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TENTH DAY

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MORNING SESSION

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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Wednesday, January 21, 1998

      The Senate was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by President Owen. The Secretary called the roll and announced to the President that all Senators were present except Senators Loveland, McDonald, Patterson, Schow and Strannigan. On motion of Senator Hale, Senators McDonald and Schow were excused. On motion of Senator Franklin, Senator Patterson was excused.

      The Sergeant at Arms Color Guard, consisting of Pages Emily Flemming and Erin Schneider, presented the Colors. Reverend Jim Erlandson, pastor of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, offered the prayer.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Johnson, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

January 20, 1998

SB 5158             Prime Sponsor, Senator Kohl: Providing economic incentives for employer-sponsored child-care benefits. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections without recommendation. Signed by Senators West, Chair; Strannigan, Vice Chair; Fraser, Hochstatter, Kohl, Long, Loveland, Rossi, Spanel, Swecker and Winsley.

      Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.

January 20, 1998

SB 5278             Prime Sponsor, Senator Patterson: Requiring court-ordered use of long-term pharmaceutical birth control for mothers who have given birth to a baby with drug addiction. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections without recommendation. Signed by Senators West, Chair; Strannigan, Vice Chair; Fraser, Hochstatter, Kohl, Long, Loveland, Rossi, Spanel, Swecker and Winsley.

      Referred to Committee on Human Services and Correction.

January 20, 1998

SB 6019             Prime Sponsor, Senator Deccio: Stabilizing long-term care for persons with developmental disabilities living in the community and in residential habilitation centers. Reported by Committee on Ways and Means

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care without recommendation. Signed by Senators West, Chair; Strannigan, Vice Chair; Deccio, Vice Chair; Fraser, Hochstatter, Kohl, Long, Loveland, Rossi, Spanel, Swecker, Thibaudeau and Winsley.

      Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

January 20, 1998

SB 6113             Prime Sponsor, Senator Wood: Exempting from taxation property of nonprofit organizations providing medical research or training of medical personnel. Reported by Committee on Health and Long-Term Care

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Ways and Means without recommendation. Signed by Senators Deccio, Chair; Wood, Vice Chair; Benton, Fairley, Franklin and Wojahn.

      Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

January 20, 1998

SB 6116             Prime Sponsor, Senator Fairley: Increasing membership on the Puget Sound council. Reported by Committee on Agriculture and Environment

      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Morton, Chair; Swecker, Vice Chair; Fraser, McAuliffe, Newhouse, Oke and Rasmussen.

      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 20, 1998

SB 6122             Prime Sponsor, Senator Morton: Inspecting horticultural products. Reported by Committee on Agriculture and Environment

      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Morton, Chair; Swecker, Vice Chair; Fraser, McAuliffe, Newhouse, Oke and Rasmussen.

      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 20, 1998

SB 6131             Prime Sponsor, Senator Oke: Regulating sanitary control of shellfish. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources and Parks

      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Oke, Chair; Rossi, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Jacobsen, Morton, Prentice, Roach, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens and Swecker.

      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 20, 1998

SB 6152             Prime Sponsor, Senator Swecker: Managing state park lands. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources and Parks

      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass as amended and be referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Senators Oke, Chair; Rossi, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Jacobsen, Morton, Prentice, Roach, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens and Swecker.

      Refereed to Committee on Ways and Means.

January 20, 1998

SB 6158             Prime Sponsor, Senator Morton: Repealing duplicate authority for the Washington state wheat commission. Reported by Committee on Agriculture and Environment

      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Morton, Chair; Swecker, Vice Chair; Fraser, McAuliffe, Newhouse, Oke and Rasmussen.

      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 20, 1998

SB 6159             Prime Sponsor, Senator Morton: Repealing the authority for the Washington land bank. Reported by Committee on Agriculture and Environment

      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Morton, Chair; Swecker, Vice Chair; Fraser, McAuliffe, Newhouse, Oke and Rasmussen.

      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 20, 1998

SB 6160             Prime Sponsor, Senator Morton: Repealing the authority for reclamation districts over one million acres. Reported by Committee on Agriculture and Environment

      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Morton, Chair; Swecker, Vice Chair; Fraser, McAuliffe, Newhouse, Oke and Rasmussen.

      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 20, 1998

SB 6264             Prime Sponsor, Senator Oke: Providing for the mass marking of chinook salmon. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources and Parks

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate No. 6264 be substituted for Senate Bill No. 6264 and the substitute bill do pass and be referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Senators Oke, Chair; Rossi, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Jacobsen, Morton, Prentice, Roach, Snyder, Spanel, Stevens and Swecker.

      Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

January 20, 1998

SB 6406             Prime Sponsor, Senator Anderson: Exempting income from the adoption support program from gross family income calculations for the basic health plan. Reported by Committee on Health and Long-Term Care

      MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Ways and Means without recommendation. Signed by Senators Deccio, Chair; Wood, Vice Chair; Benton, Fairley, Franklin and Wojahn.

      Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

January 19, 1998

MR. PRESIDENT:

      The House has passed:

      HOUSE BILL NO. 2657,

      HOUSE BILL NO. 2698, and the same are herewith transmitted.

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Chief Clerk

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

SB 6526             by Senator Hargrove

AN ACT Relating to visitation rights for persons other than parents; amending RCW 26.09.240 and 26.10.160; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

SB 6527             by Senator Morton

AN ACT Relating to financing county criminal justice programs; amending RCW 82.14.310; and adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 6528             by Senators West and Finkbeiner

AN ACT Relating to securities litigation; and adding a new section to chapter 21.20 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

SB 6529             by Senators Schow, McAuliffe, Spanel, Goings, Oke and Kohl (by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction Bergeson and Governor Locke)

AN ACT Relating to a tax exemption from the state share of labor and services on K-12 facility construction; amending RCW 81.104.170 and 82.14.820; reenacting and amending RCW 82.04.190; adding new sections to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.32 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 6530             by Senators Swecker, Hargrove, Stevens, Benton, Zarelli, Hochstatter, McCaslin, Oke, Morton, Deccio, Wood, Strannigan, Johnson, Sellar, Roach, Schow and Anderson

AN ACT Relating to limiting partial-birth abortions; amending RCW 9.02.100; adding new sections to chapter 9.02 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; and providing for submission of this act to a vote of the people.

Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

SB 6531             by Senators Thibaudeau, Horn and Kohl

AN ACT Relating to operating fee surcharges for pharmacy students; and amending RCW 28B.15.100.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

SB 6532             by Senators Thibaudeau, Winsley, Prentice, Fairley and McAuliffe

AN ACT Relating to hospice care; adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.44 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 48.46 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

SB 6533             by Senators Strannigan, Anderson, Long, Schow, Wood, Finkbeiner, Benton, Roach, West, Stevens, Winsley, Hale, Oke, Patterson and Heavey

AN ACT Relating to property tax exemptions for senior citizens and persons retired for reasons of physical disability; amending RCW 84.36.381; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 6534             by Senators Loveland and Prince

AN ACT Relating to defining distressed area for purposes of economic assistance; and amending RCW 43.165.010 and 43.168.020.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6535             by Senators Horn, Patterson, Haugen, Hale and Oke (by request of Washington State Patrol)

AN ACT Relating to electronic transfer of information; and amending RCW 10.98.090.

Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

SB 6536             by Senators Horn, Heavey, Schow, Snyder, Goings, McDonald, Benton, Winsley, Oke and Haugen

AN ACT Relating to employee wearing apparel; amending RCW 49.12.005; adding a new section to chapter 49.12 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

ESB 6537           by Senators Schow, Heavey, Winsley and T. Sheldon (by request of Liquor Control Board)

AN ACT Relating to the receipt of grant moneys, and other funds or donations, by the liquor control board to implement tobacco enforcement and prevention of youth access to tobacco; and amending RCW 66.08.050.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6538             by Senators Schow and Heavey (by request of Liquor Control Board)

AN ACT Relating to redefining the criteria for spirits, beer, and wine restaurant licenses; and amending RCW 66.24.410 and 66.24.420.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6539             by Senators Schow and Heavey (by request of Liquor Control Board)

AN ACT Relating to technical changes regarding designations for liquor licenses; amending RCW 66.20.010, 66.24.244, 66.24.320, 66.24.400, 66.24.420, 66.24.425, 66.24.440, 66.24.450, 66.24.455, 66.28.010, 66.28.040, 66.28.200, 66.44.310, 66.98.060, and 82.08.150; reenacting and amending RCW 66.24.010; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6540             by Senators Schow and T. Sheldon

AN ACT Relating to vehicle licensing agents; and amending RCW 46.01.140.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6541             by Senators Sellar, Snyder, Schow, Hale, Haugen and Kohl (by request of Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development)

AN ACT Relating to funding for tourism development; adding new sections to chapter 43.330 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.88 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and providing expiration dates.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6542             by Senators Stevens, Hargrove, Long, Zarelli, Winsley, Schow and Roach

AN ACT Relating to the family policy council; and amending RCW 70.190.010 and 70.190.060.

Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.

SB 6543             by Senators Winsley, Prentice, Heavey, Hale, Benton, Finkbeiner and Strannigan

AN ACT Relating to automobile clubs; adding a new chapter to Title 48 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Insurance and Housing.

SB 6544             by Senators Deccio, Franklin, Wood, Wojahn and Winsley

AN ACT Relating to improving long-term care; amending RCW 70.129.030; adding a new section to chapter 18.20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 70.128 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

SB 6545             by Senators Wood, Wojahn, Rasmussen, Benton, Fairley, Strannigan and Hale

AN ACT Relating to treatment programs for impaired physicians; amending RCW 18.71.0195, 18.71.300, 18.71.310, 18.71.320, 18.71.330, 18.71.340, 18.130.070, 18.130.080, 18.130.175, and 18.130.300; adding a new section to chapter 18.71 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

SB 6546             by Senators Deccio, Wood, Wojahn, Rasmussen, Hochstatter, McAuliffe, Finkbeiner, Prentice, Thibaudeau, Oke and Patterson

AN ACT Relating to school nurses; adding a new section to chapter 28A.210 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

SB 6547             by Senators Schow, Heavey, Winsley and Strannigan

AN ACT Relating to regulation of plumbers; amending RCW 18.106.010, 18.106.020, 18.106.030, 18.106.050, 18.106.070, 18.106.090, 18.106.155, 18.106.170, 18.106.180, and 18.106.250; adding a new section to chapter 18.106 RCW; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6548             by Senators Hale, Loveland, Swecker, Rossi, Rasmussen, T. Sheldon, Deccio and Anderson

AN ACT Relating to exempting unassisted self-service motor vehicle wash, wax, and vacuum services rendered through coin-operated devices from sales and use taxes; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 6549             by Senators West, Hale, Anderson, Loveland, Swecker, Rossi and Deccio

AN ACT Relating to exempting unassisted self-service motor vehicle wash, wax, and vacuum services rendered through coin-operated devices from sales and use taxes; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 6550             by Senators Deccio, Wojahn, Wood and Fairley

AN ACT Relating to chemical dependency counselor regulation; reenacting and amending RCW 18.130.040; adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

SB 6551             by Senators Horn, McCaslin, Deccio, Prentice and Haugen

AN ACT Relating to siting of boarding and adult family homes; and amending RCW 18.20.050 and 70.128.060.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

SB 6552             by Senators Strannigan and Bauer (by request of Department of Revenue)

AN ACT Relating to the ad valorem taxation of vessels or ferries used for the conveyance for compensation of either persons or property, or both, between fixed termini or over a regular route; amending RCW 84.12.200, 84.12.280, 84.12.330, 84.12.360, 84.36.080, and 84.40.036; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 6553             by Senators Johnson, Rasmussen, Swecker, Goings, Winsley, Anderson, Hale and Oke

AN ACT Relating to limited outdoor burning; and amending RCW 70.94.755.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Environment.

SB 6554             by Senator Jacobsen

AN ACT Relating to the use of lodging tax revenues; and amending RCW 67.28.180.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 6555             by Senators Morton, T. Sheldon, Anderson, Hargrove, Rasmussen, Strannigan and Zarelli

AN ACT Relating to categorical exemptions from the state environmental policy act for certain activities; and adding a new section to chapter 43.21C RCW.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Environment.

SB 6556             by Senators Anderson, T. Sheldon, Horn and Hale

AN ACT Relating to integration of land-use related laws; amending RCW 90.58.090, 90.58.100, 90.58.140, 90.58.143, 90.58.180, and 90.58.190; adding a new section to chapter 90.58 RCW; creating new sections; and repealing RCW 90.58.185 and 90.58.360.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

SB 6557             by Senators Kohl, Long, Brown, Patterson, Thibaudeau, Franklin, Rasmussen and Winsley

AN ACT Relating to reporting and obtaining information related to licensed child day-care centers and family day-care providers through a toll-free telephone number; and adding a new section to chapter 74.15 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.

SB 6558             by Senators Zarelli, Hargrove, Long, Stevens, Roach and Oke

AN ACT Relating to citizen review of child abuse and neglect cases; reenacting and amending RCW 13.50.010; adding a new chapter to Title 26 RCW; prescribing penalties; and making an appropriation.

Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.

SB 6559             by Senators Zarelli and Stevens

AN ACT Relating to computation of the seventy-two hour period for evaluation and treatment of mental disorders; and amending RCW 71.05.180, 71.05.150, 71.05.160, 71.05.170, and 71.05.200.

Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.

SB 6560             by Senators Brown, Jacobsen, T. Sheldon, Kohl, Hargrove, Fairley, B. Sheldon, Prentice, Wojahn, Loveland, Thibaudeau, McAuliffe, Heavey, Spanel, Snyder, Rasmussen, Haugen, Patterson and Franklin

AN ACT Relating to retail electrical customers; adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW; and creating new sections.

Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.

SB 6561             by Senators Schow and Fraser

AN ACT Relating to functions and licensing of security guards; and amending RCW 18.170.010, 18.170.020, 18.170.040, 18.170.050, 18.170.060, 18.170.130, 18.170.165, and 18.170.230.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6562             by Senators Schow, Heavey, Rasmussen and Anderson

AN ACT Relating to relief for the equine industry by amending the parimutuel tax on horse racing to provide additional support for licensed racing associations, the state fair account, the state trade fair account, and the Washington horse racing commission; amending RCW 67.16.100, 67.16.105, and 67.16.170; adding a new section to chapter 15.76 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.31 RCW; making appropriations; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6563             by Senators Heavey, West, Wojahn, Bauer, Roach, Fairley, Loveland, Schow, Haugen, Swecker, T. Sheldon and Kohl

AN ACT Relating to effective dates of bills; adding a new section to chapter 1.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 2.04 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

SB 6564             by Senators T. Sheldon, Roach, Heavey and McCaslin

AN ACT Relating to the tax-exempt financing of parking facilities; and amending RCW 43.180.300.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Insurance and Housing.

SB 6565             by Senators Hale, Prentice, Winsley, Franklin, Long, Roach, Haugen, Stevens, Spanel, Wood, Rasmussen, T. Sheldon, Loveland, Benton, Johnson, Thibaudeau, McDonald, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Anderson, Oke and Goings

AN ACT Relating to insurance payments for insureds who are victims of domestic abuse; and adding a new section to chapter 48.18 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Insurance and Housing.

SB 6566             by Senators Thibaudeau, Kline, Fairley, Long, Wojahn and Kohl

AN ACT Relating to mental health parity; adding a new section to chapter 41.05 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.44 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.46 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.41 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

SB 6567             by Senators Horn, Schow and Anderson

AN ACT Relating to industrial insurance deadlines for hearing loss claims; and amending RCW 51.28.055.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6568             by Senators Anderson, Hargrove, Swecker, Snyder, Stevens, Spanel, Morton, Roach, Benton, Rossi and Zarelli

AN ACT Relating to school district revenues; amending RCW 28A.150.250 and 28A.520.020; and reenacting and amending RCW 76.12.120.

Referred to Committee on Education.

SB 6569             by Senators Jacobsen, Spanel, Prentice and Fraser

AN ACT Relating to creating a scientific salmon and steelhead funding review panel; and creating new sections.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.

SB 6570             by Senators Jacobsen, Spanel, Prentice, Haugen and Fraser

AN ACT Relating to the creation of a habitat restoration technical information clearinghouse; adding a new section to chapter 75.50 RCW; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.

SB 6571             by Senators Wood, T. Sheldon, Snyder, Strannigan, Loveland, Patterson, Sellar, Johnson and West

AN ACT Relating to the business and occupation taxation of warehousing and reselling of pharmaceutical drugs subject to regulation by the federal drug enforcement administration and the state board of pharmacy; amending RCW 82.04.270, 82.04.280, and 82.04.290; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 6572             by Senators Schow, T. Sheldon, Sellar, Snyder, Horn, Franklin, Heavey, Jacobsen, Newhouse, Winsley, Anderson and Hale

AN ACT Relating to the Washington economic development strategy council; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6573             by Senators Johnson, Long, Hale, Wood, Winsley, Zarelli, Prince, Deccio, Horn, McCaslin, Morton, Schow, Oke, Rossi, Sellar and Hochstatter

AN ACT Relating to record checks of private school educational employees; adding a new section to chapter 28A.195 RCW; making an appropriation; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Education.

SB 6574             by Senators Johnson, Stevens, Wood, Winsley, Deccio, Schow, Oke, McCaslin, Rossi, Hochstatter, Swecker, Sellar, Morton, McDonald and Roach

AN ACT Relating to the learning materials loan program; adding a new section to chapter 28A.195 RCW; creating a new section; making an appropriation; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Education.

SB 6575             by Senators Hale, T. Sheldon, McCaslin, Snyder, Horn, McDonald, Sellar, Newhouse, Schow, Strannigan, Benton, Zarelli, Stevens, Roach, Heavey and Oke

AN ACT Relating to extending the powers of the joint administrative rules review committee; and amending RCW 34.05.630, 34.05.640, 34.05.655, and 34.05.660.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

SB 6576             by Senators Fairley, Prince, Wojahn and Kohl

AN ACT Relating to recognizing and regulating the right of patients to their choice of end-of-life care; amending RCW 70.122.020 and 70.122.030; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

SB 6577             by Senators Franklin, Prentice, Heavey, Patterson, Fairley, Snyder, McAuliffe, Spanel, Bauer, Brown, Goings, Jacobsen, B. Sheldon, Kline, Thibaudeau, Kohl and Fraser

AN ACT Relating to increasing the state minimum wage rate to six dollars and fifty cents an hour by the year 2000 with inflation increases thereafter without addressing deductions from or credits against employees' wages as a means for employers to comply with minimum wage laws; and amending RCW 49.46.020.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

SB 6578             by Senators Winsley, Wojahn, Wood and Rasmussen

AN ACT Relating to regulation of health care service contractors; and amending RCW 48.44.020.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Insurance and Housing.

SB 6579             by Senators Hale and Haugen

AN ACT Relating to recording documents in the county auditor's office; and amending RCW 4.28.320, 4.28.325, 36.18.005, 47.28.025, 60.44.030, 60.68.045, 61.16.030, 61.24.030, 64.32.120, 65.04.020, 65.04.060, 65.08.060, 65.08.140, 65.08.160, 84.26.080, 84.33.120, 84.33.140, 84.34.108, and 84.56.330.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

SB 6580             by Senators Roach, Heavey, Benton, Patterson, Fairley, Hargrove, Fraser, Stevens, Zarelli, Goings, Oke, Rossi, Horn, Swecker and Morton

AN ACT Relating to education requirements for members of the commission on judicial conduct; and adding a new section to chapter 2.64 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

SB 6581             by Senators Roach and Fairley

AN ACT Relating to standards for determining child support obligations for parents with a combined monthly net income of less than six hundred dollars; and amending RCW 26.19.065 and 26.19.020.

Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

SB 6582             by Senators Finkbeiner, Horn and Fraser (by request of Secretary of State Munro)

AN ACT Relating to electronic signatures; amending RCW 19.34.100; and adding a new section to chapter 19.34 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.

SJM 8021           by Senator West

Joint Memorial requesting federal securities litigation legislation.

Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

HB 2657            by Representatives Quall and O'Brien

Creating sentencing guidelines for the sale of various amounts of controlled substances.

Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.

HB 2698            by Representatives B. Thomas, Dunshee, Wensman, Gardner and Ballasiotes (by request of Governor Locke)

Resolving conflicts in lodging tax statutes enacted in 1997.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

MOTION

      On motion of Senator Snyder, the following resolution was adopted:

SENATE RESOLUTION 1998-8681

By Senators Snyder, Wojahn, Johnson, Bauer, Spanel and Kohl

      WHEREAS, The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks is a nationwide organization that embodies the spirit of community service and compassion to people in all walks of life; and

      WHEREAS, The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks has established lodges in fifty-two different communities in the state of Washington, representing over 47,000 members; and

      WHEREAS, These local lodges and members dedicate countless hours and resources to improving the lives of citizens throughout the state of Washington through many important and charitable projects; and

      WHEREAS, The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks wishes to pay its respects to the officials of the state of Washington, including all members of the 55th Washington State Legislature; and

      WHEREAS, The Washington State Elks Association is holding their annual Elks Government Relations Day on this day, January 21, 1998; and

      WHEREAS, It is the custom of the Washington State Senate to acknowledge the unselfish service and dedication of the community organizations in this state;

      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate does hereby recognize and honor the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for its outstanding service and programs for youth, disabled children, educational scholarships, drug prevention, and a variety of community-oriented charities and service programs; and

      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to Roger Buck, President of the Washington State Elks Association.

INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS

      The President welcomed and introduced members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks who were seated in the gallery.

MOTION

      At 10:15 a.m., on motion of Senator Johnson, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 noon, Thursday, January 22, 1998.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

MIKE O'CONNELL, Secretary of the Senate