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THIRTY-SIXTH DAY
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NOON SESSION
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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Monday, February 15, 1999
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Pro Tempore Wojahn. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
February 11, 1999
SB 5064 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Protecting certain public transportation information. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5064 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Morton, Oke, Patterson, Sellar, Sheahan, T. Sheldon and Shin.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 12, 1999
SB 5074 Prime Sponsor, Senator Roach: Establishing the crime of mail theft or receipt of stolen mail. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5074 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Hargrove, Johnson, Long, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 11, 1999
SB 5102 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Increasing the level of training for fire fighters. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5102 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass and be referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Horn, Johnson, Oke, Patterson, Sellar, T. Sheldon and Shin.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 12, 1999
SB 5148 Prime Sponsor, Senator B. Sheldon: Changing permit assistance center provisions. Reported by Committee on Environmental Quality and Water Resources
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5148 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Fraser, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; Morton, Jacobsen, McAuliffe and Swecker.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass substitute. Signed by Senator Honeyford.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 12, 1999
SB 5190 Prime Sponsor, Senator Swecker: Regarding lakes management. Reported by Committee on Environmental Quality and Water Resources
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5190 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Fraser, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; Morton, Honeyford, Jacobsen, McAuliffe and Swecker.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 12, 1999
SB 5210 Prime Sponsor, Senator Stevens: Altering shelter care laws. Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5210 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Long, Patterson, Sheahan and Stevens.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 12, 1999
SB 5281 Prime Sponsor, Senator T. Sheldon: Changing provisions relating to the permit assistance center. Reported by Committee on Environmental Quality and Water Resources
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5281 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass and be referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Senators Fraser, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; Honeyford, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Morton and Swecker.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 12, 1999
SB 5285 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hargrove: Permitting certain actions based on air emission or water or solid waste discharge. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5285 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Goings, Hargrove, Haugen, Johnson, Long, McCaslin, Roach and Zarelli.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass substitute. Signed by Senators Kline, Vice Chair; Costa and Thibaudeau.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 12, 1999
SB 5288 Prime Sponsor, Senator Fraser: Changing the description of waters from which oil tanker passage is prohibited. Reported by Committee on Environmental Quality and Water Resources
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5288 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Fraser, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; Jacobsen and McAuliffe.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass substitute. Signed by Senators Honeyford and Morton.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 11, 1999
SB 5298 Prime Sponsor, Senator McAuliffe: Changing local assistance funds provisions. Reported by Committee on Education
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5298 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators McAuliffe, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; Bauer, Benton, Brown, Hochstatter, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Sellar, Swecker and Zarelli.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 12, 1999
SB 5301 Prime Sponsor, Senator Heavey: Modernizing traffic offense processing. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Goings, Hargrove, Haugen, Johnson, Long, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 12, 1999
SB 5302 Prime Sponsor, Senator Roach: Defining the jurisdiction of civil antiharassment actions. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Goings, Hargrove, Haugen, Johnson, Long, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 12, 1999
SB 5304 Prime Sponsor, Senator Costa: Making violations of the liquor code misdemeanor offenses. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5304 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Hargrove, Haugen, Johnson, Long, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 11, 1999
SB 5315 Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Creating the aquatic nuisance species coordination committee. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5315 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass and be referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Morton, Oke, Rossi, Snyder, Spanel and Stevens.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 11, 1999
SB 5363 Prime Sponsor, Senator Fairley: Enacting the civil service reform act of 1999. Reported by Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5363 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Fairley, Chair; Franklin, Vice Chair; Kline and Wojahn.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass substitute. Signed by Senators Hochstatter and Oke.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 11, 1999
SB 5365 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Regulating the preparation and sale of dietary supplements containing alcohol. Reported by Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Benton, Gardner, Hale, Heavey, T. Sheldon, West and Winsley.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 11, 1999
SB 5402 Prime Sponsor, Senator Haugen: Concerning the compensation of the forest practices appeals board. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Morton, Oke, Rossi, Snyder, Spanel and Stevens.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 11, 1999
SB 5412 Prime Sponsor, Senator McAuliffe: Authorizing the use of the education savings account for technology training for educators. Reported by Committee on Education
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5412 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators McAuliffe, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; Bauer, Brown, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen and Swecker.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass substitute. Signed by Senator Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 12, 1999
SB 5424 Prime Sponsor, Senator Winsley: Allowing the use of certain commercially approved herbicides for aquatic plant management. Reported by Committee on Environmental Quality and Water Resources
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5424 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass and be referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Senators Fraser, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; Morton, Honeyford, Jacobsen, McAuliffe and Swecker.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 12, 1999
SB 5457 Prime Sponsor, Senator Costa: Revising provisions relating to conditions involving diversion agreements for juveniles. Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5457 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Long, Patterson, Sheahan and Stevens.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 12, 1999
SB 5513 Prime Sponsor, Senator Costa: Augmenting provisions for execution witnesses. Reported by Committee on Judiciary
MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections. Signed by Senators Heavey, Chair; Kline, Vice Chair; Costa, Hargrove, Haugen, Johnson, Long, McCaslin, Roach, Thibaudeau and Zarelli.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
February 11, 1999
SB 5525 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hargrove: Revising provision for appointment of a county legislative authority member of the forest practices board. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Morton, Oke, Rossi, Snyder, Spanel and Stevens.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 11, 1999
SB 5579 Prime Sponsor, Senator Loveland: Allowing solid rubber tires on farm machinery. Reported by Committee on Transportation
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Gardner, Vice Chair; Benton, Eide, Horn, Jacobsen, Johnson, Morton, Oke, Patterson, Sellar, Sheahan, T. Sheldon and Shin.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 11, 1999
SB 5599 Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Regulating temporary worker housing. Reported by Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5599 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Benton, Gardner, Hale, Heavey, T. Sheldon, West and Winsley.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 12, 1999
SB 5623 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hargrove: Extending court supervision of children subject to youth-at-risk orders. Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Franklin, Long, Patterson, Sheahan and Stevens.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 11, 1999
SB 5651 Prime Sponsor, Senator Winsley: Requiring a purchaser of timber by contract to provide proof of payment of all taxes before release of a performance bond. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation
MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5651 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass and be referred to Committee on Ways and Means. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Oke, Rossi, Snyder and Spanel.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 11, 1999
SB 5653 Prime Sponsor, Senator Honeyford: Providing entrepreneurial opportunities for disabled persons. Reported by Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions
MAJORITY Recommendation: That the bill be referred to Committee on State and Local Government. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Shin, Vice Chair; Benton, Gardner, Hale, Heavey, T. Sheldon, West and Winsley.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
February 11, 1999
SB 5700 Prime Sponsor, Senator Fairley: Limiting state use of long-term temporary or leased employees. Reported by Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Fairley, Chair; Franklin, Vice Chair; Kline and Wojahn.
MINORITY Recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senator Hochstatter.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
February 11, 1999
SJM 8010 Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Requesting support for the full appropriation to fund state aquatic nuisance species management plans. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation
MAJORITY Recommendation : Do pass. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; T. Sheldon, Vice Chair; Hargrove, Morton, Oke, Rossi, Snyder, Spanel and Stevens.
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
MOTION
On motion of Senate Betti Sheldon, the following Senate Bills were referred to the Committee on Ways and Means: Senate Bill No. 5148, Senate Bill No. 5190, Senate Bill No. 5210, Senate Bill No. 5298, Senate Bill No. 5363, Senate Bill No. 5599 and Senate Bill No. 5623.
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE
GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENT
February 12, 1999
GA 9005 ANN DALEY, appointed August 25, 1997, for a term ending June 30, 2002, as a member of the Pollution Control/Shorelines Hearings Board.
Reported by Committee on Environmental Quality and Water Resources
MAJORITY Recommendation : That said appointment be confirmed: Signed by Senators Fraser, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; Honeyford, Jacobsen, McAuliffe, Morton and Swecker.
Passed to Committee on Rules.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 5868 by Senators Rasmussen, Sheahan, Morton, Loveland and Hale
AN ACT Relating to tax exemptions and credits for structures and equipment used to reduce agricultural burning of cereal grains and field and turf grass grown for seed; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 84.36 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5869 by Senators Prentice, Hale and Winsley (by request of Attorney General Gregoire)
AN ACT Relating to regulating service contracts; adding a new section to chapter 42.17 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 48 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5870 by Senators Thibaudeau, Wojahn and Sellar
AN ACT Relating to insurance coverage of pharmacy services; adding a new section to chapter 48.20 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 48.21 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 48.44 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5871 by Senator Heavey
AN ACT Relating to liability of alcohol sellers; and adding a new section to chapter 4.24 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5872 by Senators Heavey, Eide and Oke
AN ACT Relating to operating a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol; adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5873 by Senator Heavey
AN ACT Relating to liability of social hosts; and adding a new section to chapter 4.24 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5874 by Senators Deccio, Franklin, Hale, Prentice, Costa, Loveland, B. Sheldon, Fairley, Kline, Spanel, Hochstatter, Long, Shin and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to authorizing optometrists to use and prescribe approved drugs for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes without limitation upon the methods of delivery in the practice of optometry; amending RCW 18.53.010, 18.53.140, 69.41.030, and 69.50.101; adding a new section to chapter 18.53 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 70.41 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5875 by Senators Wojahn, Prentice, Benton, Winsley, West and Hale
AN ACT Relating to sellers of travel; amending RCW 19.138.030, 19.138.040, 19.138.100, 19.138.110, 19.138.120, 19.138.130, 19.138.140, 19.138.170, 19.138.190, 19.138.200, and 19.138.240; adding a new section to chapter 19.138 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.131 RCW; and repealing RCW 19.138.180.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5876 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Winsley, Thibaudeau and Oke (by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
AN ACT Relating to criminal history background checks for potential state employees and contractors; amending RCW 43.43.832 and 43.20A.710; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Human Services and Corrections.
SB 5877 by Senators Thibaudeau, Johnson and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to the registration of surgical technologists; amending RCW 18.130.040; and adding a new chapter to Title 18 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5878 by Senators Prentice, Benton and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to financial institutions and other parties that administer nonprobate asset arrangements; amending RCW 11.02.005 and 11.07.010; repealing RCW 11.11.003, 11.11.005, 11.11.007, 11.11.010, 11.11.020, 11.11.030, 11.11.040, 11.11.050, 11.11.060, 11.11.070, 11.11.080, 11.11.090, 11.11.100, 11.11.110, 11.11.900, 11.11.901, 11.11.902, and 11.11.903; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5879 by Senators Prentice and Winsley
AN ACT Relating to loan origination fees on consumer loans; and amending RCW 31.04.105.
Referred to Committee on Commerce, Trade, Housing and Financial Institutions.
SB 5880 by Senators Thibaudeau, Winsley, Wojahn, Heavey, Franklin, Deccio, Prentice, McAuliffe, Costa, Swecker, McDonald, Johnson, B. Sheldon and Oke
AN ACT Relating to needle stick protections; and adding a new section to chapter 49.17 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5881 by Senators Thibaudeau, Oke, Costa and Winsley (by request of Governor Locke and Attorney General Gregoire)
AN ACT Relating to regulation of tobacco products under the access to minors statutes; amending RCW 70.155.010, 70.155.020, 70.155.030, 70.155.040, 70.155.050, 70.155.100, 70.155.110, and 70.155.130; adding a new section to chapter 70.155 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5882 by Senators Fraser, Winsley, Kohl-Welles, Brown and Jacobsen
AN ACT Relating to the Washington commission for the humanities; creating new sections; and making an appropriation.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5883 by Senators Franklin, Winsley and Thibaudeau (by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
AN ACT Relating to giving the department of social and health services authority to impose a moratorium on new adult family home licenses; adding a new section to chapter 70.128 RCW; repealing RCW 70.128.061 and 70.128.062; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5884 by Senators Hochstatter, Morton, Honeyford, Deccio, West and Oke
AN ACT Relating to workers' compensation insurance; adding a new section to chapter 51.04 RCW; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
SB 5885 by Senator Fraser
AN ACT Relating to domestic waste treatment plants and plant operators; and amending RCW 70.95B.080, 70.95B.090, 70.95B.095, 70.95B.100, 70.95B.130, and 70.95B.150.
Referred to Committee on Environmental Quality and Water Resources.
SB 5886 by Senators Fraser, Fairley, Kline, Thibaudeau and Franklin
AN ACT Relating to adopting new air emission standards for motor vehicles; amending 1991 c 199 s 229 (uncodified); adding a new section to chapter 70.120 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Environmental Quality and Water Resources.
SB 5887 by Senators Rasmussen, Deccio, Shin, Hargrove, T. Sheldon, Benton, Wojahn, Heavey, Snyder, Bauer, Sellar, Johnson, Hale, Horn, Franklin, Honeyford, Oke, McCaslin, Hochstatter, Jacobsen, Morton, McDonald, Patterson, Goings, Eide, Winsley, Sheahan, Costa, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Swecker, Roach, B. Sheldon, Rossi, Haugen, Gardner, Fairley, Prentice, Long, Kline, Stevens and Zarelli
AN ACT Relating to property tax exemptions for the principal residences of veterans of the armed forces of the United States who have a service-connected disability; reenacting and amending RCW 84.69.020; adding a new chapter to Title 84 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5888 by Senators Fraser and Winsley (by request of Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development)
AN ACT Relating to historic cemeteries; and amending RCW 68.60.050.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5889 by Senators Kline, Finkbeiner, Costa and Oke (by request of Department of General Administration and Department of Information Services)
AN ACT Relating to restricting liability for harm caused by incorrectly calculated or interpreted dates associated with year 2000 date-changes processed by electronic computing devices; adding a new section to chapter 4.22 RCW; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5890 by Senators Zarelli, Benton, West, Bauer, Oke, Sellar, Winsley, Roach, Rossi, Honeyford and McCaslin
AN ACT Relating to the student transportation allocation; creating new sections; and making appropriations.
Referred to Committee on Education.
SB 5891 by Senators Stevens, Roach, Morton, Swecker, Hochstatter, Zarelli, Long, Rossi, Winsley, Honeyford and Johnson
AN ACT Relating to flood plain management; and amending RCW 86.16.041.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5892 by Senators Gardner, Costa and Goings
AN ACT Relating to retirement benefits for fire fighters; amending RCW 41.40.094; reenacting and amending RCW 41.26.030; and adding a new section to chapter 41.40 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5893 by Senators Haugen, Sellar, Spanel, McCaslin, Prentice, Loveland, Winsley and Oke
AN ACT Relating to business address disclosure in telephone directories; adding a new section to chapter 80.36 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Energy, Technology and Telecommunications.
SB 5894 by Senators Haugen and Gardner
AN ACT Relating to the Whidbey Island game farm; adding a new section to chapter 77.12 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5895 by Senators Franklin, Swecker, Eide, Winsley, Costa, Benton, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Hargrove, Oke, Kline, Rossi, Honeyford, Johnson, Shin, Patterson, Fairley, Prentice, Brown, Thibaudeau and Goings
AN ACT Relating to a temporary exemption for clothing and footwear from sales and use taxes; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5896 by Senators Jacobsen, Oke, Loveland, Swecker, Hale, T. Sheldon, Rasmussen, Rossi, Haugen, West and Winsley (by request of Governor Locke)
AN ACT Relating to forest practices as they affect the recovery of salmon and other aquatic resources; amending RCW 76.09.020, 84.33.081, 76.13.010, 76.42.060, 76.09.330, 76.09.140, 76.09.150, 76.09.170, 76.09.040, 76.09.010, 76.09.080, 76.09.090, 76.09.030, and 90.48.420; reenacting and amending RCW 76.09.220; adding new sections to chapter 75.46 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 76.09 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 34.05 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 19.85 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.21C RCW; adding a new section to chapter 84.33 RCW; and adding new sections to chapter 76.13 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation.
SB 5897 by Senators Costa, Winsley, Thibaudeau and Oke (by request of Attorney General Gregoire)
AN ACT Relating to the sale of export cigarettes; amending RCW 82.24.110, 82.24.130, and 82.24.145; adding a new section to chapter 82.24 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.
SB 5898 by Senators Prentice, West, McCaslin, Rasmussen, Honeyford, Winsley and Oke
AN ACT Relating to a business and occupation tax credit for taxpayers that pay for employee hepatitis A immunizations; and adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 5899 by Senators Patterson, Bauer, Franklin, Rasmussen, B. Sheldon, Haugen, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Fraser, Prentice, Thibaudeau and Spanel
AN ACT Relating to penalties for violation of the public disclosure act; amending RCW 42.17.390 and 42.17.395; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5900 by Senators Patterson, Haugen, Bauer, Franklin, B. Sheldon, Snyder, Rasmussen, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Thibaudeau, Fairley, Fraser, Prentice, Spanel and Eide
AN ACT Relating to political advertising and independent expenditures in political campaigns; amending RCW 42.17.020, 42.17.040, 42.17.100, 42.17.510, 42.17.550, and 42.36.040; and adding new sections to chapter 42.17 RCW.
Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.
SB 5901 by Senators Morton, Rasmussen, Rossi, Hochstatter, Oke, Jacobsen and Sheahan
AN ACT Relating to liability of owners or others in possession of land and water areas for injuries to recreation users; and amending RCW 4.24.210.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 5902 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Sheahan and Shin
AN ACT Relating to higher education; amending RCW 28B.10.800, 28B.10.804, 28B.10.806, 28B.10.808, 28B.10.810, and 28B.10.822; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.10 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
SB 5903 by Senators Prentice, Rasmussen and B. Sheldon
AN ACT Relating to authorizing tax, levy, and execution exemptions for properties of Indian housing authorities designated for low-income housing program uses; adding new sections to chapter 84.36 RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
SCR 8407 by Senators Prentice, Hochstatter, T. Sheldon, Honeyford, Eide, Hale and Winsley
Creating an employment standards task force.
Referred to Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.
MOTION
At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 noon, Tuesday, February 16, 1999.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
TONY M. COOK, Secretary of the Senate