway and Kohl-Welles Requiring a net benefit to the state to claim the sales and use tax exemption for manufacturing machinery and equipment. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6498	By Senator Swecker Modifying write-in voting provisions. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6499	By Senators Prentice, Sheldon, Schoesler and Chase Concerning regional transit authority boards. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 6500	By Senators Prentice, Sheldon and Schoesler Concerning regional transit authority ballot propositions. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 6501	By Senators Prentice, Sheldon and Schoesler Concerning the exclusion of cities from regional transit authority boundaries. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 6502	By Senators Kastama, Prentice, Sheldon, Tom, Litzow, Schoesler, Harper, Regala, Chase and Shin Concerning information disclosed on ballots and voters' pamphlets. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6503	By Senators Prentice, Sheldon, Schoesler, Shin, Tom, Litzow, Regala, Harper and Chase Concerning explanatory statements for measures referencing another document. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6504	By Senators Keiser and Kohl-Welles Addressing noncompetition agreements for broadcasting industry employees. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
	SB 6505	By Senators Keiser and Kohl-Welles Developing educational materials for assisting employees of self-insured employers entering claim resolution structured settlement agreements. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
	SB 6506	By Senator Carrell Excepting franchisees from the definition of worker for purposes of workers' compensation. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
	SB 6507	By Senators Hewitt, Kilmer, Swecker, Shin and Roach; by request of Department of Veterans Affairs Establishing the Walla Walla state veterans' home. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 6508	By Senator Pridemore Authorizing waivers from certain DSHS overpayment recovery efforts. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6509	By Senators Fraser and Parlette Creating the office of legislative support services. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6510	By Senators Brown and Baumgartner Exempting entry fees for certain running events and basketball tournaments from the sales and use tax. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 6511	By Senators Stevens and Hargrove Concerning court procedures for review of petitions for protection orders. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.
	SB 6512	By Senators Holmquist Newbry, Kastama and Morton Regarding irrigation and rehabilitation district administration. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 6513	By Senators McAuliffe, Hill, Rolfes, Hobbs, Ericksen, Roach, Shin and Delvin Addressing issues of accountability and funding for alternative learning experience programs. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.
	SB 6514	By Senators Hobbs, Fain, Kastama, Litzow, Hatfield and Harper Requiring notices of owner-occupied real property foreclosure sales to be posted on the internet. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
	SB 6515	By Senators Kline, Hobbs, Kastama, Fain, Litzow and Harper Concerning the rescission of a trustee's foreclosure sale. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & INSURANCE.
	SB 6516	By Senators Tom, Zarelli, Hobbs and Hatfield Defining plan year for the purposes of the public employees' benefits board. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SJM 8016	By Senators Kastama, Shin, Chase, Hatfield, Kilmer and Fraser; by request of Lieutenant Governor Encouraging the beyond the border action plan on perimeter security and economic competitiveness and the action plan on regulatory cooperation between the United States and Canada. Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE & INNOVATION.
	SJM 8017	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Murray, Delvin, Conway, Pflug, Tom, Regala, Fain, Fraser and Kline Requesting that the Drug Enforcement Administration reclassify medical marijuana as a Schedule II drug. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SJR 8224	By Senators Chase, Prentice, Nelson, Kohl-Welles and Kline Amending the Constitution to allow an income tax. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.