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TWENTY-FIFTH DAY

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NOON SESSION

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Senate Chamber, Olympia, Thursday, February 1, 2001

      The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by Vice President Pro Tempore Shin. 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


January 31, 2001

SB 5123             Prime Sponsor, Senator Costa: Revising the crime of escape as it relates to sexually violent predators. Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5123 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Carlson, Franklin, Hewitt, Kastama, Kohl-Welles, Long and Stevens.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


January 30, 2001

SB 5316             Prime Sponsor, Senator Prentice: Ensuring that reasonable assurance continues to apply to employees of educational institutions. Reported by Committee on Labor, Commerce and Financial Institutions


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Prentice, Chair; Benton, Franklin, Honeyford, Rasmussen, Regala, West and Winsley.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


January 31, 2001

SB 5416             Prime Sponsor, Senator Patterson: Requiring identification of drug-affected infants and providing treatment services to their mothers. Reported by Committee on Human Services and Corrections


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5416 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Carlson, Franklin, Hewitt, Kastama, Long and Stevens.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


January 31, 2001

SB 5437             Prime Sponsor, Senator Oke: Requiring holders of fish and wildlife licenses purchased over the internet or telephone to provide enforcement officers with photo identification. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Shorelines


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; Spanel, Vice Chair; Constantine, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Snyder and Stevens.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


January 31, 2001

SB 5439             Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Modifying provisions concerning the licensing of fishing guides. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Shorelines


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; Spanel, Vice Chair; Constantine, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Snyder and Stevens.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


January 31, 2001

SB 5440             Prime Sponsor, Senator Jacobsen: Raising the number of the governor's appointees to the fish and wildlife commission from two to three. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Shorelines


      MAJORITY Recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; Spanel, Vice Chair; Constantine, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Snyder and Stevens.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


January 31, 2001

SB 5443             Prime Sponsor, Senator Spanel: Changing required renewal dates in order to validly renew certain commercial fishing licenses. Reported by Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Shorelines


      MAJORITY Recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5443 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Jacobsen, Chair; Spanel, Vice Chair; Constantine, McDonald, Morton, Oke, Snyder and Stevens.


      Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.


MESSAGE FROM STATE OFFICE


STATE OF WASHINGTON

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Timothy R. Brown, Ph.D., Acting Assistant Secretary

Olympia, Washington 98504-5000


STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

December 1, 2000


      In recent years, people with developmental disabilities in Washington State and the people allied with them have been working to create a shift in how supports and services are offered. In 1997, Lyle Quasim, Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), appointed the Strategies for the Future Stakeholder Workgroup (the Stakeholder Workgroup). Its primary mission was to build consensus among its members in order to advise the DSHS/Division of Developmental Disabilities (the division) on development of a strategic plan for the future of developmental disability services. Consensus was reached on the principle of individual choice and self-determination to guide future service delivery.

      Current law directs the division, in conjunction with the Stakeholder Workgroup, to make recommendations to the legislature on how to best meet the needs of people with developmental disabilities and their families, today and in the future. DSHS will submit three reports to the legislature in December 1998, 2000 and 2002.

      In December 1998, the division submitted Strategies for the Future Long-Range Plan Phase I Report to the Washington State Legislature. The report shared an estimate on unmet service needs, proposed a multi-biennial funding plan to meet these needs and outlined an approach for system restructuring based on an individual choice and self-determination service delivery philosophy.

      The division is now, in December 2000, submitting the Strategies for the Future Long-Range Plan Phase II Report to the Legislature. This report is based on the contributions of over one hundred and twenty people who worked together in special topic workgroups with co-chairs from the Stakeholder Workgroup and the division. Recommendations from the topic workgroups went to the Stakeholder Workgroup for consideration, and those adopted were forwarded to the division, forming the backbone of this Phase II Report. While this report’s primary focus is on the activities of the division and the Stakeholder Workgroup for the next two or three years, the long range planning effort will continue to work out system restructuring issues, including statutory change recommendations, and to implement choice and self-determination statewide by June 30, 2007.

      Washington’s focus on choice and self-determination comes as a result of years of committed work by hundreds of individuals with developmental disabilities, their families and friends, legislators, advocates, providers, and social service staff. A hallmark of this approach is the ability of people with developmental disabilities to make choices about their living conditions and supports. A primary tool in accomplishing this is individual control of service dollars, with each person or family having a budget that is portable. Portability allows the person to direct funds among options he or she chooses, and to make changes as desired-for example, choosing a different living or employment situation.

      The Phase II Report recommends a two-part approach to developing individual budgets. A general allocation would be available to all eligible persons, with some variation for children three through twenty who are funded through the school system. A second specialized allocation may be added after an individualized assessment process for those people who find that their general allocation is insufficient to purchase needed services. The Stakeholders Workgroup did not recommend using an individual assessment process for all eligible persons since this process would be expensive to administer. In addition, the division estimates that approximately eighty percent of people currently served would have adequate dollars to meet their needs within the proposed general budget amount.

      To prepare for implementing this flexible individual budget approach, two initiatives are presented in the Phase II Report. The first already underway and continuing into the 2001-2003 biennium, is to test and refine the assessment instrument. The second, proposed for the 2001-2003 biennium, is to pilot individual budgets and other choices and self-determination components. The pilot is proposed for one geographic area of the state. The purpose of the pilot is to test each component of a choice and self-determination system to determine what works best for people and their families.

      After reaching consensus on using choice and self-determination as the direction that system improvements would follow, several other agreements have been reached on the particulars involved with the pursuit. However, the Stakeholder Workgroup has not yet reached consensus on two major issues: 1) how to use and/or re-deploy any “unneeded” residential habilitation center resources and: 2) the role of various government entities in implementing a choice and self-determination approach. These two unresolved issues, as well as a number of additional issues that the Stakeholder Workgroup is currently scheduling for discussion, will continue to be the focus of Stakeholder Workgroup and division activity for the next two years.

      In summary, a self-determination approach will provide individuals and their families with more power to choose the services and supports that best suit their individual needs and to select the providers of these services and supports. A self-determination approach will also provide an effective and equitable method of budgeting and allocating resources to meet those needs.


MEMORANDUM


TO:                                Interested People

FROM:              Stakeholder Workgroup

SUBJECT:         ‘Addendum to Strategies for the Future’


      Recently, the Division of Developmental Disabilities, with input from the Stakeholder Workgroup, submitted to the Legislature Phase II of a plan required by SB 6751 that outlines changing the current system. The Stakeholder Workgroup made the decision to develop an addendum that reflects pertinent information about ‘unmet needs” excluded from Phase II of the plan.

      If you have recently received a report titled Strategies for the Future-Long Range Plan Report Phase II: 2001-2003, from the Division of Developmental Disabilities, please attach this addendum to it.


Thank you.

  

      The Department of Social and Health Services Long-Range Plan Report, Phase 2: 2001-2003 and the Addendum from the Division of Developmental Disabilities is on file in the Office of the Secretary of the Senate.


INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

 

SB 5721             by Senators Haugen, Spanel and Rasmussen

 

AN ACT Relating to privileged communications; and amending RCW 5.60.060.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

 

SB 5722             by Senators Oke, Haugen, Eide, Rossi, Roach, Costa, Kastama, Winsley and Rasmussen

 

AN ACT Relating to special armed forces license plates; reenacting and amending RCW 46.16.305; adding a new section to chapter 46.16 RCW; repealing RCW 73.04.110 and 73.04.115; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5723             by Senator Haugen

 

AN ACT Relating to permits for access to controlled access transportation facilities; and amending RCW 47.50.020, 47.50.030, 47.50.040, 47.50.050, and 47.50.060.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5724             by Senators Deccio, McDonald, Oke, Horn, Hochstatter, Sheahan and T. Sheldon

 

AN ACT Relating to the failure to wear safety belt assembly; amending RCW 46.61.688 and 46.61.688; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

 

SB 5725             by Senators Spanel and McDonald (by request of Department of Revenue)

 

AN ACT Relating to granting the department of revenue the authority to issue direct pay permits; amending RCW 82.12.010, 82.08.050, and 82.12.040; adding a new section to chapter 82.32 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

 

SB 5726             by Senators Spanel, West, Snyder, Hale, Franklin, B. Sheldon and Johnson

 

AN ACT Relating to statutory committees of the legislature; amending RCW 44.28.060, 44.28.065, 44.44.030, 44.48.120, 44.68.040, and 44.68.050; adding a new section to chapter 44.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 44.28 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 44.44 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 44.48 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 44.68 RCW.

Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

 

SB 5727             by Senators Prentice and Winsley

 

AN ACT Relating to subsidy disclosure; adding new sections to chapter 42.17 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Financial Institutions.

 

SB 5728             by Senators Eide, Winsley, Prentice and Rasmussen

 

AN ACT Relating to industrial insurance benefits paid during appeal; amending RCW 51.52.050; reenacting and amending RCW 51.52.060; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Financial Institutions.

 

SB 5729             by Senators Thibaudeau, Patterson, Fairley, Winsley, Kohl-Welles, Jacobsen, Haugen, Prentice, Costa, Regala, Kline, Carlson and Rasmussen

 

AN ACT Relating to the private possession of dangerous wild animals; adding a new chapter to Title 77 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Shorelines.

 

SB 5730             by Senators Patterson, Kohl-Welles, Fairley, Costa, Thibaudeau, Finkbeiner, Regala, Kline and Carlson

 

AN ACT Relating to egg-laying birds; amending RCW 69.25.070; adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture and International Trade.

 

SB 5731             by Senators Morton, Honeyford, Sheahan, Hale, Zarelli, Hewitt, West, Long, Oke and Stevens

 

AN ACT Relating to electric utility sales and use tax exemptions; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Environment, Energy and Water.

 

SB 5732             by Senators Prentice and Winsley

 

AN ACT Relating to fire sprinkler fitters; amending RCW 18.160.010, 18.160.030, 18.160.040, 18.160.080, and 18.160.100; adding new sections to chapter 18.160 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Financial Institutions.

 

SB 5733             by Senators Haugen, Morton and Rasmussen

 

AN ACT Relating to county road construction projects; and amending RCW 36.77.065.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5734             by Senators Hale, Hewitt and Parlette

 

AN ACT Relating to agricultural fairs; and amending RCW 15.76.140.

Referred to Committee on Agriculture and International Trade.

 

SB 5735             by Senators Gardner, Roach, Haugen, Hochstatter, Honeyford, Stevens, Deccio, Rossi, Zarelli, Benton, Horn, T. Sheldon, Sheahan, Spanel, Shin, Finkbeiner, Hargrove, West, Long and Franklin

 

AN ACT Relating to motorcycle taillights; and amending RCW 46.37.100.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5736             by Senators Morton, Oke and Stevens

 

AN ACT Relating to increasing salmon to self-sustaining levels; amending RCW 77.95.210, 77.95.270, 77.100.050, and 77.100.060; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks and Shorelines.

 

SB 5737             by Senators Deccio, Winsley, Franklin, Thibaudeau, Oke, Kohl-Welles and Rasmussen

 

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 5738             by Senators Kohl-Welles, Oke and Jacobsen

 

AN ACT Relating to snowmobile registration fees; and amending RCW 46.10.040.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5739             by Senators Gardner, Rasmussen, Eide, Sheahan, Horn and Kohl-Welles

 

AN ACT Relating to the Program for Agency Coordinated Transportation; and amending RCW 47.06B.015.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5740             by Senators Oke, Haugen, Winsley, Horn, McDonald and Rasmussen (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to removing barriers to transportation services provided by the private sector; and amending RCW 36.57A.100, 47.60.120, 81.84.020, and 47.64.090.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5741             by Senators Haugen, Horn, Shin, Winsley, Oke and Parlette (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to managed competition for transportation operations and maintenance functions; amending RCW 41.06.380; and adding a new section to chapter 47.04 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5742             by Senators Haugen, Horn, Winsley, Oke and McDonald (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to design-build procedures for public works; amending RCW 47.20.750, 47.20.755, and 47.20.765; repealing RCW 47.20.775; repealing 1998 c 195 s 7 (uncodified); and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5743             by Senators Haugen, Horn, Shin, Winsley, Oke and Kohl-Welles (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to investing in human resources for transportation; amending RCW 47.80.030; adding a new section to chapter 49.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 47.01 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 47.06 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5744             by Senators Haugen, Horn, Oke, Kohl-Welles and McDonald (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to prevailing wages in public contracts; amending RCW 39.12.010; and adding a new section to chapter 39.12 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5745             by Senators Haugen and Horn (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to transportation bonds; and adding new sections to chapter 47.10 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5746             by Senators Haugen, Horn and Kohl-Welles (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to transportation financing; amending RCW 46.16.0621, 46.16.070, 46.68.035, 47.60.326, 82.08.020, 82.08.0255, 82.80.020, 82.80.070, and 82.03.130; reenacting and amending RCW 82.36.025; adding a new section to chapter 84.55 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 82.32 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.80 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.44 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 47 RCW; repealing RCW 39.88.010, 39.88.020, 39.88.030, 39.88.040, 39.88.050, 39.88.060, 39.88.070, 39.88.080, 39.88.090, 39.88.100, 39.88.110, 39.88.120, 39.88.130, 39.88.900, 39.88.905, 39.88.910, 39.88.915, and 84.55.080; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5747             by Senators Haugen, Horn, Kohl-Welles and Parlette (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to a fee on studded tires; amending RCW 46.37.4216; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5748             by Senators McAuliffe, Horn, Shin, Winsley, Oke, Haugen, Kohl-Welles and Kastama (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to integration of transportation and land use planning; and amending RCW 35.63.060 and 35A.63.060.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5749             by Senators McAuliffe, Horn, Winsley, Oke and Haugen (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to cost-benefit analysis for transportation planning; and amending RCW 47.05.010, 47.05.030, 47.05.035, and 47.05.051.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5750             by Senators Horn, Oke, Winsley, Haugen and Kastama (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to advance right-of-way acquisition; and adding new sections to chapter 47.26 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5751             by Senators Shin, T. Sheldon, Winsley, Horn, Oke, Haugen, Kohl-Welles and Kastama (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to duties of the department of transportation; and amending RCW 47.01.260.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5752             by Senators Shin, Winsley, Horn, Oke, Haugen and Kastama (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to requirements for providing transportation funding; and adding a new section to chapter 47.05 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5753             by Senators Horn, Winsley and Haugen (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to transportation funding; and adding new sections to chapter 47.04 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5754             by Senators Haugen, Winsley and Oke (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to a review of transportation administration practices; and creating new sections.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5755             by Senators Horn, Haugen, Winsley, McAuliffe and Oke (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to the responsibilities of the transportation commission; amending RCW 47.01.021, 43.17.020, and 47.01.041; reenacting and amending RCW 47.01.101; adding new sections to chapter 47.01 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 47.01.051, 47.01.061, and 47.01.070; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5756             by Senators Jacobsen, Patterson, Horn, Prentice, Finkbeiner, McAuliffe, McDonald, Haugen, Franklin, Kohl-Welles and Carlson (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to regional transportation governance; amending RCW 47.80.020 and 47.80.023; adding a new chapter to Title 36 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5757             by Senators Patterson, Horn, Prentice, McAuliffe, Finkbeiner, Shin, Haugen and Carlson (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to allocation of new transportation revenues; adding a new section to chapter 46.68 RCW; creating new sections; providing a contingent effective date; and providing for submission of this act to a vote of the people.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.


 

SB 5758             by Senators Patterson, Horn, Prentice, McAuliffe, Finkbeiner, Shin, Winsley and Haugen (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to distribution of federal transportation funding; and adding a new section to chapter 47.08 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5759             by Senators Patterson, Horn, Prentice, McAuliffe, Shin, Finkbeiner, Winsley, Haugen, Franklin, Kohl-Welles and Kastama; (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to priority programming of highway improvements; amending RCW 47.05.051; creating new sections; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5760             by Senators Patterson, Horn, Prentice, McAuliffe, Shin, Finkbeiner, Haugen and Kohl-Welles (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)


                           AN ACT Relating to use of intelligent transportation systems and traffic system management; adding a new section to chapter 47.05 RCW;        creating a new section; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

 

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5761             by Senators Patterson, Horn, Prentice, Winsley, Finkbeiner, McAuliffe, Shin, Haugen, Franklin, Kohl-Welles and Kastama (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to creation of congestion relief districts; and adding a new chapter to Title 36 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5762             by Senators Prentice, Swecker, Oke, Horn, Haugen and Kohl-Welles (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to environmental mitigation in transportation projects; amending RCW 36.79.090; reenacting and amending RCW 46.68.090; and adding a new section to chapter 47.26 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5763             by Senators Horn, Oke, Winsley, Haugen and McDonald (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to franchises on state highways; and amending RCW 47.44.010, 47.44.020, and 47.44.050.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5764             by Senators Shin, Horn, Winsley, Oke and Haugen (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to maintaining and preserving transportation facilities and assets; amending RCW 35.84.060, 47.06.050, and 47.06.090; adding a new section to chapter 36.56 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.57 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.57A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.68 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 81.112 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5765             by Senators Prentice, Swecker, Shin, Oke, Parlette, Horn, Haugen and McDonald (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to environmental permit streamlining for transportation projects; and amending RCW 47.01.021, 47.01.290, and 47.01.300.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

SB 5766             by Senators Oke, B. Sheldon and Haugen (by request of The Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation)

 

AN ACT Relating to continuing public-private initiative pilot projects; amending RCW 47.46.030, 47.56.010, 47.56.030, 47.56.240, and 47.56.270; creating a new section; repealing RCW 47.56.271; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.



 

SB 5767             by Senators Carlson and Zarelli

 

AN ACT Relating to granting certain real property tax exemptions to nonprofit, tax-exempt school or college foundations; amending RCW 84.36.050; and reenacting and amending RCW 84.34.108.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

 

SB 5768             by Senators Thibaudeau, Kohl-Welles, Jacobsen, Prentice, Kline, Spanel and Carlson

 

AN ACT Relating to health care financing; amending RCW 41.05.120, 41.05.130, 66.24.290, 82.24.020, 82.26.020, 82.08.150, 43.79.480, and 41.05.220; adding new sections to chapter 82.02 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 82.04.260 and 48.14.0201; making an appropriation; providing effective dates; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Health and Long-Term Care.

 

SB 5769             by Senators Thibaudeau, Kohl-Welles, Prentice, Constantine, Regala, Costa and Kline

 

AN ACT Relating to civil unions; amending RCW 26.04.020, 26.12.220, 36.18.010, 43.70.150, 43.70.160, 70.58.005, 70.58.104, 70.58.107, and 9A.64.010; adding a new chapter to Title 26 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

 

SB 5770             by Senators Kohl-Welles, Jacobsen and Horn (by request of Governor Locke)

 

AN ACT Relating to tuition setting authority and the use of tuition in higher education; amending RCW 28B.15.031, 28B.15.066, 28B.15.067, 28B.15.069, and 28B.15.100; and creating new sections.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

 

SB 5771             by Senators Thibaudeau, Prentice, Kohl-Welles, Regala, Franklin, Jacobsen, Kline, Patterson, Constantine, Fraser, Costa, B. Sheldon and Shin (by request of Governor Locke)

 

AN ACT Relating to the jurisdiction of the Washington human rights commission; amending RCW 49.60.010, 49.60.020, 49.60.030, 49.60.040, 49.60.120, 49.60.130, 49.60.175, 49.60.176, 49.60.178, 49.60.180, 49.60.190, 49.60.200, 49.60.215, 49.60.223, 49.60.224, 49.60.225, and 48.30.300; and reenacting and amending RCW 49.60.222 and 49.60.250.

Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

 

SB 5772             by Senators Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Eide, Winsley, Carlson and Rasmussen (by request of Governor Locke)

 

AN ACT Relating to standards for educator quality; amending RCW 28A.410.200, 28A.410.210, 28A.410.020, 28A.410.040, 28A.410.050, 28A.410.060, 28A.410.100, 28A.410.120, and 28A.305.130; reenacting and amending RCW 28A.410.010; creating new sections; providing an effective date; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

Referred to Committee on Education.

 

SJM 8010           by Senators Haugen and Roach

 

Requesting a memorial for Lieutenant J.G. Scott Walter Kinkele.

 

Referred to Committee on Transportation.


MOTION


      At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Betti Sheldon, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m., Friday, February 2, 2001.


BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate


TONY M. COOK, Secretary of the Senate