NINTH DAY
NOON SESSION
Senate Chamber, Olympia, January 17, 2006
The Senate was called to order at 12:00 noon by President Owen. No roll call was taken.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, the reading of the Journal of the previous day was dispensed with and it was approved.
MOTION
There being no objection, the Senate advanced to the first order of business.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
January 16, 2006
SB 6536 Prime Sponsor, Jacobsen: Regarding the legislative youth advisory council. Reported by Committee on Government Operations & Elections
MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Kastama, Chair; Berkey, Vice Chair; Fairley, Haugen, McCaslin, Pridemore and Roach
Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, the measure listed on the Standing Committee report was referred to the committee as designated.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING
SB 6608 by Senators McCaslin, Mulliken, Parlette and Benton
AN ACT Relating to disqualification from unemployment benefits due to incarceration; and adding a new section to chapter 50.20 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 6609 by Senators Rasmussen, Delvin, Sheldon, Schoesler, Morton, Mulliken, Roach and Shin
AN ACT Relating to exempting wholesale sales of bulk raw milk from business and occupation tax; and amending RCW 82.04.332.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.
SB 6610 by Senators Oke, Rockefeller, Shin, Pflug and Sheldon
AN ACT Relating to promoting underwater viewing; amending RCW 43.330.090, 77.12.065, 79.105.050, 79A.05.360, and 79A.25.005; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on International Trade & Economic Development.
SB 6611 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Benton and Schoesler
AN ACT Relating to home heating fuel service contracts; amending RCW 48.110.015 and 48.110.020; adding a new chapter to Title 48 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Consumer Protection.
SB 6612 by Senators Kline, Johnson, Esser and Roach
AN ACT Relating to administration of the courts of limited jurisdiction; amending RCW 3.30.020, 3.30.090, 3.38.020, 3.38.030, 3.38.040, 3.38.060, 3.42.010, 3.46.010, 3.46.030, 3.46.067, 3.46.070, 3.46.120, 3.46.150, 3.50.005, 3.50.010, 3.50.030, 3.50.060, 3.50.075, 3.50.805, 3.58.050, 3.62.050, 35.20.010, 39.34.030, 39.34.180, 82.14.320, and 82.14.330; adding new sections to chapter 3.46 RCW; repealing RCW 3.46.020, 3.46.040, 3.46.050, 3.46.060, 3.46.063, 3.46.080, 3.46.090, 3.46.100, 3.46.110, 3.46.130, 3.46.140, 3.46.145, 3.50.007, 3.50.800, 3.50.810, 3.62.070, 3.62.100, 35.22.425, 35.23.555, 35.27.515, 35.30.100, and 35A.11.200; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6613 by Senators Prentice, Keiser, Kline, Rasmussen and Shin
AN ACT Relating to reaffirming and clarifying the prohibition against internet and certain other interactive electronic or mechanical devices to engage in gambling; amending RCW 9.46.240, 9.46.0269, and 67.70.040; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
AN ACT Relating to creating an international airport expedited security screening task force; and creating new sections.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6615 by Senators Prentice and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to limiting the number and location of house-banked social card games; amending RCW 9.46.295 and 9.46.070; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SB 6616 by Senators Haugen, Jacobsen and Shin
AN ACT Relating to limitations on hunting; and adding a new section to chapter 77.32 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
SB 6617 by Senators Haugen and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to verification of the contents of farm plans prepared by conservation districts; amending RCW 42.56.270; adding a new section to chapter 89.08 RCW; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.
SB 6618 by Senators McAuliffe and Schmidt
AN ACT Relating to the high school assessment system; and amending RCW 28A.655.061.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education.
AN ACT Relating to dangerous dogs; and amending RCW 16.08.070, 16.08.080, and 16.08.090.
Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
SB 6620 by Senators Rasmussen, Pridemore and Benton
AN ACT Relating to eliminating the certificate of academic achievement as a requirement for high school graduation; amending RCW 28A.655.061, 28A.155.045, and 28A.230.090; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education.
SB 6621 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Deccio and Shin
AN ACT Relating to the business and occupation taxation of payments and contributions to nonprofit convention and tourism promotion corporations by public entities; and adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW.
Referred to Committee on International Trade & Economic Development.
SB 6622 by Senators Keiser and Kline
AN ACT Relating to vulnerable adult abuse investigation results; amending RCW 74.34.067 and 74.34.095; adding a new section to chapter 74.34 RCW; and repealing RCW 74.34.068.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 6623 by Senators Prentice, Brandland, Parlette, Schoesler, Thibaudeau, Keiser, Oke, McAuliffe, Roach, Rasmussen and Shin
AN ACT Relating to business and occupation tax exemption for chemotherapy and anticancer drugs dispensed pursuant to prescription; and adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 6624 by Senators Keiser, Kastama and McAuliffe
AN ACT Relating to revising the nursing facility payment system; amending RCW 74.46.431, 74.46.433, 74.46.496, 74.46.501, 74.46.506, 74.46.511, 74.46.515, and 74.46.521; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 6625 by Senators Parlette and Fraser
AN ACT Relating to public lands management; amending RCW 43.79.270; and adding a new section to chapter 79A.25 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.
AN ACT Relating to tax incentives for certain multiple-unit dwellings in urban centers; and amending RCW 84.14.010.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 6627 by Senators Weinstein and Fairley
AN ACT Relating to tolling the statute of limitations for construction defect actions; and amending RCW 64.50.020.
Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Consumer Protection.
SB 6628 by Senators Fairley, Regala, Thibaudeau, Keiser, Kline, McAuliffe and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to preserving the WorkFirst child safety net program; and amending RCW 74.08A.260.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SB 6629 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Pridemore, Keiser, Brown, Regala, Thibaudeau and Kline
AN ACT Relating to providing working connections child care for certain temporary assistance for needy families recipients; adding a new section to chapter 74.08A RCW; and creating a new section.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SB 6630 by Senators Kline, Prentice, Keiser, Fairley, Regala, McAuliffe and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to protecting communities from individuals with behaviors that pose a threat of violence or sexual violence; amending RCW 43.190.020, 43.190.030, and 43.190.040; adding new sections to chapter 71A.12 RCW; creating a new section; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to the creation of an extended authority commission for Washington state patrol officers; and adding a new section to chapter 43.43 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Transportation.
SB 6632 by Senators Kastama, Eide, Keiser, Roach, Johnson, Regala, Fraser, Haugen, Kline, Hewitt, Swecker, Finkbeiner, McAuliffe, Poulsen and Spanel
AN ACT Relating to Washington state participation in the Johns Hopkins University Atlantic cardiovascular patient outcomes research team elective angioplasty study to determine, through evidence-based medicine, whether nonemergency percutaneous coronary interventions can be performed safely and effectively at hospitals without on-site open heart surgery programs; adding new sections to chapter 43.70 RCW; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 6633 by Senators Regala, Oke, Roach and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to a record check of a metropolitan park district's job applicants, volunteers, and independent contractors; and amending RCW 35.61.130.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6634 by Senators Benton, Rasmussen, Benson, Stevens, Carrell, Delvin, Schoesler, Honeyford, Franklin, Johnson, Oke and Roach
AN ACT Relating to the registration of homeless sex offenders; amending RCW 9A.44.130; reenacting and amending RCW 9A.44.130; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
SB 6635 by Senators Franklin, Benton, Zarelli, Stevens, Honeyford and Rasmussen
AN ACT Relating to adoption; amending RCW 26.33.010, 26.33.045, 26.33.150, 26.33.190, and 26.33.240; reenacting and amending RCW 43.79A.040; and adding new sections to chapter 26.33 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
AN ACT Relating to the transfer of fixed assets; and amending RCW 43.99C.045.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
SB 6637 by Senators Keiser and Deccio
AN ACT Relating to qualifications for adult family home providers; and amending RCW 70.128.120.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 6638 by Senators Deccio and Keiser
AN ACT Relating to the definition of adult family home; and reenacting and amending RCW 70.128.010.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
SB 6639 by Senators Pridemore, Schmidt, Keiser, McAuliffe and Kohl-Welles
AN ACT Relating to establishing the Washington teach math-science program to increase the number and enhance the preparation of secondary school mathematics and science teachers; amending RCW 28B.102.040, 28B.102.060, and 28A.660.050; reenacting and amending RCW 43.84.092; adding a new section to chapter 28B.76 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 28B RCW; making appropriations; and providing an effective date.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education.
SB 6640 by Senators Oke, Sheldon and Rockefeller
AN ACT Relating to sales and use taxes related to the state route 16 corridor improvements project; amending RCW 47.46.060; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
SB 6641 by Senators Pflug and Kline
AN ACT Relating to the special education ombudsman; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.155 RCW.
Referred to Committee on Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education.
SB 6642 by Senators Fraser, Deccio, Fairley, Mulliken, Prentice, Honeyford, Haugen, Rockefeller, Berkey, Delvin, McAuliffe, Keiser, Kline, Regala, Thibaudeau, Parlette, Franklin, Sheldon, Roach, Rasmussen, Kohl-Welles and Shin
AN ACT Relating to prohibiting sellers of travel from promoting travel for prostitution; adding a new section to chapter 9A.88 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 19.138 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.
SJM 8032 by Senators Keiser, Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Thibaudeau, Kline and McAuliffe
Asking for over-the-counter access status to "Plan B."
Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
MOTION
On motion of Senator Eide, all measures listed on the Introduction and First Reading report were referred to the committees as designated with the exception of Senate Bill No. 6624 which was referred to the Committee on Ways & Means.
MOTION
At 12:02 p.m., on motion of Senator Eide, the Senate adjourned until 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 18, 2006.
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate
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