MORNING SESSION

Senate Chamber, Olympia, Friday, January 24, 2014

The Senate was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by President Owen. No roll call was taken.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, 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 23, 2014

SB 5334 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hewitt: Concerning public facilities' grants and loans. Reported by Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Hatfield, Chair; Brown; Eide; Hobbs; Honeyford, Ranking Member and Schoesler.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 23, 2014

SB 5887 Prime Sponsor, Senator Rivers: Concerning the medical use of cannabis. Reported by Committee on Health Care

MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5887 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Becker, Chair; Dammeier, Vice Chair; Angel; Bailey; Cleveland; Keiser; Pedersen, Ranking Member.

MINORITY recommendation: That it be referred without recommendation. Signed by Senator Parlette.

Passed to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

January 23, 2014

SB 5976 Prime Sponsor, Senator Fain: Addressing the notice given to owners of life insurance policies about alternative transactions. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Hobbs, Chair; Benton, Ranking Member; Fain; Hatfield and Roach.

MINORITY recommendation: Do not pass. Signed by Senators Mullet, Vice Chair and Nelson.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 23, 2014

SB 5977 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hobbs: Addressing the regulation of service contracts and protection product guarantees. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance

MAJORITY recommendation: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5977 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by Senators Hobbs, Chair; Mullet, Vice Chair; Benton, Ranking Member; Fain; Hatfield; Nelson and Roach.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 23, 2014

SB 6029 Prime Sponsor, Senator Benton: Concerning credit unions' mergers. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Hobbs, Chair; Mullet, Vice Chair; Benton, Ranking Member; Fain; Hatfield; Nelson and Roach.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 23, 2014

SB 6134 Prime Sponsor, Senator Hobbs: Addressing nondepository institutions regulated by the department of financial institutions. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Hobbs, Chair; Mullet, Vice Chair; Benton, Ranking Member; Fain; Hatfield; Nelson and Roach.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

January 23, 2014

SB 6135 Prime Sponsor, Senator Benton: Addressing banks and trust companies. Reported by Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance

MAJORITY recommendation: Do pass. Signed by Senators Hobbs, Chair; Mullet, Vice Chair; Benton, Ranking Member; Fain; Hatfield; Nelson and Roach.

Passed to Committee on Rules for second reading.

MOTION

On motion of Fain, all measures listed on the Standing Committee report were referred to the committees as designated with the exception of Senate Bill No. 5334 which was referred to the Committee on Ways & Means.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, the Senate advanced to the fifth order of business.

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

SB 6406 by Senators Cleveland, Eide, Billig and Chase

AN ACT Relating to vehicle headlights; and amending RCW 46.37.020.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6407 by Senators Cleveland, Ranker, Keiser and Darneille

AN ACT Relating to consent to medical care by a minor; and adding a new section to chapter 70.01 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 6408 by Senators Cleveland, Keiser, Ranker and Chase

AN ACT Relating to authorizing physician assistants to perform opthalmic-related services under employment or supervision by a medical doctor or an osteopathic physician; and amending RCW 18.71A.060.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 6409 by Senators Cleveland and Chase

AN ACT Relating to implementing changes to child support based on the child support schedule work group report; amending RCW 26.19.011, 26.19.020, 26.19.065, 26.19.075, and 26.19.090; adding a new section to chapter 26.19 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6410 by Senators Cleveland and Chase

AN ACT Relating to surname changes; amending RCW 9A.44.130; adding a new section to chapter 26.04 RCW; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 6411 by Senator Cleveland

AN ACT Relating to small estate guardian reporting intervals and training reporting requirements; adding a new section to chapter 11.92 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 6412 by Senators Cleveland, Rolfes, Hasegawa, Chase, Ranker, Braun and Kline

AN ACT Relating to tax, penalty, and interest assessments on claims for collection of sales tax debt; and amending RCW 82.08.050.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 6413 by Senators Fain, Eide, Padden, Pearson, Hobbs, Angel, King, Becker, Tom, Sheldon, Dammeier, Honeyford, Hill, O'Ban, Litzow, Brown, Schoesler and Rolfes

AN ACT Relating to prior offenses for driving under the influence or physical control of a vehicle under the influence; and amending RCW 46.61.5055.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6414 by Senators Fain, Tom, Eide, Hill, Angel, Braun, Becker, Litzow, Bailey, Brown, Schoesler and Rolfes

AN ACT Relating to improving lobbyist reporting and disclosure; amending RCW 42.17A.050, 42.17A.615, 42.17A.620, and 42.52.150; and adding new sections to chapter 42.17A RCW.

Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

SB 6415 by Senators Fain, Angel, Tom, Dammeier, Hill, Becker, Eide, Hobbs, King, Brown, Bailey, Litzow, Schoesler, Braun and Rolfes

AN ACT Relating to consecutive sentences for driving under the influence or physical control of a vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor, marijuana, or any drug; and amending RCW 9.94A.589, 46.20.740, and 46.20.750.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6416 by Senators Hatfield and Hobbs

AN ACT Relating to dealer deliveries to active duty law enforcement officers; amending RCW 9.41.090; and prescribing penalties.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6417 by Senators Chase, Rolfes, Kline and Kohl-Welles

AN ACT Relating to involving communities in environmental decision making; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications.

SB 6418 by Senators Litzow, Fain, Dammeier, Angel, Tom, Bailey, Becker and Mullet

AN ACT Relating to creating flexibility for the educator retooling conditional scholarship program; and amending RCW 28A.660.045.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 6419 by Senators Cleveland, Benton, Keiser, Darneille, Frockt, Billig, Chase, Rolfes, Nelson, Dammeier, Fraser, Eide, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Pedersen, Hargrove, Ranker, Conway and McAuliffe

AN ACT Relating to medicaid programs and expanding access to care in border communities; and adding a new section to chapter 74.09 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 6420 by Senators Keiser, Bailey, Chase and Conway

AN ACT Relating to investigations involving vulnerable adults; and amending RCW 74.34.020.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 6421 by Senators Bailey, Keiser and Becker

AN ACT Relating to certification exemptions and training requirements for individual providers who work less than twenty hours per month for a single client, or who only provide limited respite services; and amending RCW 18.88B.041, 74.39A.076, and 74.39A.341.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 6422 by Senators Becker and Keiser

AN ACT Relating to electronic timekeeping for in-home personal care or respite services; and amending RCW 74.39A.325.

Referred to Committee on Health Care.

SB 6423 by Senators Bailey, Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Frockt, Fain, Mullet, Chase and Tom

AN ACT Relating to the opportunity scholarship program; amending RCW 28B.145.020, 28B.145.030, and 28B.145.050; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.145 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

SB 6424 by Senators Roach, McAuliffe, Litzow, Fain, Bailey, Mullet, Hasegawa and Tom

AN ACT Relating to establishing a state seal of biliteracy for high school students; amending RCW 28A.230.125; adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 6425 by Senators Hasegawa, Roach, Keiser, McCoy, Eide, Kline and Chase

AN ACT Relating to joint venture agreements involving public hospital districts; amending RCW 70.44.240; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

SB 6426 by Senators Hasegawa, Chase and Kline

AN ACT Relating to increasing the available funding limit of the linked deposit program; and amending RCW 43.86A.030.

Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance.

SB 6427 by Senators Hasegawa, McCoy and Chase

AN ACT Relating to creation of the Puget Sound port authority; amending RCW 53.47.020; adding a new chapter to Title 53 RCW; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Trade & Economic Development.

SB 6428 by Senators Liias and Hasegawa

AN ACT Relating to heavy civil construction projects; amending RCW 39.10.210, 39.10.280, 39.10.340, 39.10.350, 39.10.360, 39.10.370, and 39.10.390; and reenacting and amending RCW 43.131.408.

Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

SB 6429 by Senators Darneille, Hargrove, Chase and Kline

AN ACT Relating to the advisory committee on the disproportionate representation of children of color in Washington's child welfare system; amending RCW 74.13.096; repealing 2009 c 520 s 96 (uncodified); and repealing 2007 c 465 s 3 (uncodified).

Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

SB 6430 by Senators Liias, Fain, Hobbs, Litzow, Eide, Dammeier, McAuliffe, Baumgartner, Cleveland, Angel and Ericksen

AN ACT Relating to extending tax preferences for high-technology research and development; amending RCW 82.04.4452 and 82.63.030; and providing expiration dates.

Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

SB 6431 by Senators Hargrove, Kohl-Welles, Liias, Kline, Rolfes, Parlette, Frockt, Pedersen and Conway

AN ACT Relating to assistance for schools in implementing youth suicide prevention activities; amending RCW 28A.300.288; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 6432 by Senators Roach, Benton, Dansel, Hargrove and Kline

AN ACT Relating to ending the use of manufacturing standards as a law enforcement profiling tool; amending RCW 46.37.530; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6433 by Senators Padden, Kline and Darneille

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting discrimination by an individual or entity on the basis of creed; reenacting and amending RCW 49.60.040; and adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6434 by Senators O'Ban, Kohl-Welles, Fain, Kline, Bailey, Angel, Becker, Dammeier and Chase

AN ACT Relating to seizure and forfeiture of property for patronizing a prostitute; and amending RCW 9A.88.150.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6435 by Senators O'Ban, Kohl-Welles, Bailey, Kline, Angel, Becker and Chase

AN ACT Relating to mandatory restitution for sexual exploitation of children; and adding a new section to chapter 9.94A RCW.

Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

SB 6436 by Senators Frockt, Bailey, Kohl-Welles and Hargrove

AN ACT Relating to creating a work group to make recommendations for the continued viability of the college bound scholarship program; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

SB 6437 by Senators Conway, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Chase and Kline

AN ACT Relating to registration requirements for contractors; amending RCW 18.27.030 and 18.27.070; and creating a new section.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6438 by Senators Liias, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Hasegawa, Billig, Conway, McCoy, Kohl-Welles and Keiser

AN ACT Relating to enhancing the basic education allocation formula to adopt the staffing resources recommended by the quality education council; amending RCW 28A.150.260; adding a new section to chapter 28A.150 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 6439 by Senators Liias, Litzow, McAuliffe, Billig, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Pedersen, Mullet, Rolfes, Cleveland, Fraser and Frockt

AN ACT Relating to preventing harassment, intimidation, and bullying in public schools; and amending RCW 28A.300.285.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

SB 6440 by Senators King, Eide and Kline

AN ACT Relating to imposing motor vehicle fuel taxes on compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas used for transportation purposes; amending RCW 82.38.030, 82.38.075, 82.80.010, 82.80.110, 82.80.120, 82.47.010, 82.47.020, 46.16A.060, 46.37.467, 82.04.310, 82.04.120, 82.12.022, 82.14.230, 35.21.870, and 82.14.030; adding a new section to chapter 82.16 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an effective date.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6441 by Senators Kohl-Welles, Darneille, Chase, Keiser, Hobbs, Hatfield, Kline, Rolfes and Conway

AN ACT Relating to consumer warranty protections; and adding new sections to chapter 62A.2 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6442 by Senators Brown, Hatfield, Schoesler, Hobbs, Honeyford, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline and Rolfes

AN ACT Relating to allowing sales of growlers of cider; and adding a new section to chapter 66.28 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

SB 6443 by Senators Liias, Angel, Eide, Bailey and Rolfes

AN ACT Relating to time period and monetary limits on ferry vessel and terminal work by state forces; and amending RCW 47.28.030.

Referred to Committee on Transportation.

SB 6444 by Senators Litzow, Angel, Tom, Bailey, Billig, Fain and Keiser

AN ACT Relating to breakfast after the bell programs in certain public schools; and adding new sections to chapter 28A.235 RCW.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, all measures listed on the Introduction and First Reading report were referred to the committees as designated.

MOTION

On motion of Senator Fain, the Senate advanced to the eighth order of business.

MOTION

Senator Frockt moved adoption of the following resolution:

SENATE RESOLUTION
8665

By Senators Ranker, Frockt, Hobbs, and Eide

WHEREAS, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was unique to the world in his influence and impact, embodying the transcendent truth that the cruelty of ignorance withers in the light of a just cause; and

WHEREAS, Mandela's life reminds us that there is no greater example than to stand for equality, and his legacy reminds us that history and humanity will always aspire to those who did; and

WHEREAS, Mandela was freed from prison after twenty-seven years and immediately began negotiating with South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk to begin the process of ending apartheid; and

WHEREAS, On December 10, 1993, Mandela and de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to peacefully bring an end to apartheid and lay the foundation for democracy on a one person – one vote principle; and

WHEREAS, The first democratic election in 1994 allowed people of all races to vote as equals, wherein Mandela became the first president of a post-apartheid South Africa; and

WHEREAS, The 1994 election began the process of restoring balance to a bitterly divided nation, reminding the world that free and fair elections are at the foundation of freedom and democracy; and

WHEREAS, Forgiveness and inclusiveness were a hallmark of his presidency; and

WHEREAS, His contributions as a leader and statesman to the nation of South Africa provided many lessons for all nations – particularly regarding the importance of civil rights which allow open elections and provide protections against unwarranted search and imprisonment; and

WHEREAS, Mandela firmly believed that, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"; and

WHEREAS, Mandela stressed that the ability for all families to be lovingly united was paramount to the anti-apartheid movement; and

WHEREAS, While the fight for equality is an ongoing battle, Mandela's example in South Africa reminds us that it is one we must continue;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate recognize and honor the life and work of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela for his invaluable contributions to the lives of those in South Africa and the world at large.

Senators Frockt and Ranker spoke in favor of adoption of the resolution.

The President declared the question before the Senate to be the adoption of Senate Resolution No. 8665.

The motion by Senator Frockt carried and the resolution was adopted by voice vote.

MOTION

At 10:14 a.m., on motion of Senator Fain, the Senate adjourned until 12:00 noon, Monday, January 27, 2014.

BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate

HUNTER G. GOODMAN, Secretary of the Senate

5334

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Other Action........................................................................... 1

5887

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5976

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

5977

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6029

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6134

Committee Report.................................................................. 1

6135

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6406

Introduction & 1^st Reading..................................................... 1

6407