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ELEVENTH DAY
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NOON SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Thursday, January 22, 1998
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Strannigan, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
January 22, 1998
SB 6352 Prime Sponsor, Senator Wood: Specifying examination eligibility requirements for Washington state patrol officers. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Transportation without recommendation. Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chair; Hale, Vice Chair; Anderson, Horn and T. Sheldon.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
January 22, 1998
SB 6353 Prime Sponsor, Senator Sellar: Reflecting actual working hours for disability of Washington state patrol officers. Reported by Committee on Government Operations
MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Transportation without recommendation. Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chair; Hale, Vice Chair; Anderson, Horn and T. Sheldon.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
REFERRED FROM RULES COMMITTEE
January 21, 1998
SSB 5727 Prime Sponsor, Senate Committee on Transportation: Requiring rearview mirrors on certain delivery trucks. Reported by Committee on Rules
MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Transportation. Signed by Lieutenant Governor Owen, Chair; Senators Newhouse, Vice Chair; Benton, Hale, Horn, Johnson, Loveland, McAuliffe, McDonald, Sellar, Snyder, Stevens, Strannigan, Swecker, Wojahn and Zarelli.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
January 21, 1998
HB 1129 Prime Sponsor, Representative Thompson: Increasing penalties for attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle to a class B felony. Reported by Committee on Rules
MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Lieutenant Governor Owen, Chair; Senators Newhouse, Vice Chair; Bauer, Benton, Hale, Horn, Johnson, Loveland, McAuliffe, McDonald, Sellar, Stevens, Strannigan, Swecker, Thibaudeau, Wojahn and Zarelli.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
January 21, 1998
MR. PRESIDENT:
The House has passed:
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1043,
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1186,
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1408,
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1505,
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1541,
HOUSE BILL NO. 1549,
HOUSE BILL NO. 1673,
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1692,
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1709,
ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1740,
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1784, and the same are herewith transmitted.
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN, Chief Clerk
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 6583 by Senators Morton, Wojahn, Deccio, Franklin, Winsley, Wood and Jacobsen
AN ACT Relating to an advisory committee on matters relating to the regulation of adult family homes; adding a new section to chapter 70.128 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 6584 by Senators Oke and Snyder
AN ACT Relating to damage by marine mammals; adding a new chapter to Title 77 RCW; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 6585 by Senators Oke and Rossi
AN ACT Relating to distribution of nonhighway vehicle funds; and amending RCW 46.09.240.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 6586 by Senators Strannigan and Wojahn
AN ACT Relating to dental assistants; amending RCW 18.32.010, 18.32.030, and 18.32.039; adding a new section to chapter 18.32 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 6587 by Senators Long, Hargrove, Zarelli, Thibaudeau, Kohl and Oke
AN ACT Relating to a task force on mentally ill offenders; creating new sections; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
SB 6588 by Senators Winsley, Snyder, Kohl, B. Sheldon and Oke
AN ACT Relating to exempting movie theater snack counters from the special stadium sales and use tax imposed on restaurants; and amending RCW 82.14.360.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 6589 by Senators Horn, Haugen and Wood (by request of Department of Licensing)
AN ACT Relating to exemptions from driver's license requirements for nonresidents; and amending RCW 46.20.025.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6590 by Senators Horn, Haugen and Wood (by request of Department of Licensing
AN ACT Relating to driver's license examinations; and amending RCW 46.20.120.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6591 by Senators Horn, Haugen and Wood (by request of Department of Licensing)
AN ACT Relating to waiver of administrative alcohol or drug-related hearing fees due to indigency; and amending RCW 46.20.308.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6592 by Senator Prentice
AN ACT Relating to the administration of controlled substances to persons experiencing intractable pain; adding a new chapter to Title 69 RCW; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 6593 by Senators Swecker, Rasmussen and Morton
AN ACT Relating to the department of natural resources; adding new sections to chapter 79.90 RCW; and making an appropriation.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 6594 by Senators Anderson, Schow, Rossi, Horn and Oke
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting industrial insurance benefits payment if the use of alcohol or controlled substances materially contributed to the injury or death; and adding new sections to chapter 51.32 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
SB 6595 by Senators Strannigan, Winsley and Prentice
AN ACT Relating to mobile home parks; amending RCW 59.23.015, 59.23.020, and 59.23.025; and adding a new section to chapter 59.23 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Insurance and Housing.
SB 6596 by Senators Horn, Haugen, Prince, Rasmussen, Patterson and Morton
AN ACT Relating to regional transportation planning; and amending RCW 47.80.023, 47.80.040, and 47.80.070.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6597 by Senators Kohl, B. Sheldon, Winsley and Wood
AN ACT Relating to fire suppression systems; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 6598 by Senators Horn, Haugen and T. Sheldon (by request of Office of Financial Management)
AN ACT Relating to filing of state-funded personal service contracts; and amending RCW 39.29.055.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 6599 by Senators Benton, Spanel, Kohl and Oke (by request of Department of Revenue)
AN ACT Relating to fund-raising activities; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 82.04.365, 82.04.366, 82.08.02571, and 82.08.02572.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 6600 by Senators T. Sheldon, Hochstatter, Long, Kohl, Oke and Winsley (by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction Bergeson)
AN ACT Relating to education of juveniles incarcerated in adult correctional facilities; amending RCW 72.09.460 and 41.59.080; adding a new chapter to Title 28A RCW; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 6601 by Senators Snyder, Roach and Oke
AN ACT Relating to recovery of bail fugitives; amending RCW 10.19.140; adding a new section to chapter 4.24 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 18.185 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 6602 by Senators Anderson, Loveland, Bauer, Long, Goings, B. Sheldon, Strannigan, Benton, Rossi, Swecker, West, Schow and Oke
AN ACT Relating to carbonated beverage taxes; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 6603 by Senators Horn, Spanel, Oke and Wood
AN ACT Relating to exceptions from vessel registration; and amending RCW 88.02.030.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6604 by Senators Schow, Heavey and Horn
AN ACT Relating to premanufactured electric power generation equipment; and amending RCW 19.28.200 and 19.28.610.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
SB 6605 by Senators Morton and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to artificial insemination procedures and reproductively viable semen; amending RCW 60.52.030; adding a new section to chapter 60.52 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Environment.
SB 6606 by Senator Sellar
AN ACT Relating to the state centennial song; and adding a new section to chapter 1.20 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 6607 by Senators Heavey, Jacobsen and Kline
AN ACT Relating to driving on ocean beaches; and amending RCW 43.51.710.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SB 6608 by Senators Heavey, Schow and Jacobsen
AN ACT Relating to election of councilmembers in first class cities with populations of over four hundred thousand; amending RCW 35.22.370; and adding a new section to chapter 35.22 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
SB 6609 by Senators West and Prince
AN ACT Relating to higher education needs in Spokane county.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 6610 by Senators Roach, T. Sheldon, Stevens, Goings, Bauer and Oke
AN ACT Relating to sex offender sentencing; amending RCW 9.94A.130; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.120; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 6611 by Senators Roach, Anderson, Long, Stevens, Zarelli, Schow and Oke
AN ACT Relating to body piercing; amending RCW 26.28.085; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 6612 by Senators Roach, Stevens, Zarelli and Schow
AN ACT Relating to school employee codes of ethics; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 6613 by Senators Finkbeiner, Benton, Swecker, McCaslin, Oke, Goings, Long, Anderson, Rossi, Schow, Johnson, Hale and Sellar
AN ACT Relating to disclosure of health care information; and amending RCW 70.02.050.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SB 6614 by Senators Haugen, Long, T. Sheldon, Wood, Goings, Rasmussen and Oke
AN ACT Relating to provisional driver licensing; amending RCW 46.04.480, 46.20.161, 46.20.311, and 46.20.342; adding new sections to chapter 46.20 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6615 by Senators Schow and Heavey
AN ACT Relating to exemptions from provisions governing occupational and professional activities; and amending RCW 72.09.100.
Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
SB 6616 by Senators Brown, West, Wojahn, Wood, Kohl, Anderson, B. Sheldon, Thibaudeau, Franklin, Patterson and Spanel
AN ACT Relating to funding breast and cervical cancer screening for low-income women; and making an appropriation.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 6617 by Senators Brown, Patterson and Kohl
AN ACT Relating to health insurance benefits for eating disorders; adding new sections to chapter 48.43 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SJM 8022 by Senators Rossi, Benton, Oke, Jacobsen, Prentice, T. Sheldon, Finkbeiner, Hochstatter and Stevens
Urging legislation facilitating forest land exchange.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
SJM 8023 by Senators Deccio, Wojahn, Benton, Fairley, Wood, Thibaudeau, Franklin, Winsley, Prentice, Oke, Hale, Schow, Morton, Spanel, Roach, Brown, McAuliffe, Bauer, Snyder, B. Sheldon, Jacobsen, T. Sheldon, Rasmussen, Goings, Haugen, Fraser, Kohl, Hargrove, Heavey, Kline and Patterson
Regarding recovery of damages in tobacco litigation.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SJM 8024 by Senators Loveland, Rasmussen, Prentice, Snyder, B. Sheldon, McAuliffe, Fairley, Brown, T. Sheldon, Goings, Hargrove, Spanel, Kohl, Fraser, Heavey, Kline, Haugen, Franklin, Wojahn, Jacobsen, Bauer, Thibaudeau, Patterson and Schow
Urging Congress not to sell the Bonneville Power Administration.
Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
SCR 8425 by Senators Schow, Prentice, Heavey, Horn, Haugen, Long, Spanel, Rossi, Brown, Snyder, Patterson, Wojahn, Hochstatter, Zarelli, Roach, Oke and Winsley
Creating a gambling policy task force.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS
SHB 1043 by House Committee on Law and Justice (originally sponsored by Representatives Schoesler, Dunn and Smith)
Requiring the state landlord/tenant act to preempt all other local landlord/tenant acts.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
EHB 1186 by Representatives Hickel, Mitchell, Ballasiotes, Dickerson, Robertson, Blalock, Benson, Quall, Sheahan, Delvin, Lisk, Carrell, Cairnes, McDonald, Johnson and DeBolt
Changing duties for aiding injured persons and the penalties for second degree murder.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
EHB 1408 by Representatives Mielke, Sheahan, Doumit, Pennington, Mulliken, Sterk, Thompson, Dunn and Sullivan
Authorizing carrying of concealed pistols by certain persons from out of state.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SHB 1505 by House Committee on Government Administration (originally sponsored by Representatives Cairnes, O'Brien, Robertson, Delvin, Scott, McDonald, L. Thomas, Costa, Linville, Mitchell, Schoesler, Mielke, Thompson, Carrell, Conway and Dunn)
Protecting privacy of law enforcement personnel.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SHB 1541 by House Committee on Law and Justice (originally sponsored by Representatives Sump, McMorris, Sheahan, Sheldon, Crouse, Sherstad, Honeyford, DeBolt, Koster, Chandler, Linville, Clements, Boldt, Sterk, Smith, Conway and Bush)
Protecting sport shooting ranges.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
HB 1549 by Representatives H. Sommers, Reams, Scott, B. Thomas, Dunshee, Gombosky, Cooper, Chopp, Conway, Costa, Lantz, Cole, O'Brien and Mason
Reducing property tax assessments in response to government restrictions.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
HB 1673 by Representatives Dunn, Bush, Boldt, Koster, Thompson, Mielke, Chandler, Wensman, Alexander, Clements, Skinner, Mulliken and Johnson
Allowing parents to decline having their children in the transitional bilingual program.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SHB 1692 by House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Sehlin, Morris, Anderson, Honeyford, Huff, Lantz and Chopp)
Describing those lands eligible to be included in a port district aquatic lands management agreement.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Parks.
2SHB 1709 by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives McMorris, Chandler, Mastin and Smith)
Changing provisions relating to school mandates.
Referred to Committee on Education.
EHB 1740 by Representatives Sheahan, Boldt, Thompson and Clements
Prohibiting the purchase of liquor by intoxicated persons.
Referred to Committee on Law and Justice.
SHB 1784 by House Committee on Children and Family Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Boldt, Bush, Cooke, Lambert, L. Thomas, Backlund and Sullivan)
Regulating public assistance fraud.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
MOTION
At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Strannigan, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Friday, January 23, 1998.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
MIKE O'CONNELL, Secretary of the Senate