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THIRD DAY
MORNING SESSION
House Chamber, Olympia, Wednesday, January 15, 1997
The House was called to order at 11:00 a.m. by the Speaker. The Clerk called the roll and a quorum was present.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
January 14, 1997
Mr. Speaker:
The President has signed:
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8400,
and the same is herewith transmitted.
Mike O’Connell, Secretary
SIGNED BY THE SPEAKER
The Speaker announced he was signing:
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 8400
INTRODUCTIONS AND FIRST READING
HB 1123 by Representatives Schoesler, Sheldon, Alexander, Hatfield, DeBolt, Chandler, Thompson, Kessler and Dunn
AN ACT Relating to increasing interstate trade through tax incentives for warehouse and grain elevator operations; amending RCW 81.104.170; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.44 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.87 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW; creating new sections; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Trade & Economic Development.
HB 1124 by Representatives Quall, Carlson, Mason, Radcliff, Hatfield, Chopp, Lantz, O'Brien, Kessler, Murray, Gombosky, Morris and Costa
AN ACT Relating to disclosure of state support received by higher education students; and amending RCW 28B.10.044.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
HB 1125 by Representatives McMorris, Ogden, Regala, H. Sommers, Cooke, Carlson, O'Brien, Wood, Dyer and Anderson; by request of Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee
AN ACT Relating to allowing the department of social and health services access to employment security department data on clients in the job opportunities and basic skills training program and any subsequent state welfare program; adding a new section to chapter 50.13 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.20A RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 1126 by Representatives Mastin, Sump, Boldt, Doumit, Hatfield, McMorris, Kessler, Sheahan, Sheldon, Mulliken, Grant, Chandler, O'Brien, Conway, Wood, Cooper, Murray and Morris
AN ACT Relating to the implementation of the enhanced 911 excise tax study recommendations regarding 911 emergency communications system funding; amending RCW 82.14B.030 and 38.52.540; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 1127 by Representatives Schoesler, Linville, Chandler, Grant, Mastin, Parlette, Buck, Sheahan, Thompson and Anderson
AN ACT Relating to integrated pest management; and adding a new chapter to Title 17 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
HB 1128 by Representatives Thompson, Sump, McMorris, Mielke, Mulliken, Buck, Sheldon and Schoesler
AN ACT Relating to necessary emergency measures for the Loomis state forest; adding new sections to chapter 76.06 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
HB 1129 by Representatives Thompson, Sheahan, Sterk, Sump, Mielke, Delvin, DeBolt, Mulliken, Conway, Chandler, O'Brien, Kessler, Dunn, Costa, Anderson and Bush
AN ACT Relating to attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle; amending RCW 46.20.285, 46.20.311, and 46.61.024; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.320; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
HB 1130 by Representatives Thompson, Koster, Mulliken, L. Thomas, Bush, Backlund, Dunn, Sump, Mielke, Pennington, Talcott, Chandler, Johnson, Lambert, D. Sommers, Sheahan, McDonald, D. Schmidt, McMorris, Sterk, Boldt, Crouse, Benson, DeBolt and Sherstad
AN ACT Relating to reaffirming and protecting the institution of marriage; amending RCW 26.04.010 and 26.04.020; creating new sections; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
HB 1131 by Representatives Costa, Blalock, Chopp, Conway, Lantz, Keiser, Poulsen, O'Brien, Murray, Gombosky, Cody and Anderson; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to domestic violence; amending RCW 5.60.060, 9A.16.060, 9A.36.041, 10.31.100, and 9.94A.040; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.320 and 9.94A.120; adding a new section to chapter 40.24 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.58 RCW; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
HB 1132 by Representatives Kessler, Hatfield, Chopp, Murray, Cody and Anderson; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to economic and employment impact of natural resources harvest variation in rural communities; amending RCW 43.31.601, 43.31.611, 43.31.621, 43.63A.021, 43.31.641, 43.63A.440, 43.160.020, 43.160.076, 28B.50.030, 28B.80.570, 28B.80.580, 50.12.270, 43.131.385, and 43.131.386; amending 1995 c 226 s 7 (uncodified); amending 1995 c 226 s 8 (uncodified); amending 1995 c 226 s 9 (uncodified); reenacting and amending RCW 50.22.090 and 43.20A.750; creating a new section; repealing RCW 43.31.651; providing an effective date; providing expiration dates; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Trade & Economic Development.
HB 1133 by Representatives Regala and Anderson; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to financing watershed planning and implementation; amending RCW 86.26.007, 86.26.007, 82.24.027, 82.26.025, and 70.146.030; adding a new section to chapter 39.42 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.135 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.21A RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 90 RCW; providing an effective date; providing for submission of certain sections of this act to a vote of the people; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
HB 1134 by Representatives Cody, Chopp and Anderson; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to regulation and control of tobacco products; amending RCW 70.155.010, 70.155.030, 70.155.040, 70.155.050, 70.155.100, 70.155.110, 70.155.130, 82.24.500, and 82.24.550; adding a new section to chapter 70.155 RCW; repealing RCW 70.155.060 and 82.24.270; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 1135 by Representatives Cody, Murray and Costa; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to child death review and prevention; amending RCW 70.05.170; adding a new section to chapter 42.17 RCW; and adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
HB 1136 by Representatives Cody and Anderson; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting smoking in public places and worksites; amending RCW 70.160.010, 70.160.020, 70.160.030, 70.160.040, and 70.160.070; adding a new section to chapter 70.160 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 70.160.050, 70.160.060, 70.160.080, and 70.160.100; prescribing penalties; and providing for submission of this act to a vote of the people.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 1137 by Representatives Tokuda and Murray; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to the confidentiality of child welfare records; and adding new sections to chapter 74.13 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
HB 1138 by Representative Appelwick; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to juveniles; amending RCW 5.60.060, 9.94A.130, 13.40.010, 13.40.070, 13.40.265, 13.40.0354, 13.40.0357, 13.40.045, 13.40.050, 13.40.060, 13.40.077, 13.40.080, 13.40.110, 13.40.120, 13.40.130, 13.40.160, 13.40.193, 13.40.210, and 13.40.220; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.360, 13.04.030, and 13.40.020; adding new sections to chapter 13.40 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 13.40.025 and 13.40.030; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
HB 1139 by Representative Appelwick; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to implementing the requirements of the federal personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act of 1996; amending RCW 74.20A.020, 46.20.291, 46.20.311, 18.04.335, 18.08.350, 18.08.350, 18.11.160, 18.16.100, 18.27.060, 18.28.060, 18.39.181, 18.46.050, 18.96.120, 18.104.110, 18.106.070, 18.130.150, 18.160.080, 18.165.160, 18.170.170, 43.20A.205, 43.70.115, 19.28.310, 19.28.580, 19.30.060, 19.16.120, 19.31.130, 19.32.060, 19.105.380, 19.105.440, 19.138.130, 19.158.050, 19.166.040, 21.20.110, 66.20.320, 67.08.040, 67.08.100, 19.02.100, 43.24.080, 43.24.110, 43.24.120, 70.74.110, 70.74.130, 70.74.370, 66.24.010, 43.63B.040, 70.95D.040, 17.21.130, 64.44.060, 19.146.220, 26.23.050, 26.18.100, 26.23.060, 74.20.040, 26.23.090, 74.20A.100, 74.20A.020, 26.23.045, 26.23.050, 26.23.030, 26.23.060, 74.20A.080, 26.23.120, 26.04.160, 26.09.170, 26.21.005, 26.21.115, 26.21.135, 26.21.235, 26.21.245, 26.21.255, 26.21.265, 26.21.450, 26.21.490, 26.21.520, 26.21.530, 26.21.580, 26.21.590, 26.21.620, 26.23.035, 74.20A.030, 74.20.320, 74.20.330, 70.58.080, 26.26.040, 26.26.060, 74.20A.055, 26.23.040, 26.23.040, 26.04.160, 26.26.130, 70.58.055, 74.12.035, and 74.04.062; reenacting and amending RCW 18.145.080, 74.20A.270, 42.17.310, 74.20A.060, 74.20A.056, and 26.09.020; adding new sections to chapter 74.20A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.22 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 2.48 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.16 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.28 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.39 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.43 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.44 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.51 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.76 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.85 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.106 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.130 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.140 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.145 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.165 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.170 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.175 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.185 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 28A.410 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 20.01 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.17 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 74.15 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 47.68 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 71.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 66.20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 66.24 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 88.02 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.24 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.95B RCW; adding a new section to chapter 75.25 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 77.32 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 74.20 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 26.23 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 26.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 26.26 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 26.18 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 74.04 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 74.12A RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.20A RCW; adding new sections to chapter 50.13 RCW; creating new sections; prescribing penalties; providing effective dates; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.
HB 1140 by Representatives Scott, Costa, Blalock, O'Brien and Cody; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to access to firearms by minors; adding a new section to chapter 9A.36 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 9.41 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
HB 1141 by Representatives Scott, Dunshee and Poulsen; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to the elimination and consolidation of boards and commissions; amending RCW 18.39.010, 18.39.173, 18.39.175, 18.39.217, 18.39.300, 18.39.800, 68.05.020, 68.05.095, 68.05.105, 68.05.175, 68.05.195, 68.05.205, 68.05.285, 68.24.090, 68.40.040, 68.44.115, 68.46.010, 68.46.040, 68.46.090, 68.46.110, 68.46.130, 68.50.165, 68.50.230, 68.60.030, 68.60.050, 68.60.060, 18.135.030, 19.16.100, 19.16.360, 19.16.380, 19.16.420, 43.43.705, 43.43.785, and 43.43.800; reenacting and amending RCW 18.39.145; adding a new section to chapter 18.39 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 68.05.040, 68.05.050, 68.05.060, 68.05.080, 68.05.100, 19.16.280, 19.16.290, 19.16.300, 19.16.310, 19.16.320, 19.16.330, 19.16.340, 19.16.351, 28C.20.010, 28C.20.020, 28C.20.030, 43.43.790, 43.43.795, and 42.17.261; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Government Administration.
HB 1142 by Representatives Dunshee, Blalock and O'Brien; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to homeowner's property tax deferral; amending RCW 84.38.010; adding new sections to chapter 84.38 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 1143 by Representatives Mason, Kastama, Carlson, O'Brien, Gombosky, Cody and Costa; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to the Washington advanced college tuition payment program; and adding a new chapter to Title 28B RCW.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
HB 1144 by Representatives Conway, Sheldon, Blalock, Keiser, Kessler, Murray and Cody; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to employment and training funds; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 1145 by Representatives Sheldon, Conway, Blalock, Chopp, Keiser, O'Brien, Kessler, Murray and Cody; by request of Governor Lowry
AN ACT Relating to the work force employment and training trust fund; amending RCW 50.24.018; repealing RCW 43.131.377 and 43.131.378; repealing 1993 c 226 s 20 (uncodified); and repealing 1993 c 226 s 10, 1993 c 226 s 12, and 1993 c 226 s 14.
Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
HB 1146 by Representatives Cairnes, Wensman, Mielke, Buck, Sterk, Radcliff, Mitchell, Backlund, Smith, Clements, Skinner, Thompson, Cooke, L. Thomas and Dunn
AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle trip permits; amending RCW 46.16.160; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.
HB 1147 by Representatives Cairnes, McMorris, Zellinsky, Backlund, Buck, Mielke, Smith, DeBolt, Mulliken, Thompson, Cooke, Sheldon, Dunn and Van Luven
AN ACT Relating to reducing motor vehicle excise taxes; amending RCW 35.58.273, 82.44.010, 82.44.020, 82.44.041, 82.44.060, and 82.44.150; reenacting and amending RCW 82.44.110; adding a new section to chapter 82.44 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.
HB 1148 by Representatives Cairnes, Smith, Zellinsky, Radcliff, Sterk, McMorris, Buck, Skinner, Mielke, Clements, D. Sommers, D. Schmidt, DeBolt, Johnson, Mulliken, Grant, Chandler, Sherstad, Thompson, O'Brien, Schoesler, Dunn, Van Luven and Koster
AN ACT Relating to growth management hearings boards; amending RCW 36.70A.270, 36.70A.280, 36.70A.300, 36.70A.320, and 36.70A.340; adding a new section to chapter 36.70A RCW; and repealing RCW 36.70A.330.
Referred to Committee on Government Reform & Land Use.
HB 1149 by Representatives Cairnes, Wensman, Zellinsky, Radcliff, Wood, Cooper, Mitchell, Mielke, Buck, Backlund and Thompson
AN ACT Relating to actions relating to real property; amending RCW 4.16.020 and 7.28.010; adding a new section to chapter 4.16 RCW; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 7.28.050, 7.28.060, 7.28.070, 7.28.080, and 7.28.090.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
HB 1150 by Representatives Cairnes, Cooper, L. Thomas, Sterk, Zellinsky, Radcliff, Wood, Hankins, Clements, Skinner, McMorris, Wensman, D. Schmidt, DeBolt, Keiser, Thompson, Carlson, O'Brien, Quall and Anderson
AN ACT Relating to assault; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.390; adding a new section to chapter 9A.36 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
HB 1151 by Representatives Hankins, Murray, Ogden, Mitchell, Cairnes, Mielke, Radcliff, Robertson, Sterk and K. Schmidt
AN ACT Relating to a fee on the sale of replacement tires; and adding a new section to chapter 46.37 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.
HB 1152 by Representatives Mastin and Schoesler
AN ACT Relating to computation of time for when actions must be commenced with state government; and amending RCW 1.12.040 and 43.21B.230.
Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
HB 1153 by Representatives Ballasiotes, Sheahan, Skinner, Radcliff, Mitchell, K. Schmidt, Hankins, Costa, Kessler, Dickerson, Quall, Talcott, Cairnes, Hatfield, Blalock, DeBolt, Conway, Lantz, Keiser, Thompson, Poulsen, O'Brien, Sheldon, Schoesler, Cooper, Gombosky, Dunn, Koster and Anderson
AN ACT Relating to sex offenses; amending RCW 9.94A.310; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.320 and 9.94A.120; adding a new section to chapter 9.94A RCW; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 1154 by Representatives Boldt, Mulliken, Thompson and Dunn
AN ACT Relating to tax exemptions for nonprofit camps and nonprofit conference centers; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 1155 by Representatives Boldt, Mulliken, B. Thomas, Thompson and Dunn
AN ACT Relating to small business tax relief; amending RCW 82.04.4451; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
HB 1156 by Representatives Dunn, Boldt, Delvin, D. Sommers, Carrell and O'Brien
AN ACT Relating to arming community corrections officers; and adding a new section to chapter 72.02 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
HB 1157 by Representatives Dunn, Buck, Thompson, D. Schmidt, Boldt and Delvin
AN ACT Relating to environmental appeals; and amending RCW 43.21B.170, 43.21B.180, 36.70A.300, 75.20.140, and 90.58.180.
Referred to Committee on Government Reform & Land Use.
HJM 4001 by Representatives Buck, Cairnes, Sheldon, L. Thomas, Carlson, Talcott, Doumit, Johnson, Mitchell, Hankins, Lisk, McMorris, Clements, Kessler, Schoesler, Grant, Dunn, Alexander, Mastin, Hatfield, D. Sommers, DeBolt, Mulliken, Honeyford and Thompson
Petitioning and directing the commissioner of public lands to not sign an implementation agreement for a habitat conservation plan.
HJR 4202 by Representatives Dunn, L. Thomas, Buck, Thompson, D. Schmidt, Boldt, McDonald, Benson, Delvin, McMorris, Johnson, Mulliken, Chandler, Sherstad, Backlund and Koster
Making English the official language of the state of Washington.
Referred to Committee on Government Administration.
On motion by Representative Lisk, the bills and resolution listed on the day’s introduction sheet under the fourth order of business were referred to the committees so designated.
The Speaker introduced Chase Rynd, President of the Tacoma Art Museum and Dr. Josep Garcia Reyes, Director. Dr. Reyes addressed the House, inviting all to visit the museum were the largest collection of Spanish art was on display.
The Sergeant at Arms announced the arrival of the Senate at the bar of the House.
The Speaker instructed the Sergeants at Arms of the House and Senate to escort the President of the Senate, Joel Pritchard, President Pro Tempore Irv Newhouse, Majority Leader Dan McDonald, and Minority Leader Sid Snyder to seats on the rostrum.
The Speaker invited the Senators to seats within the House Chamber.
The Speaker presented the gavel to President of the Senate, Joel Pritchard.
The President declared the Joint Session to be in order. The Clerk of the House called the roll of the House and there was a quorum. The Clerk of the Senate called the roll of the Senate and there was a quorum.
The President appointed Representatives Mastin and Kenney, and Senators Winsley and Bauer as a special committee to advise Governor-elect Gary Locke that the joint session had assembled, and to escort him and Mrs. Locke to the House of Representatives.
The President appointed Representatives Van Luven, Skinner, Sullivan and Gardner, and Senators Kohl, Finkbeiner, Goings and Hockstatter as a special committee to escort the Supreme Court Justices from the State Reception Room to seats within the House Chamber.
The President appointed Representatives Sehlin, McMorris, Butler and Kastama, and Senators Oke, Schow, Spanel and Haugen as a special committee to escort the State Elected Officials from the State Reception Room to seats within the House Chamber.
The President introduced the Supreme Court Justices, the State Elected Officials and the Congressional Delegation, Senator Patty Murray and Congresswoman Linda Smith.
The President called on Secretary of State Ralph Munro to introduce the visiting dignitaries, delegates and diplomats.
The President introduced Linda Owen, seated on the Rostrum, and the distinguished guests, former Governor & Mrs. Al Rosellini, the reigning Miss Washington, Janet Reasons. Mr. Charlie Hodde, former Speaker of the House was recognized.
The Sergeant-at-Arms announced the arrival of Governor-elect Gary and Mrs. Locke. The President introduced them and asked that they be escorted to a place on the rostrum.
The flag was escorted to the rostrum by the Washington State Patrol Honor Guard. The national anthem was sung by Doris Clark. The prayer was offered by Rabbi Richard Rosenthal of Temple Beth El Tacoma.
Mr. President: The purpose of this Joint Session is to administer the Oath of Office to the constitutionally elected state officials of the State of Washington and receive the Inaugural Address of Governor Gary Locke.
OATH OF OFFICE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS
Justice Barbara Madsen administered the oath of office to Deborah Senn, Insurance Commissioner, and the President of the Senate presented her the Certificate of Office.
Justice Charles Z. Smith administered the oath of office to Jennifer Belcher, Commissioner of Public Lands, and the President of the Senate presented her the Certificate of Office.
Justice Richard B. Sanders administered the oath of office to Terry Bergeson, Superintendent of Public Instructions, the President of the Senate presented her the Certificate of Office.
Justice Richard Guy administered the oath of office to Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, and the President of the Senate presented her the Certificate of Office.
Justice Charles W. Johnson administered the oath of office to Brian Sonntag, State Auditor, and the President of the Senate presented him the Certificate of Office.
Justice Gerry Alexander administered the oath of office to Mike Murphy, Treasurer, and the President of the Senate presented him the Certificate of Office.
Justice James Dolliver administered the oath of office to Ralph Munro, Secretary of State, and the President of the Senate presented him the Certificate of Office.
Justice Phillip Talmadge administered the oath of office to Brad Owen, Lieutenant Governor, and the President of the Senate presented him the Certificate of Office.
Former President of the Senate Joel Pritchard passed the gavel to President of the Senate Brad Owen.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Mr. President: Thank you, Mr. President. Over the last year as I traveled from town to town,
appeared before a dozen editorial boards and spoke to numerous organizations your name, Mr. President
regularly came up followed by comments like "a man of integrity, and "he served with distinction", and
"he's sure a darn nice guy".
All of us who have had the privilege of serving with you, Mr. President, of course know that all of
these description are very accurate and very deserving. Should any of us here leave office with anywhere
near the same level of respect that you have acquired over years of service, we can claim success in our
careers.
Mr. President, Joel, thank you for 38 years of public service.
Our single greatest privilege is to serve the people we live, work and socialize with. It is a great
responsibility. I feel it most when I sit alone in the House or Senate chambers, leaning back in my chair
and stare at the magnificence of these great chambers, I see not just the beauty and grandeur of the
architecture but the phenomenal history that has been written here. Sometimes I step outside at night and
look at the capital building whose lights dramatically outline it against the dark blue sky making it appear
even more awesome than it already is. Do this as I do, and I believe it will help you realize the magnitude
of the importance of the job you have been given the honor to come here and do for the citizens of our great
state.
With this great honor comes great expectation which create great challenges for us all. I believe
the greatest of these challenges for our nation for our state and our communities is to reverse the
skyrocketing increase of drug and alcohol use and abuse by our kids. Please don't forget them.
If I and my office can help you to meet these great challenges please ask. I am here to work with
you.
To the citizens of our great state, thank you for this tremendous honor. I will do my best to uphold
the dignity of the office.
I would like to say how much I appreciate the tremendous support I have received by my wife
Linda over the years.
Finally to my mother thank you for your tremendous support and for giving me the, "Things are
tough but don't give up" work ethic that got me here today. Thank you.
Chief Justice Barbara Durham administered the oath of office to Gary Locke, Governor, and the President of the Senate presented him the Certificate of Office.
Mr. President: Ladies and gentlemen of the House and Senate, Honorable Elected Officials, distinguished guests, it is a great honor for my first official responsibility to be introducing our new governor on this historic occasion. He has had a distinguished career as an assistant prosecuting attorney, Appropriation chair in the House of Representatives, and King County Executive.
You will find him to be a tough negotiator yet a compassionate person with a vision for Washington state.
Ladies and gentlemen, Governor Gary Locke.
INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR GARY LOCKE
Governor Locke: Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Madam Chief Justice, distinguished justices of the Supreme Court, statewide elected officials, members of the Washington State Legislature, other elected officials, members of the Consular Corps, fellow citizens, and friends of Washington state across America and around the world.
I am deeply humbled by this honor of being this state's 21st governor. And I am deeply grateful to all those who have made this day possible, and to all those who made our American tradition of freedom and democracy possible.
I also want to express my gratitude to members of my family, and with your permission I'd like to introduce them to you. First I'd like you to meet my father, Jimmy Locke, who fought in World War II and participated in the Normandy invasion. I'd like you to meet my mother, Julie, who raised five children, learned English to become a United States citizen at the same time that I was learning English in kindergarten, and who went back to community college when she was almost 60 years old, my mom Julie Locke. And I'd like to introduce my brothers and sisters Marian Monwai, Jannie Chow, Jeffrey Locke and Rita Yoshihara. I also would like to introduce you to my mother and father-in-laws Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lee. And finally, it is my greatest pleasure to introduce Washington's new First Lady, Mona Lee Locke.
This truly is a wonderful day for the Locke family. And its great to see so many relatives return to Olympia for this celebration because our family has its roots in Olympia. One of my ancestors a distant cousin, actually was a merchant who immigrated to Olympia in 1874 and became a leader of the Chinese-American community just a few blocks from this state capitol. He acted as a bridge between the Chinese and white communities, and became friends with the other downtown merchants, and with the sheriff, William Billings.
In 1886, an anti-immigrant, anti-Chinese mob threatened to burn down the Chinese settlement here. But what happened next is a story that every Washington resident ought to know: Sheriff Billings deputized scores of Olympia's merchants and civic leaders. And those citizen deputies stood between the angry mob and the Chinese neighborhood. Faced by the sheriff and the leading citizens of Olympia, the mob gradually dispersed. Not a single shot was fired, nor a single Chinese house burned.
For the Locke family, that incident helped establish a deep faith in the essential goodness of mainstream American values:
The values that reject extremism and division, and embrace fairness and moral progress;
The value of working together as a community; and
The values of hard work, hope, and opportunity.
Just a few years after that Olympia show of courage, my grandfather came to America to work as a "house boy" for the Yeager family, who lived in a house that's still standing, less than a mile from here. His purpose was to get an education, and so the Yeager family agreed to teach him English in return for work. Like everyone else in our family, my grandfather studied and worked hard, and he eventually became the head chef at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle.
So while I may be standing less than a mile from where our family started its life in America, we've certainly come a long long way. 100 years to travel one mile. Our journey was possible because of the courage of Sheriff Billings and the heroes of Olympia history. And our journey was successful because the Locke family embraces three values: Get a good education, work hard and take care of each other.
But our family history is more the norm than the exception. There is Governor Rosellini, this state's first Italian-American governor, whose parents migrated to America at the beginning of this century.
There is Representative Paul Zellinsky, whose grandfather was a Russian sea captain.
There is Senator Dan McDonald, whose ancestors were among the pioneer families of this state.
And there is Senator Rosa Franklin, whose family rose from slavery in South Carolina to civic leadership in Tacoma.
There are millions of families like mine, and millions of people like me; people whose ancestors dreamed the American Dream and worked hard to make it come true. And today, on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, we are taking another step toward that dream. This is a historic day, I'm humbled and honored to be the first Asian-American governor on the continental United State. And I am humbled and honored to be the first person of color to be governor of this great state of Washington. These honors are a testament to how great our state is and how far we have progressed.
In the 108 years since Washington became a state, we have gone from riding horses to flying in jets; from sending telegrams to sending e-mail; and from cooking on wood stoves to cooking in microwave ovens. Can anyone even guess what the next hundred years will bring? We already know that people are developing computers that actually think, that telephones and television will merge, and that biotechnology will reveal the secrets of our genetic code that will cure many of today's diseases. Many of our children will produce goods and services that haven't even been invented yet.
Our challenge then is to embrace change rather than to fear it. We have no time to waste.
To keep the American Dream alive in a high-tech and unpredictable future, we have to raise our sights, and our standards. We must raise our sights above the partisanship, the prejudice, and the arrogance that keep us from acknowledging our common humanity and our common future. And we must raise our standards of academic achievement, of government productivity and customer service, of preserving our environment, and of protecting the well-being of Washington's working families.
The principles that will guide me in this quest for higher standards and the principles that will guide my response to legislative proposals are clear and simple.
My first principle is that education is the great equalizer that makes hope and opportunity possible. That's why I am passionately committed to developing a world-class system of education. In the last century, the drafters of our Constitution made education of our children the "paramount duty" of the state. But learning is not just for kids anymore. For the next century, the paramount duty of this state will be to create an education system for lifelong learning a system that every person regardless of age can plug into for basic skills, professional advancement or personal enrichment.
My second principle is to promote civility, mutual respect and unity, and to oppose measures that divide, disrespect, or diminish our humanity. I want our state to build on the mainstream values of equal protection and equal opportunity, and to reject hate, violence and bigotry. And I want our state to be known as a place where elected officials lead by example.
My third principle is to judge every public policy by whether it helps or hurts Washington's working families. Everyone who works hard and lives responsibly ought to be rewarded with economic security, the opportunity to learn and to advance in their chosen field of work, and the peace of mind that comes from knowing that the essential services their families need like health care insurance and child care will be affordable and accessible. And every senior citizen who has spent a lifetime contributing to the freedom and prosperity we enjoy deserves dignity and security.
My fourth principle is to protect our environment, so that future generations can enjoy the same natural beauty and abundance we cherish today.
These principles require self-discipline, and a commitment not to settle for quick fixes, Band-Aids, or political expediency. To help us live up to these principles, I intend to set clear, challenging goals, and to measure our progress toward achieving those goals. Everyone in state government will be held accountable for achieving results not for convening meetings, creating commissions, or following Reams of clumsy regulations.
I want to liberate the creativity and expertise of state employees, and to make working for government as respectable as building airplanes, designing software, or inventing new medical technologies. I call on every state employee to search for new and better ways of doing our work, to strive toward a higher level of customer service to citizens, and to show greater respect for every hard-earned tax dollar that we collect.
In fact, let's take a moment to thank both state and local government employees for the truly heroic work they've done during the storms of the past few weeks. They made visible something too many of us often don't see: that we truly can't live without basic government services, and that these services are provided by people our dedicated public employees. In the storm and its aftermath, those public employees focused on helping citizens and solving problems and they achieved results.
Now it's time to harness that same energy and sense of urgency to solve problems and achieve results in our education system. We have to do a better job of making our schools safe, and ensuring that students respect their teachers, and each other.
Let's hold our schools and students accountable for learning, not just for following all the rules or sitting through the required number of classes. We will not break our promise to raise academic standards. Every third grader must read at the third grade level, and every high school graduate must master basic academic skills and knowledge. To meet these ambitious goals, our schools need a stable base of funding, including the ability to pass school levies with the same simple majority that it takes to pass bond measures to build other public facilities.
But money alone is not the answer. Greater accountability - coupled with more local control and more flexibility are also essential to school improvement. To meet the growing demand for education in our colleges and universities, my administration will present a proposal to increase enrollments, to improve quality, and to provide more management flexibility while insisting on greater productivity and accountability.
To do all this, we will make education the first priority in every budget we write. That will not be easy. Developing a quality education system depends on the soundness of our fiscal and tax policies. That's why it's so important to write budgets that are sustainable beyond the current biennium. And that's why we must maintain a prudent reserve, so we'll have funds to see us through a recession without cutting schools or vital services.
This year, a balanced approach to budgeting will also include tax relief. In the last biennium, we gave almost a billion dollars in tax breaks to business. Isn't it time to help working families? That means property tax relief for middle-class homeowners. Of course, I also support rolling back the business and occupation tax to pre-1993 levels. We raised that tax in a time of fiscal emergency. That emergency has passed, and it's important that we keep faith with the business community by repealing the increase.
We also have a host of other problems that urgently need our attention. We need to agree on a bipartisan, comprehensive plan to invest in our transportation system, on which all our jobs and our economic growth depend.
Our farmers need good highways and rail systems to get their crops to market. Our commuters need transit and car pool lanes, so they can spend more time with their children and less time stuck in traffic. Our ports need a transportation system that supports the growth of our international trade, which generates so many of our new jobs. There is a great deal our state can and must do to increase our competitive position in the world economy. We have an opportunity to improve Washington's international trade climate. I'm committed to establishing strong personal relationships with overseas governments and business leaders to help Washington companies expand existing export markets and establish new ones.
It's also time to break the stalemate and make some tough decisions about how to use and protect our water resources, which have been tangled in a web of conflicts and controversies year after year. It's time to fine-tune and also re-affirm our commitments to manage growth, to protect fish and wildlife, and to preserve the vitality of our farms and our forests.
As a result of last year's federal welfare reform legislation, we have a once-in-a- lifetime chance to redesign our social safety net, so that it reflects our mainstream values of hard work, hope and opportunity. If we do this right, we can reduce poverty and protect children and that ought to be our purpose.
So I will propose a system that puts work first a system designed to help people in need build on their strengths rather than be paralyzed by their problems. To make welfare reform succeed, we need to become partners with the business community to find jobs and to improve training programs, so that every entry-level job in Washington is the first step on a career ladder rather than a treadmill that keeps the poor stuck in place. And to make work the solution to poverty, we need to make sure that work pays more than being on public assistance.
At the same time, we have a duty to ensure that the ill, elderly and disabled live with dignity, and that legal immigrants who have paid local, state and federal taxes are not denied equal treatment and equal protection.
And finally, we have waited too long to fix our juvenile justice system a system that lets kids get away with too much; that misses too many opportunities to turn kids around; and that leaves too many of us vulnerable to violent and dangerous young criminals. To procrastinate on any one of these issues from education to water to juvenile justice is to court disaster. The clock is ticking. A new century is coming at us like a bullet train. And it's up to us to either rise to these challenges, or watch as that train rushes by.
If we cultivate a habit of genuine partnership entered into with a commitment to solving problems and achieving results we can accomplish all of our goals. Students, parents and teachers can create the best schools in the world. Community leaders, local and state officials can build a transportation system second to none. And farmers, city-dwellers, tribal governments and developers can, if they work as real partners, untangle the web of water disputes and find ways to protect this precious resource.
We must all come together, work together, and stay together until our work is complete. Let's work as hard as our parents and grandparents did. Let's match their record of accomplishment, and their level of responsibility to the next generation.
As most of you already know, Mona and I are expecting our first child in March. So in very rapid succession, I will be blessed with two titles that carry immense responsibility and immense honor: Governor and Dad.
As the advent of fatherhood gets closer, I am more and more conscious that everything I do as governor and everything we do together we do for our children.
Our child will be a child of the 21st Century. He or she will come of age in a world that we can scarcely imagine. But it is his or her world that we must now work together to create. For our children and yours, I want to foster a new century of personal responsibility, of community, and of hope and optimism.
Please help me carry on the Locke family tradition of focusing on those three crucial values: get a good education, work hard, and take care of each other.
With your hand in partnership, and with an abiding faith in the essential goodness of the people of our great state, I want to devote the next four years to making the American Dream come true for children whose faces we have yet to see. Thank you.
Mr. President: Thank you, Governor Locke for your moving and thoughtful comments.
Mr. Speaker: Thank you, Governor Locke, for those remarks and those challenges. Congratulations on your new position and God's speed as you begin to assume the responsibility in tackling the duties of your new job. Having begun our political careers together, when we first took the oath of office as State representatives in 1983, we share a lot of history. I dare say that when we first set out fourteen years ago neither one of dreamed that the other would be standing here today in our respective positions. (Governor Locke: We fooled leadership.) Yet here we are. I am very excited at the opportunity that we now have to embark on a new chapter in our personal relationship. While we have, on separate occasions, taken somewhat different approaches to the issues we have been working on, we share common hopes and desires. Our commitment to serve what we sincerely believe to be in the best interest of our constituents and to serve them to the best of our abilities was the same just as it is today. You and I have the opportunity to work with. I know for an absolute fact that both of us have felt challenged as we carry out our respective duties and our responsibilities over the years. But the greatest challenge of all is ours today as we begin to work together in the roles we never expected have together and that challenge is to generate a spirit of cooperation and good well which enables us to reach the objectives we have in common. Most of all, I look forward to your friendship as we move together.
Senator McDonald & Speaker Ballard presented a cradle to Governor and Mrs. Locke for the State’s new First Baby due in March.
Closing prayer was offered by Pastor Joseph Yoshihara of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, Bellevue, Governor Locke’s brother-in-law.
The President of the Senate instructed the special committee to escort the Governor and Mrs. Locke from the chambers.
The President of the Senate instructed the special committee to escort the Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Owen from the chambers.
The President of the Senate instructed the special committee to escort the Supreme Courts from the House Chambers.
The President of the Senate instructed the special committee to escort the Elected Officials to the State Reception Room.
MOTION
On motion by Representative Lisk, the Joint Session was dissolved.
The President of the Senate returned the gavel to the Speaker.
There being no objection, the House advanced to the eleventh order of business.
MOTION
On motion by Representative Lisk, the House adjourned until 9:55 a.m., Thursday, January 16, 1997.
CLYDE BALLARD, Speaker
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Chief Clerk
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Elected Officials' Oath of Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
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