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TWENTY-THIRD DAY

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NOON SESSION

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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Tuesday, February 3, 1998

      The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. No roll call was taken.


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

February 2, 1998

SB 6135             Prime Sponsor, Senator Oke: Establishing covenant marriages. Reported by Committee on Law and Justice


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6135 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Roach, Chair; Johnson, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Long, McCaslin, Stevens and Zarelli.

 

MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass substitute. Signed by Senators Fairley and Kline.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


January 28, 1998

SB 6143             Prime Sponsor, Senator Schow: Revising the regulation of elevators, escalators, and other conveyances. Reported by Committee on Commerce and Labor


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6143 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Schow, Chair; Horn, Vice Chair; Anderson, Franklin, Fraser and Heavey.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6155             Prime Sponsor, Senator Roach: Revising supervision of municipal court probation services. Reported by Committee on Law and Justice


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Roach, Chair; Johnson, Vice Chair; Goings, Kline, Long, Stevens and Zarelli.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6221             Prime Sponsor, Senator Goings: Addressing low-income senior citizens and disabled persons in storm water control legislation. Reported by Committee on Energy and Utilities


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators Finkbeiner, Chair; Hochstatter, Vice Chair; Brown, Jacobsen, Rossi and T. Sheldon.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6251             Prime Sponsor, Senator Horn: Exempting specified computer software from public disclosure. Reported by Committee on Energy and Utilities


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6215 be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Finkbeiner, Chair; Hochstatter, Vice Chair; Brown, Jacobsen, Rossi, T. Sheldon and Strannigan.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6359             Prime Sponsor, Senator Finkbeiner: Requiring companies that seek to contract with an affiliated interest to file with the utilities and transportation commission. Reported by Committee on Energy and Utilities


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Finkbeiner, Chair; Hochstatter, Vice Chair; Brown, Jacobsen, Rossi, T. Sheldon and Strannigan.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6400             Prime Sponsor, Senator Brown: Extending the Washington telephone assistance program through 2003. Reported by Committee on Energy and Utilities


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Finkbeiner, Chair; Hochstatter, Vice Chair; Brown, Jacobsen, Rossi, T. Sheldon and Strannigan.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6425             Prime Sponsor, Senator McCaslin: Clarifying legal authority of an agency head. Reported by Committee on Government Operations


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6425 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chair; Haugen, Horn, Patterson and T. Sheldon.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6464             Prime Sponsor, Senator Goings: Increasing the penalty for manufacture of methamphetamine. Reported by Committee on Law and Justice


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Roach, Chair; Johnson, Vice Chair; Fairley, Goings, Kline, Long, McCaslin, Stevens, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.


      Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.


February 2, 1998

SB 6489             Prime Sponsor, Senator McCaslin: Specifying that there will be no primary for a district court position when there are no more than two candidates filed for the position. Reported by Committee on Government Operations


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6489 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chair; Haugen, Horn, Patterson and T. Sheldon.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6492             Prime Sponsor, Senator Newhouse: Creating two new superior court positions for Yakima county. Reported by Committee on Law and Justice


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6492 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Roach, Chair; Johnson, Vice Chair; Fairley, Goings, Hargrove, Kline, Long, McCaslin, Stevens, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6510             Prime Sponsor, Senator Goings: Prohibiting selling or giving drug paraphernalia to persons under age eighteen. Reported by Committee on Law and Justice


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6510 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Roach, Chair; Johnson, Vice Chair; Fairley, Goings, Kline, Long, Stevens, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6563             Prime Sponsor, Senator Heavey: Requiring a specific statement in any bill or local ordinance containing an emergency clause as to the reason for an early effective date. Reported by Committee on Government Operations


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6563 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chair; Haugen, Horn, Patterson and T. Sheldon.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6581             Prime Sponsor, Senator Roach: Revising standards for determining child support obligations. Reported by Committee on Law and Justice


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Roach, Chair; Johnson, Vice Chair; Fairley, Kline, Long, McCaslin, Stevens, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6582             Prime Sponsor, Senator Finkbeiner: Refining electronic signature law. Reported by Committee on Energy and Utilities


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass as amended. Signed by Senators Finkbeiner, Chair; Hochstatter, Vice Chair; Brown, Jacobsen, Rossi, T. Sheldon and Strannigan.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6623             Prime Sponsor, Senator Swecker: Creating a new superior court position for Lewis county. Reported by Committee on Law and Justice


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Roach, Chair; Johnson, Vice Chair; Fairley, Goings, Hargrove, Kline, Long, McCaslin, Stevens, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SB 6635             Prime Sponsor, Senator Sellar: Administering the deferred compensation plan. Reported by Committee on Government Operations


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chair; Haugen, Horn, Patterson and T. Sheldon.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SJM 8002           Prime Sponsor, Senator Stevens: Claiming state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment. Reported by Committee on Government Operations


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chair; Horn, Patterson and T. Sheldon.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


February 2, 1998

SJM 8024           Prime Sponsor, Senator Loveland: Urging Congress not to sell the Bonneville Power Administration. Reported by Committee on Energy and Utilities


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Finkbeiner, Chair; Hochstatter, Vice Chair; Brown, Jacobsen, Rossi, T. Sheldon and Strannigan.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


January 29, 1998

SCR 8407          Prime Sponsor, Senator Franklin: Establishing an interagency task force to conduct a study of contingent work force issues. Reported by Committee on Commerce and Labor


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8407 be substituted therefor, and the substitute concurrent resolution do pass. Signed by Senators Schow, Chair; Horn, Vice Chair; Franklin, Fraser and Heavey.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


MOTION


      On motion of Senator Johnson, Senate Bill No. 6464 was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.


MESSAGE FROM STATE OFFICE


STATE OF WASHINGTON

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES


January 28, 1998

Mr. Michael O'Connell

Secretary of the Senate

P. O. Box 40482

Olympia, WA 98504-0482


Dear Mr. O'Connell:

      RCW 43.88.065 requires each agency to report annually to the Legislature any expenditures mandated by any federal court. Such court-ordered expenditures are to be itemized and submitted to the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House by January 15 of each year. Upon receipt of this information, the statutes indicate that the Legislature will review the expenditures “with a view to determine whether the program affected by the court order should be continued or eliminated and the funds for the program either appropriated or not appropriated accordingly.”

      The attached report, prepared by the Office of the Attorney General, constitutes the department's response to this legislative requirement and is summarized as follows:

      Turay v. Weston Civil rights action regarding confinement in the Sexually Violent Predator Program were alleged to be unconstitutional. Attorney fees and costs in the amount of $70,915.05 were paid in 1997.

      Horton v. Williams Class action involving allegations of civil rights violations at Green Hill School. $4,633.08 was paid in 1997 for court ordered monitoring site visits to the school.

Sincerely,

LYLE QUASIM, Secretary


      The Department of Social Health Services Report on Expenditures Mandated by any Federal Court are on file in the Office of the Secretary of the Senate.


MESSAGE FROM STATE OFFICE


STATE OF WASHINGTON

HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD

917 Lakeridge Way

P. O. Box 43430

Olympia, Washington 98504-3430

 

January 29, 1998

Mike O'Connell

Secretary of the Senate

306 Legislative Building

Olympia, WA 98504-0482


Dear Mr. O'Connell:

      Enclosed are copies of recent reports completed by the Higher Education Coordinating Board. They are: The Final Report on Low-Output and Duplicative Programs; Guidelines for Program Planning, Approval, and Review; 1997 Statewide Progress Report on Diversity and Participation of People of Color in Higher Education; and Distance Education Activity and Tuition Models. The reports have been submitted to the various committees with interest in these subject areas.

      If you have any questions concerning these reports, please contact me at 753-7811.

Sincerely,

SUSAN D. PATRICK, Director of Government Relations


      The Reports from the Higher Education Coordinating Board are on file in the Office of the Secretary of Senate.


INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

 

SB 6743             by Senators Schow and Wojahn

 

AN ACT Relating to licensing and inspection of boilers and unfired pressure vessels; amending RCW 70.79.040; adding new sections to chapter 70.79 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

 

SB 6744             by Senator Thibaudeau

 

AN ACT Relating to use of stickers or labels for write-in voting; and amending RCW 29.51.175 and 29.62.180.

Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

 

SB 6745             by Senators Spanel, McAuliffe, Winsley, Wojahn, Heavey, Kohl, Snyder, Rasmussen, Franklin, Bauer, Brown, Loveland, Goings, Fraser, Fairley and B. Sheldon

 

AN ACT Relating to encouraging employees to take advantage of the deferred compensation program; and amending RCW 41.50.770 and 28A.400.240.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

 

SB 6746             by Senator Winsley

 

AN ACT Relating to purchasing of insurance services; and adding a new section to chapter 48.01 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Insurance and Housing.

 

SJM 8029           by Senators McDonald and Oke

 

Regarding a petition to authorize federal block grant funds directly to school districts.

 

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.


MOTION


      At 12:03 p.m., on motion of Senator Johnson, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 4, 1998.


BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

MIKE O'CONNELL, Secretary of the Senate