 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 3 | ||
| SIXTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | ||
| Thursday, January 12, 2012 | 4th Day - 2012 Regular Session | |
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This publication includes digest and history for bills, joint memorials, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, initiatives, and substitutes. Engrossed measures may be republished if the amendment makes a substantive change.
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HB 2271
by Representatives Darneille, Jinkins, and Moscoso
Concerning the disclosure of personally identifying information on certain transit passes and fare payment media.
Addresses disclosure of personally identifying information on certain transit passes and fare payment media.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2272
by Representative Appleton
Concerning antifreeze products.
Applies certain engine coolant and antifreeze restrictions to persons who install engine coolant and antifreeze for compensation.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2273
by Representatives Clibborn and Armstrong
Concerning the processing of vehicles impounded by law enforcement for evidentiary purposes.
Addresses responsibility for vehicles impounded for evidentiary purposes and directed to be towed to a secure public storage facility.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2274
by Representatives Armstrong, Clibborn, and Ormsby
Allowing registered tow truck operators to pass the costs of tolls and ferry fares to the impounded vehicle's registered owner.
Allows registered tow truck operators to collect costs of tolls and ferry fares from the registered owner of an impounded vehicle.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2275
by Representatives Goodman and Armstrong
Allowing a registered tow truck operator to reimpound a vehicle that has been redeemed from storage or purchased at auction and not removed from the operator's business premises.
Allows a registered tow truck operator, on the operator's own authorization, to reimpound a previously impounded vehicle that has been redeemed from storage or purchased at auction and left by the person redeeming or purchasing the vehicle at the operator's place of business for more than twenty-four hours.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2276
by Representatives Taylor, Overstreet, Orcutt, Kristiansen, Short, Smith, Johnson, Rivers, Buys, Harris, Schmick, Shea, Condotta, Haler, Warnick, and Alexander
Regarding administrative procedures that promote accountability, transparency, and economic relief.
Establishes the regulatory freedom and accountability act.Suspends certain agency rule making.Requires agencies, before adoption of a rule, to determine whether compliance with the rule will result in a specified economic impact.Prohibits agencies from issuing fines or imposing penalties under certain circumstances.Authorizes the adoption of only rules derived from a specific grant of legislative authority.Ensures that all laws and rules adopted by the federal and state governments are firmly grounded in their respective constitutions.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2277
by Representatives Upthegrove, Tharinger, Jinkins, Moscoso, Hudgins, and Fitzgibbon
Updating the statutes controlling the Puget Sound partnership to reflect the transition from developing the action agenda to implementing the action agenda.
Updates statutes controlling the Puget Sound partnership to reflect the transition from developing the action agenda to implementing the action agenda.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2278
by Representatives Moeller, Pettigrew, Hasegawa, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, Tharinger, Moscoso, and Santos
Concerning annual accountability surveys for the warehousing and distribution center sales and use tax exemption.
Requires wholesalers or third-party warehousers who own or operate warehouses or grain elevators and retailers who own or operate distribution centers to file a complete annual survey with the department of revenue.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2279
by Representatives Moeller, Pettigrew, Blake, Hasegawa, Carlyle, Fitzgibbon, Dickerson, and Ormsby
Implementing changes to child support based on the child support schedule work group report.
Implements recommendations made by the 2011 child support schedule work group, including the use of the residential schedule credit worksheet and formulas contained in the work group's final report.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2280
by Representatives Moeller, Pettigrew, Blake, Clibborn, Armstrong, Goodman, Hasegawa, Fitzgibbon, Carlyle, Orcutt, Maxwell, Dickerson, Pollet, Tharinger, and Pearson
Establishing a yellow dot program for motor vehicles.
Requires the director of the department of licensing to implement a voluntary yellow dot program to assist owners and lessees of motor vehicles and their passengers, emergency medical responders, and law enforcement personnel in the event of a motor vehicle accident, a medical emergency, or any other interaction involving emergency medical responders or law enforcement personnel.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2281
by Representatives Rivers, Probst, Harris, Alexander, Dahlquist, Orcutt, Kelley, Miloscia, Zeiger, Angel, and Moscoso
Incorporating performance audit recommendations into the state budgeting process.
Requests the governor to review all performance audits of state agencies conducted by the state auditor, identify each recommendation made in the performance audit, and prepare a progress report as part of the biennial budget documents on how each recommendation has been implemented that does not require legislative action.Requires the appropriate legislative committees, within thirty days after a performance audit of a state agency conducted by the state auditor is issued to the public, to hold a work session or public hearing on the performance audit and adopt a joint memorial addressed to the appropriate state agencies expressing the legislature's views on the recommendations of the performance audit.Requires budget documents to contain the performance audit implementation progress report prepared by the governor.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2282
by Representatives Angel, Haler, Rodne, Buys, McCune, and Overstreet
Eliminating the growth management hearings board.
Abolishes the growth management hearings board.Transfers certain possessions to the custody of the department of enterprise services.Transfers funds, credits, and other assets to the office of financial management.Requires existing contracts and obligations to be terminated or transferred to the office of financial management.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2283
by Representatives Hunt and Reykdal
Modifying the display requirement for certain parking placards.
Requires parking placards for persons with disabilities to be displayed in a manner that allows the entire placard to be viewed through the vehicle windshield.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2284
by Representative Hunt
Addressing civil liability of parents and legal guardians under certain circumstances.
Modifies penalties for parents or legal guardians who have custody of an unemancipated minor who takes possession of any goods, wares, or merchandise displayed or offered for sale by any wholesale or retail store or other mercantile establishment.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2285
by Representatives Hunt and Appleton
Making technical corrections to campaign finance laws.
Makes technical corrections to campaign finance laws.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2286
by Representatives Blake and Chandler
Regarding the authority of the department of fish and wildlife to finalize administrative processes for programs related to agreements with the federal government under the endangered species act.
Prohibits the department of fish and wildlife, without prior express direction from the legislature, from: (1) Officially entering into a habitat conservation plan, or other multiyear agreement with the federal government under the endangered species act, for the hydraulics project approval program that commits the state to future action or constrains future state options; and(2) Finalizing rule-making processes related to the hydraulic project approval program that is or was funded in part or whole by a grant from any branch of the federal government.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2287
by Representatives Goodman, Dickerson, Kagi, Orwall, Kenney, Moeller, Kelley, Moscoso, and Roberts
Providing credit towards child support obligations for veterans benefits.
Provides credit towards child support obligations for veterans' benefits.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2288
by Representatives Haigh, Dahlquist, Hargrove, Rivers, Probst, Finn, Appleton, Wylie, Kenney, Pollet, Seaquist, Dammeier, Springer, Carlyle, and Angel
Exempting veterinarians from the data submission requirements of the prescription monitoring program.
Exempts veterinarians from the data submission requirements of the prescription monitoring program.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2289
by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Roberts, Carlyle, Jinkins, Ormsby, and Dickerson
Establishing a flexible approach to child protective services.
Implements a flexible response system within child protective services, including a family assessment response, to better serve families where alleged maltreatment does not present a serious or imminent threat of substantial harm to children.Authorizes an initial implementation phase to test the effectiveness of a family assessment model, leading to statewide implementation of a family assessment response within child protective services.Requires the department of social and health services to: (1) Select at least two sites to begin the process of implementing family assessment response for child protective services statewide; and(2) Develop an implementation plan in consultation with stakeholders, including tribes.Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct a rigorous evaluation of each implementation site in consultation with the department of social and health services and other members of the child welfare research community.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 2290
by Representatives Smith, Appleton, Orcutt, Blake, Wilcox, Klippert, Fagan, and Kenney
Limiting the number of tax rate changes.
Limits the number of sales and use tax rate changes.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
HB 2291
by Representatives Smith and Takko
Concerning the creation of local improvement districts by petition in water-sewer districts.
Provides a process for creation of local improvement districts by petition in water-sewer districts.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2292
by Representatives Maxwell, Sells, Dahlquist, Hasegawa, Hudgins, Seaquist, Springer, Pettigrew, Lytton, Clibborn, Kenney, Orwall, Carlyle, Ryu, Roberts, and Santos
Including Renton technical college in the aerospace training student loan program.
Includes Renton technical college in the aerospace training student loan program.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
| Jan 13 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 9:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2293
by Representatives Pedersen, Rodne, and Orwall
Expanding consumer cooperative provisions under the nonprofit miscellaneous and mutual corporations act.
Expands consumer cooperative provisions under the nonprofit miscellaneous and mutual corporations act.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2294
by Representatives Van De Wege, Jinkins, Eddy, Liias, Hudgins, Cody, Reykdal, Darneille, and Ormsby
Establishing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation as a graduation requirement.
Requires successful completion of instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in order to graduate from a public high school beginning with the graduating class of 2016.Requires school districts that operate a high school to make instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation available to students.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2295
by Representatives Van De Wege, Tharinger, Hudgins, Eddy, Springer, Appleton, Maxwell, Haler, Reykdal, Lytton, Sells, Smith, Green, Billig, Hurst, Wilcox, Dammeier, Pedersen, Takko, Morris, Angel, Stanford, Moscoso, Ormsby, Haigh, Hansen, and Roberts
Regarding the discover pass.
Repeals existing provisions relating to the discover pass and creates new modified provisions.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to General Government Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 2296
by Representatives Morris, McCoy, Ryu, and Hudgins
Concerning the siting of biofuel processing facilities.
Allows an energy facility that exclusively uses an alternative energy resource to choose to receive certification under chapter 80.50 RCW (energy facilities--site locations), regardless of the electrical generating capacity of the project.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 2297
by Representatives Morris, McCoy, Eddy, Hudgins, Ormsby, and Fitzgibbon
Authorizing the establishment of an energy efficiency improvement loan fund.
Authorizes electric utilities to: (1) Establish an energy efficiency improvement loan fund;(2) Receive voluntary contributions from customers that must be deposited into the fund; and(3) Provide loans to customers for financing the acquisition and installation of energy efficiency improvements.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Technology, Energy & Communications. | |
HB 2298
by Representatives Kagi, Goodman, Darneille, Orwall, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Stanford, Dickerson, Jinkins, Ryu, Moscoso, Roberts, and Santos
Limiting the use of restraints on juveniles.
Declares it is the policy of the state: (1) To use the least restrictive form of restraint for juveniles during their transportation to and appearance in court; and(2) That restraints shall only be used when necessary based upon concerns regarding safety to the juvenile and the public, potential risk of flight, or other attendant circumstances.Requires the director of a juvenile detention facility and the secretary of the department of social and health services to provide an informational packet about the requirements of the act to all staff who are involved in transporting youth and to other staff as appropriate.Requires the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, the juvenile rehabilitation administration, the criminal justice training commission, and the administrative office of the courts to jointly develop the informational packet on the requirements of the act.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 2299
by Representatives Warnick, Clibborn, Haigh, Armstrong, Short, Nealey, Fagan, Tharinger, Hunt, Moscoso, and Jinkins
Creating "4-H" special license plates.
Creates "4-H" special license plates.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2300
by Representatives Goodman, Rodne, Eddy, and Ormsby
Modifying the mandatory retirement provision for district judges.
Modifies the mandatory retirement provision for district judges.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2301
by Representatives Green, Kirby, Pettigrew, Condotta, and Jinkins
Concerning boxing, martial arts, and wrestling.
Modifies provisions relating to boxing, martial arts, and wrestling.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 2302
by Representatives Goodman, Warnick, Kenney, Kagi, Liias, Orwall, Billig, Hasegawa, Finn, Kelley, Rodne, Moeller, Dammeier, Reykdal, Van De Wege, Maxwell, Tharinger, Sells, Jinkins, Hurst, Green, McCoy, Smith, Pearson, Appleton, Darneille, Hunt, Fitzgibbon, Miloscia, Zeiger, Ryu, Stanford, Johnson, and Seaquist; by request of Washington State Patrol
Concerning being under the influence with a child in the vehicle.
Modifies provisions relating to driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug with a child under the age of sixteen in the vehicle.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2303
by Representatives Pearson, Green, and Appleton
Regulating the practices of pharmacy benefits managers.
Regulates pharmacy benefits managers.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2304
by Representatives Hudgins, Hunt, and Moscoso; by request of Department of Health and Department of Ecology
Transferring the low-level radioactive waste site use permit program from the department of ecology to the department of health.
Transfers the low-level radioactive waste site use permit program from the department of ecology to the department of health.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2305
by Representatives Angel, Takko, and Green
Changing authority for contracts with community service organizations for public improvements.
Authorizes a port district to contract with certain community service organizations for public improvements.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 2306
by Representatives Hinkle and Green
Authorizing the presentation of claims for payment for pathology services to direct patient-provider primary care practices.
Authorizes clinical laboratories or physicians providing anatomic pathology services for patients in this state to present a claim, bill, or demand for payment for these services to certain direct patient-provider primary care practices.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2307
by Representatives Rodne, Eddy, Dammeier, Haler, and Alexander; by request of Attorney General
Concerning claims against the state and governmental entities arising out of tortious conduct.
Removes the exemption of health care injuries from provisions relating to claims against the state and governmental entities arising out of tortious conduct.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2308
by Representatives Rodne and Pedersen
Regulating awarding of costs, including attorneys' fees, in actions challenging actions taken by professional peer review bodies.
Regulates the awarding of costs in actions challenging actions taken by a professional peer review body of health care providers.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2309
by Representatives Pettigrew and Dammeier; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Regarding provisional school employees' contracts.
Addresses provisional employee status and nonrenewal of employment contracts for school district employees.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2310
by Representatives Wilcox, McCune, and Chandler
Creating efficiencies for municipal water suppliers.
Modifies provisions relating to municipal water suppliers.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2311
by Representatives Chandler and Warnick
Providing a degree of local control to the use of exempt wells.
Authorizes county legislative authorities to establish quantity limits for new uses of water related to single or group domestic uses.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2312
by Representatives Zeiger, Clibborn, Armstrong, Ladenburg, Hargrove, Billig, Dammeier, Orwall, Bailey, Takko, Finn, Asay, Smith, Tharinger, Kelley, Pearson, Miloscia, and Moscoso
Making military service award emblems available for purchase.
Allows veterans discharged under honorable conditions and active duty military personnel to purchase a military service award emblem.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 2313
by Representatives Zeiger, Carlyle, Probst, Wilcox, Anderson, Haler, Fagan, Reykdal, Springer, Buys, Pollet, Wylie, Crouse, Jinkins, Moscoso, and Overstreet
Concerning the meeting procedures of the boards of trustees and boards of regents of institutions of higher education.
Requires the boards of trustees and the boards of regents of institutions of higher education to: (1) Follow procedures for open public meetings in the open public meetings act; and(2) Provide time for public comment at each meeting.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 2314
by Representatives Cody and Green
Concerning long-term care workers.
Finds that numerous enactments and amendments to long-term care services statutes over many years have resulted in duplicated provisions, ambiguities, and other technical errors.Declares an intent to make corrections and clarify provisions governing services by long-term care workers.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2315
by Representative Cody
Concerning physician assistants.
Modifies requirements for an osteopathic physician assistant to practice osteopathic medicine and for a physician assistant to practice medicine.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2316
by Representatives Cody, Hinkle, and Green
Regarding the disclosure of health care information.
Modifies health care information access and disclosure provisions.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2317
by Representatives Cody, Jinkins, Dickerson, and Ormsby
Financing hospitals by the health care facilities authority.
Provides that the total amount of outstanding indebtedness of the health care facilities authority, with respect to hospital projects, may not exceed 5.5 billion dollars at any time.Requires the health care facilities authority to require participants in a hospital project to agree, as minimum conditions of financing, that the hospital must: (1) Provide a certain amount of charity care;(2) Implement one or more programs to reduce the number and rate of emergency department visits for nonemergent health conditions; and(3) Maintain a certain rate of facility readmissions.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2318
by Representatives Cody, Hinkle, Bailey, and Jinkins
Concerning shared decision making.
Revises the definition of "patient decision aid" for purposes of RCW 7.70.060 relating to shared decision making and medical treatment consent forms.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2319
by Representatives Cody, Jinkins, and Ormsby; by request of Governor Gregoire and Insurance Commissioner
Implementing the affordable care act.
Furthers state implementation of the health benefit exchange and related provisions of the affordable care act.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2320
by Representatives Kelley, Hurst, Eddy, Finn, and Blake
Prohibiting certain transactions by state officers that involve nonpublic information.
Prohibits state officers from buying, selling, or investing in securities, commodities, or real property on the basis of material nonpublic information if the officer gained the information by reason of his or her official position.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2321
by Representatives Kelley, Finn, and Moscoso
Addressing military deployment in sentencing guideline provisions.
Includes in the list of factors that can support a sentence above the standard range, the current offense involved a member of the military who is an active or reserve member of the United States military or naval forces, or a national guard member or his or her immediate family, and the defendant committed the current offense knowing the military member was on deployment.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2322
by Representatives Kelley and Hurst
Making the operation of a motor vehicle chop shop a crime.
Makes operation of a motor vehicle chop shop a class B felony.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2323
by Representatives Orwall, Asay, Carlyle, Walsh, Pettigrew, Dickerson, Kagi, Goodman, Green, Ladenburg, Dammeier, Hurst, Upthegrove, Maxwell, Parker, Sells, Probst, Darneille, Miloscia, Anderson, Ryu, Kelley, Stanford, Moscoso, Finn, Hudgins, Ormsby, Roberts, and Santos
Concerning the protection of young adults involved in the commercial sale of sex.
Imposes increased fees on those who patronize adult prostitutes.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2324
by Representative Pearson
Changing the expense of voter registration.
Modifies provisions relating to the expense of voter registration.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2325
by Representatives Green, Kelley, Reykdal, Walsh, Dickerson, Jinkins, Darneille, and Roberts
Requiring the court to consider evidence of domestic violence when ordering maintenance.
Requires a court, when determining whether and to what extent maintenance is just, to consider documented evidence of any history of domestic violence between the parties.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2326
by Representatives Jinkins, Ladenburg, Darneille, Fitzgibbon, Upthegrove, Seaquist, Moscoso, Green, Kagi, Billig, Tharinger, Pollet, Wylie, Reykdal, McCoy, Eddy, Hunt, and Lytton
Protecting air quality that is impacted by high emitting solid fuel burning devices.
Modifies clean air act provisions relating to: (1) First and second stage burn bans; and(2) Limitations on use of solid fuel burning devices.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2327
by Representatives Haigh, Dammeier, Hunt, and Ormsby
Addressing alternative public works.
Modifies alternative public works provisions relating to: (1) Uses of the design-build procedure; and(2) The request for qualifications documents and the public solicitation of proposals to include the firm's outreach plan to include small, economically and socially disadvantaged businesses and state-certified minority and women business enterprises.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2328
by Representatives Dammeier, Haigh, and Hunt
Addressing job order contracting.
Modifies provisions relating to job order contracting.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2329
by Representatives Takko, Orcutt, Blake, Chandler, Stanford, Taylor, and Van De Wege; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands
Replacing encumbered state forest lands for the benefit of multiple participating counties.
Authorizes the board of natural resources to: (1) Establish a state forest land pool for small, timber-dependent southwest Washington counties; and(2) If deemed appropriate after a required analysis, use revenue designated for replacement of encumbered state forest land in one county to be pooled with other counties' land replacement funds to purchase forest land within any of the participating counties.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 2330
by Representatives Cody, Jinkins, Darneille, Pollet, Wylie, Appleton, Goodman, Pedersen, Roberts, Van De Wege, Carlyle, Maxwell, Fitzgibbon, Hudgins, Reykdal, Santos, McCoy, Clibborn, Kagi, Lytton, Moscoso, Springer, Eddy, Liias, Hunt, Moeller, Tharinger, Billig, Kenney, Ryu, Dickerson, Stanford, and Ormsby
Concerning health plan coverage for the voluntary termination of a pregnancy.
Requires a health plan that provides coverage for maternity care or services to also provide a covered person with substantially equivalent coverage to permit the voluntary termination of a pregnancy.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2331
by Representatives Dickerson, Darneille, Takko, Roberts, Pettigrew, Goodman, Jinkins, Miloscia, Ryu, Hurst, and Santos
Concerning mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect.
Addresses mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 2332
by Representatives Hunt, Reykdal, and Tharinger
Concerning on-site sewage program management plans.
Authorizes a local board of health to: (1) Adopt and manage certain on-site sewage program management plans;(2) Impose and collect rates or charges necessary to implement the plan; and(3) Contract with the county treasurer to collect the rates or charges.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2333
by Representatives Lytton, Maxwell, Wylie, Probst, Reykdal, Jinkins, Appleton, Fitzgibbon, McCoy, Billig, Springer, Orwall, Tharinger, Roberts, and Van De Wege
Reducing state requirements on local school districts.
Removes "writing" from certain education requirements to reduce state requirements on local school districts.Prohibits the state board of education from adopting a requirement for completion of a culminating project.Authorizes the state board of education to adopt a requirement for completion of a high school and beyond plan, but must allow students to substitute enrollment in certain other courses or programs for completion of the plan.Requires the state auditor to conduct audits no more often than once every three years of school districts that have no findings of impropriety for the three-year period immediately preceding the audit period, including financial audits and accountability audits.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2334
by Representatives Lytton, Maxwell, Wylie, Probst, Reykdal, Jinkins, Pollet, Fitzgibbon, McCoy, Billig, Hansen, Appleton, Orwall, Stanford, Moscoso, and Carlyle
Establishing a statewide plan for implementing revised teacher and principal evaluation systems to support continuous professional growth based on the development work of pilot school districts.
Establishes a statewide implementation plan with common definitions and performance descriptions, professional development opportunities, and an evaluation schedule whereby all teachers and principals in the state receive a comprehensive new evaluation no later than the 2016-2017 school year.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 2335
by Representatives Short, Upthegrove, and Springer
Concerning standards for the use of science to support public policy.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife and the department of ecology, before taking a significant agency action, to identify the peer-reviewed science, scientific literature, and other sources of information reviewed by the agency and relied upon for the significant agency action.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2336
by Representatives Carlyle, Sullivan, Orwall, Maxwell, Lytton, Reykdal, Pettigrew, Liias, Fitzgibbon, Hunt, Hudgins, Darneille, and Santos
Requiring a model policy for open licensing of courseware developed with state funds.
Requires the Washington state school directors' association, with the assistance of the office of the superintendent of public instruction, to convene an advisory committee to develop a model policy for the open licensing of courseware developed with state funds.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Education Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 2337
by Representatives Carlyle, Orwall, Sullivan, Maxwell, Lytton, Zeiger, Reykdal, Pettigrew, Liias, Dammeier, Fitzgibbon, Pedersen, Hunt, and Hudgins
Regarding open educational resources in K-12 education.
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to take the lead in developing openly licensed courseware aligned with the common core state standards and placed under a Creative Commons attribution license that allows others to use, distribute, and create derivative works based upon the digital material, while still allowing the authors or creators to retain the copyright and to receive credit for their efforts.Expires June 30, 2018.Allocates one and one-half percent of the amount otherwise allocable to school districts for curriculum and textbooks under RCW 28A.150.260(8) to be allocated to the office of the superintendent of public instruction solely for the development of openly licensed courseware.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Education Appropriations & Oversight. | |
HB 2338
by Representatives Fagan, Schmick, Johnson, Angel, Blake, Short, Klippert, Asay, Condotta, Warnick, Nealey, Orcutt, Kristiansen, Haler, Van De Wege, Pearson, and Hurst
Providing fiscal relief to cities and counties during periods of economic downturn by delaying new storm water requirements.
Delays new storm water requirements to provide fiscal relief to cities and counties during periods of economic downturn.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 2339
by Representatives Sells, Condotta, Reykdal, Taylor, and Springer
Providing unemployment insurance benefit charging relief for part-time employers who continue to employ a claimant on a part-time basis and the claimant qualified for two consecutive claims with wages attributable to at least one employer who employed the claimant in both base years.
Allows a contribution paying base year employer to receive unemployment insurance benefit charging relief if the benefit charges result from payment to an individual who continues to be employed on a regularly scheduled permanent part-time basis and who qualified for two consecutive unemployment claims where wages were attributable to at least one employer who employed the individual in both base years.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 2340
by Representatives Moeller, Appleton, Armstrong, Ryu, Zeiger, Springer, Tharinger, Dammeier, Darneille, and Hunt
Clarifying restrictions on the use of the public records act for the purpose of obtaining records for commercial or profit-making purposes.
Strengthens and clarifies existing restrictions on the use of public records requests for commercial and profit-making purposes.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 2341
by Representatives Jinkins, Cody, Ladenburg, Van De Wege, Green, Reykdal, Moeller, Tharinger, McCoy, Darneille, and Hunt
Concerning community benefits provided by hospitals.
Builds upon requirements established in the federal patient protection and affordable care act to increase the quality of, and accountability for, community benefit activities by nonprofit hospitals operating in the state.Requires each hospital that is organized as, or affiliated with, a nonprofit entity or is operated by a public hospital district to submit a community health needs assessment to the department of health.Requires a nonprofit hospital to annually provide community benefits, including charity care, by complying with certain standards.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2342
by Representatives Kirby, Rodne, Goodman, Shea, Kelley, Blake, Takko, and Overstreet
Removing the notice requirement when an attorney or private investigator requests vehicle owner information.
Removes the notice requirement when an attorney or private investigator requests vehicle owner information.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 2343
by Representatives Cody and Schmick; by request of Department of Health
Authorizing electronic communication of prescription information for controlled substances.
Addresses electronic communication of prescription information for certain controlled substances.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 2344
by Representatives Angel, Sells, Condotta, and Moscoso
Authorizing certain corporate officers to receive unemployment benefits.
Authorizes unemployment benefits for certain corporate officers.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 2345
by Representatives Angel, McCune, Schmick, and Klippert
Creating a higher education registration priority for eligible veterans and national guard members.
Requires institutions of higher education to give students who are eligible veterans or national guard members priority during registration.Encourages private and independent institutions of higher education to provide priority registration to eligible veterans and national guard members.Expires July 1, 2022.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 2346
by Representatives Walsh, Reykdal, Pearson, Hurst, Kristiansen, Nealey, McCune, Appleton, Orwall, Moscoso, Goodman, DeBolt, Rivers, Shea, Armstrong, Maxwell, Johnson, Springer, Darneille, Sells, Fitzgibbon, Eddy, Angel, Upthegrove, Kelley, Ryu, Stanford, Hudgins, Seaquist, and Ormsby
Removing the requirement that correctional officers of the department of corrections purchase uniforms from correctional industries.
Exempts the department of corrections and its employees from the requirement to purchase uniforms from correctional industries.Prohibits offenders under the custody of the department of corrections from making or assembling uniforms to be worn by department of corrections personnel.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness. | |
HB 2347
by Representatives Dammeier, Kelley, Wilcox, Van De Wege, Pearson, Hurst, Zeiger, Seaquist, Rodne, Ladenburg, Hope, Green, Klippert, and Moscoso
Concerning the possession of spring blade knives.
Modifies provisions relating to the possession of spring blade knives.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HJR 4224
by Representatives Finn, Alexander, Orwall, Hunt, Haigh, Sells, Wylie, Maxwell, Takko, Zeiger, Eddy, Kelley, Hurst, Blake, Springer, Appleton, Warnick, Carlyle, Darneille, Miloscia, Moscoso, Roberts, and Santos
Amending the state Constitution by adding requirements for initiative filings.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution by adding requirements for initiative filings.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Affairs. | |
SB 6061
by Senators Pflug and Murray
Changing the nonresident sales tax exemption into a refund program.
Requires persons claiming exemption from retail sales tax to pay the state and local sales tax to the seller at the time of purchase and then request a remittance of the state sales tax from the department of revenue.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6062
by Senators Fain, Hargrove, Harper, Kilmer, Haugen, Litzow, Hobbs, Tom, Hill, Conway, King, and Roach
Concerning the definitions of certain motorcycles.
Expands the definition of "motorcycle."
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6063
by Senator Nelson
Concerning public improvement contracts involving federally funded transit facility projects.
Addresses public improvement contracts involving transit facility projects funded, in whole or in part, by federal transportation funds.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6064
by Senator Kline
Authorizing regional transit authorities to use the job order contracting procedure.
Authorizes regional transit authorities to use the job order contracting procedure.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6065
by Senators Kline, Swecker, and Padden
Concerning county coroners.
Modifies provisions relating to county coroners.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6066
by Senators Kline, Nelson, Murray, Shin, and Kohl-Welles
Concerning video and audio recording by law enforcement officers.
Modifies provisions relating to video and audio recording by law enforcement officers.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6067
by Senators Kline and Harper
Suspending and waiving certain court assessments, fines, and penalties.
Prohibits district and municipal courts from suspending fees, fines, or assessments for certain traffic infractions and with regard to the public safety and education assessment.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6068
by Senators Kline, Zarelli, and Frockt
Providing for religious objection to autopsy.
Prohibits, under certain circumstances, a dissection or autopsy from being performed over the objection of a surviving relative or friend of the deceased that the procedure is contrary to the religious belief of the decedent, or if there is otherwise reason to believe that a dissection or autopsy is contrary to the decedent's religious beliefs.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6069
by Senators Litzow, Kline, Harper, and Frockt
Concerning electronic transactions.
Repeals the Washington electronic authentication act and establishes the uniform electronic transactions act.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6070
by Senators Kline, Frockt, Harper, Keiser, and Shin
Concerning the recording of residential real property.
Requires transfers and assignments of residential real property to be recorded in the office of the recording officer of the county where the property is situated.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 6071
by Senators Kline and Pridemore
Concerning the vacation of records.
Changes the requirements for clearing a record of conviction.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6072
by Senators Kline, Kohl-Welles, Conway, Harper, Hobbs, and Keiser
Protecting employees from retaliation for conduct that promotes public policy.
Prohibits an employer from taking materially adverse action against an employee or independent contractor where retaliation is a substantial factor in the employer's decision to take action.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6073
by Senators Kilmer, Regala, Rolfes, and Carrell
Concerning sales and use taxes related to the state route number 16 corridor improvements project.
Provides that sales and use taxes need not be repaid on the site preparation for, the construction of, the acquisition of any related machinery and equipment that will become a part of, and the rental of equipment for use in the state route number 16 corridor improvements project.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6074
by Senators Kilmer, Parlette, and Shin; by request of Governor Gregoire
Concerning the capital budget.
Funds capital projects.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6075
by Senators Carrell and Harper
Removing the notice requirement when an attorney or private investigator requests vehicle owner information.
Removes the notice requirement when an attorney or private investigator requests vehicle owner information.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6076
by Senators Nelson, Fain, and Pridemore
Creating a senior center license.
Authorizes a senior center license to be issued to a nonprofit organization whose primary service is providing recreational and social activities for seniors on the licensed premises that will permit the licensee to sell spirits by the individual glass, including mixed drinks and cocktails mixed on the premises only, beer and wine, at retail for consumption on the premises.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 6077
by Senators Nelson, Conway, Frockt, Rolfes, Regala, and Kline; by request of Department of Ecology
Generating additional revenue from the sale of solid fuel burning devices.
Assesses an additional fee of fifteen dollars on the retail sale of each solid fuel burning device.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
SB 6078
by Senators Ranker, Swecker, Regala, Kline, Schoesler, Fain, Kilmer, Harper, Shin, Litzow, Fraser, Keiser, Conway, Hargrove, and Rolfes
Implementing efficiencies in the management of the state's natural resources.
Requires the departments of agriculture, ecology, fish and wildlife, and natural resources, the recreation and conservation office, the Puget Sound partnership, the conservation commission, and the parks and recreation commission, in consultation with the office of financial management, to develop and effectuate an ongoing process to identify, analyze, and, where appropriate, implement opportunities to achieve efficiencies in or improve the effectiveness of agency operations and resource management.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
| Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources & Marine Waters at 8:00 AM. | ||
SB 6079
by Senators Schoesler, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Carrell, Murray, and Shin
Exempting officers and employees of the Washington state institute for public policy from state civil service law.
Exempts from the state civil service law, officers and employees of the state institute for public policy.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6080
by Senators Haugen, Swecker, Hargrove, King, Fain, Ranker, Ericksen, Becker, Hill, Honeyford, Rolfes, Roach, Sheldon, Delvin, and Holmquist Newbry
Regarding landowner immunity from liability for nonintentional injuries to recreational users in connection with forestry and other principal uses of the lands.
Provides immunity from liability to landowners for nonintentional injuries to recreational users in connection with forestry and other principal uses of the lands.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6081
by Senators Haugen, Swecker, Ranker, King, Hatfield, Becker, Ericksen, Nelson, Regala, and Shin
Authorizing counties and ferry districts operating ferries to impose a vessel replacement surcharge on ferry fares sold.
Authorizes certain counties and ferry districts to impose a vessel replacement surcharge on ferry fares sold.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6082
by Senators Haugen, Swecker, Hatfield, King, Ericksen, Honeyford, Shin, and Parlette
Regarding the preservation and conservation of agricultural resource lands.
Finds that: (1) Each year, a significant amount of the state's agricultural land is irrevocably converted from actual or potential agricultural use to nonagricultural use; and(2) The program and project actions of certain parties, in many cases, inadvertently result in the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses where alternative actions would be preferred.Declares that it is the policy of the state to identify and take into account the adverse effects of these actions.Requires the lead agency to ask certain questions when a proposal will affect or be located on agricultural lands and add the questions to the state environmental policy act environmental checklist form when a proposal will affect or be located on agricultural lands.Requires the department of ecology to add certain questions to the state environmental policy act environmental checklist form.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6083
by Senators Swecker, Becker, and Sheldon
Providing assistance to landowners complying with regulations associated with protection of the Mazama pocket gopher.
Requires the department of fish and wildlife, upon request, to conduct biological surveys, provide assistance with habitat or other management plans, and provide relevant information and other technical assistance to a person seeking assistance in order to comply with certain requirements that relate to the protection of the Mazama pocket gopher or its habitat.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6084
by Senators Swecker, Schoesler, Haugen, King, Sheldon, Hatfield, Honeyford, and Shin
Eliminating nonhigh school district reimbursement fees.
Eliminates reimbursement fees for nonhigh school districts.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6085
by Senators Swecker, Pridemore, Hargrove, and Haugen
Addressing the use of state facilities.
Prohibits the department of enterprise services from prohibiting the use of capitol grounds for religious purposes, if the particular portion of the capitol grounds to be used is open to the public for events of a similar size and nature and the impact to the state as a result of the use is no greater than the impact by other allowed uses.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6086
by Senators Swecker, Ericksen, and Hill
Authorizing single-sex classes under specified circumstances.
Authorizes single-sex classes under certain circumstances.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6087
by Senators Hatfield, Schoesler, Hobbs, Shin, and Roach
Regarding disclosure of information relating to agriculture and livestock.
Exempts from disclosure under the public records act, information relating to: (1) Herd inventory management for animal disease traceability;(2) Records of international livestock importation; and(3) Records related to the entry of prohibited agricultural products.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6088
by Senators Pridemore, Swecker, Conway, Ranker, Shin, Keiser, Kilmer, Kline, Zarelli, Prentice, Rolfes, Eide, Fraser, Kastama, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Tom, Benton, and Frockt
Strengthening the review of the legislature's goals for tax preferences by requiring that every new tax preference provide an expiration date and statement of legislative intent.
Requires introduced bills, that adopt a new tax preference or expand or extend an existing tax preference, to include legislative intent provisions, establishing the policy goals and any related metrics that might provide context and/or data for purposes of reviewing the preference.Provides that a bill that is enacted without the legislative intent provisions does not take effect.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee, before a bill would take effect, but for the failure of such bill to meet the requirements, to provide written notice to the department of revenue of the bill's failure to meet the requirements.Requires the department of revenue to provide written notice of the bill not taking effect to certain parties.Requires certain tax preferences taking effect on or after July 1, 2012, to expire five years after the effective date, unless an earlier expiration date is specified.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6089
by Senators Pridemore, Swecker, Keiser, Ranker, Conway, Kline, Prentice, Shin, Rolfes, Parlette, Zarelli, Eide, Schoesler, Kastama, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Benton, and Sheldon; by request of Public Disclosure Commission
Requiring sponsor identification on certain telephone campaign advertising.
Requires certain telephone political advertising to include the sponsor's name, city, and state clearly spoken or recorded.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6090
by Senators Fain, Honeyford, and Haugen
Concerning the liability of landowners for unintentional injuries that result from certain public or private airstrip operations.
Provides immunity from liability to certain landowners for unintentional injuries to members of the public using the land for aviation activities including, but not limited to, the operation of airplanes, ultra-light airplanes, hanggliders, parachutes, and paragliders.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6091
by Senator Honeyford
Concerning the maintenance of privacy standards by eliminating the department of revenues' authorization to examine medical records.
Eliminates the department of revenue's authorization to examine medical records.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6092
by Senators Haugen, Schoesler, Hatfield, Becker, Hobbs, and Shin
Regarding the dairy products commission.
Modifies provisions relating to the dairy products commission.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 6093
by Senators Haugen, King, Sheldon, Eide, Swecker, Hatfield, and Morton
Regarding wetlands mitigation.
Pairs required investments in compensatory environmental mitigation, including the mitigation of transportation projects, with certain existing programs that enhance natural environmental functions.Creates the riparian and aquatic resources enhancement account.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6094
by Senators Morton, Holmquist Newbry, Stevens, Becker, Hatfield, Schoesler, Ericksen, Hill, Hewitt, Padden, Carrell, and Swecker
Concerning the operation of a motor vehicle on state lands under the discover pass program.
Provides that a discover pass, vehicle access pass, or day-use permit is not required for motor vehicles operating on a recreation site or recreation lands under certain circumstances.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6095
by Senator Kohl-Welles; by request of Statute Law Committee
Making technical corrections to gender-based terms.
Makes technical corrections to gender-based terms.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 6096
by Senators Conway, Parlette, and Keiser
Regulating the practices of pharmacy benefits managers.
Regulates pharmacy benefits managers.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6097
by Senators Rolfes, Fraser, Kilmer, Nelson, Swecker, and Sheldon
Encouraging economic development by exempting certain counties from the forest land compensating tax.
Exempts certain counties from the forest land compensating tax.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Economic Development, Trade & Innovation. | |
SB 6098
by Senators Rolfes, Hargrove, Fain, and Kohl-Welles
Revising fingerprinting requirements for licensing of private investigators and private security guards.
Removes the requirement to submit fingerprints, under certain circumstances, for private investigators licenses and private security guards licenses.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Consumer Protection. | |
SB 6099
by Senators Rolfes, Nelson, Chase, and Conway; by request of Office of Financial Management
Regarding school district levy elections.
Allows additional tax levies for maintenance and operation support of a school district to provide for decreases in distributions provided by the federal impact aid law or decreases in local effort assistance allocations.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6100
by Senators Hargrove and Roach
Updating the administration of the sexual assault grant programs.
Clarifies and updates the administration of sexual assault grant programs by the department of commerce.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6101
by Senators Morton, Delvin, Schoesler, Sheldon, and Honeyford
Clarifying the definition of "qualifying utility" for the purposes of chapter 19.285 RCW, the energy independence act.
Excludes a utility that has an average of seven or fewer customers per mile of distribution line from the definition of "qualifying utility" for purposes of the energy independence act.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6102
by Senators Regala, Rolfes, Nelson, Fraser, Chase, and Kline
Protecting air quality that is impacted by high emitting solid fuel burning devices.
Modifies clean air act provisions relating to: (1) First and second stage burn bans; and(2) Limitations on use of solid fuel burning devices.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
SB 6103
by Senators Keiser and Fraser
Requiring registration of reflexologists.
Requires registration of reflexologists.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6104
by Senators Keiser, Fraser, and Kline
Granting authority to the secretary of health to conduct inspections of massage business establishments.
Authorizes the secretary of the department of health to conduct inspections of massage business establishments.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6105
by Senators Parlette, Hatfield, Conway, Becker, Keiser, and Shin
Exempting veterinarians from the data submission requirements of the prescription monitoring program.
Exempts veterinarians from the data submission requirements of the prescription monitoring program.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6106
by Senator Hewitt
Increasing the allowable electrical generating capacity of a net metering system to two megawatts.
Increases the allowable electrical generating capacity of a net metering system to two megawatts.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters. | |
SB 6107
by Senators Becker, Keiser, Conway, Swecker, Pridemore, Harper, King, Kilmer, Schoesler, Fain, Frockt, Haugen, Honeyford, Hatfield, Hill, and Parlette
Concerning prescription review for medicaid managed care enrollees.
Requires contracts with medicaid managed care plans to include a requirement that certain patients be placed in an automatic review process with the primary care provider.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6108
by Senators Harper and Fain
Clarifying the location at which the crime of theft of rental, leased, lease-purchased, or loaned property occurs.
Clarifies the location at which the crime of theft of rental, leased, lease-purchased, or loaned property occurs.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
SB 6109
by Senators Pridemore, Swecker, and Prentice; by request of Attorney General and State Auditor
Exempting video and audio recordings of closed executive session meetings from public inspection and copying.
Exempts from disclosure under the public records act, video and audio recordings of any portion of an executive session from which the public is excluded.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6110
by Senator Carrell
Regulating fees and charges related to the operation of sewerage systems operated by the county.
Clarifies when a fee can be imposed by a city or town on a county in connection with a county's operation of a sewerage system.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6111
by Senator Swecker
Concerning fees for certain vehicle title, registration, and permitting services.
Addresses who may collect certain fees for vehicle title, registration, and permitting services.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6112
by Senators Eide, King, Haugen, Fain, and Shin
Concerning the use of alternative traction devices on tires under certain conditions.
Allows the use of alternative traction devices on tires when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6113
by Senator Prentice
Concerning the disclosure of personally identifying information on certain transit passes and fare payment media.
Addresses disclosure of personally identifying information on certain transit passes and fare payment media.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6114
by Senators Shin, Prentice, and Nelson
Concerning proof of payment for certain transportation fares.
Requires persons traveling on public transportation to provide proof of payment for certain transportation fares.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6115
by Senators Keiser, Becker, Kastama, Conway, and Pflug
Concerning the health care workforce.
Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board to convene a health care personnel shortage task force.Authorizes a fire department to develop a community assistance referral and education services program to provide community outreach and assistance to residents of its district in order to advance injury and illness prevention within their communities.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. | |
SB 6116
by Senators Fraser, Swecker, Pridemore, Ranker, and Murray
Concerning on-site sewage program management plans.
Authorizes a local board of health to: (1) Adopt and manage certain on-site sewage program management plans;(2) Impose and collect rates or charges necessary to implement the plan; and(3) Contract with the county treasurer to collect the rates or charges.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections. | |
SB 6117
by Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, Eide, Shin, Pridemore, and Harper
Regarding academic audits of the lowest-achieving schools in required action districts.
Requires academic performance audits to include an examination of: (1) The level of student participation in school activities and extracurricular activities; and(2) The level of social emotional learning provided.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6118
by Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, Chase, Eide, Shin, Rolfes, Harper, and Frockt
Implementing recommendations of the 2010 working group regarding programs for highly capable students.
Implements recommendations of the 2010 working group regarding programs for highly capable students.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6119
by Senators McAuliffe, Eide, Shin, Keiser, Conway, Harper, Frockt, and Litzow
Enacting the career pathways act.
Establishes the career pathways act.Facilitates increased opportunities for work-based learning and internships for high school students and teachers, as well as mentorships for the business community in public schools.Creates structures to encourage greater connections between businesses, schools, and institutions of higher education.Makes career exploration a routine part of middle and high school instruction and encourages students to select career goals or majors while in middle and high school, with flexibility to change them based on further exploration.Informs parents and students of career opportunities that are tied to the needs of the local, regional, and state economy.Emphasizes the dignity and economic value of nonbaccalaureate career pathways equally with baccalaureate pathways.Increases completion rates at all levels of secondary and postsecondary education and student success after completion.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6120
by Senators Nelson, Swecker, Harper, Hargrove, Kohl-Welles, Fraser, Kastama, Pridemore, Rolfes, Frockt, Ranker, Regala, Shin, Tom, Kline, Chase, Keiser, and Conway
Concerning children's safe products.
Prohibits manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale, or distributing for use in this state, a children's product containing TRIS (as defined in section 1 of the act) in amounts greater than fifty parts per million in any component.Requires certain manufacturers of children's products whose product contains TRIS to submit to the department of ecology an alternatives assessment.Requires the department of ecology to provide technical assistance to any manufacturer required to conduct an alternatives assessment that requests assistance.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
SB 6121
by Senators Frockt, Tom, Kastama, Shin, and Kline
Requiring the office of student financial assistance to provide a financial aid counseling curriculum for institutions of higher education.
Requires the office of student financial assistance to provide a financial aid counseling curriculum to institutions of higher education with state need grant recipients.Requires students who receive state need grants, by the 2013-2014 academic year, to participate in financial aid counseling before receiving their first disbursement.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. | |
SB 6122
by Senator Carrell
Concerning unattended pet animals with a choke chain.
Prohibits a person licensed under chapter 18.92 RCW (veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry) or chapter 18.240 RCW (animal massage practitioners) from leaving a pet animal with a choke chain unattended for more than a de minimis period of time.Prescribes penalties.
| Jan 11 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |