 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 5 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Monday, January 21, 2013 | 8th Day - 2013 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 1034-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby and Ryu)
Regulating the licensing of escrow agents.
Regulates escrow agent licensing.
| Jan 16 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 1175
by Representatives Nealey, Haler, Klippert, Walsh, Schmick, and Fagan; by request of Board For Judicial Administration
Increasing the number of superior court judges in Benton and Franklin counties jointly.
Increases the number of superior court judges in Benton and Franklin counties jointly.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1176
by Representatives Manweller, Pollet, and Haler
Restricting bonuses and other incentives in higher education.
Places certain restrictions on bonuses and other incentives for the president and chancellors at specified institutions of higher education.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1177
by Representatives Lytton, Sullivan, Santos, Maxwell, Reykdal, and Fitzgibbon
Modifying the education accountability system to allow state criteria, resources, and strategies to be used for assistance and intervention.
Modifies the education accountability system to allow state criteria, resources, and strategies to be used for assistance and intervention.Requires the superintendent of public instruction to annually identify certain challenged and low-achieving schools and establish criteria for such identification.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1178
by Representatives Lytton, Maxwell, Santos, Seaquist, Reykdal, Sullivan, and Fitzgibbon
Authorizing alternative assessments of basic skills for teacher certification.
Expands the types of testing instruments and assessments that may be used to measure basic skills for the purposes of teacher certification.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1179
by Representatives Morrell, Sawyer, Zeiger, and Takko
Revising the lien for collection of sewer charges by counties.
Allows counties to adopt alternative procedures for the collection of sewer charges.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
| Jan 25 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1180
by Representatives Scott, Blake, and Kristiansen
Addressing death benefits for volunteer firefighters and reserve officers.
Modifies death benefits for volunteer firefighters and reserve officers.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1181
by Representatives Upthegrove, Takko, and Zeiger
Requiring information on home energy efficiency to be included in residential home inspection reports.
Ensures that residential home inspections provide consumers with information about home energy efficiency based on standards developed by the home inspector advisory licensing board.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1182
by Representatives Harris, Cody, Vick, and Nealey
Including pharmacists in the legend drug act.
Includes pharmacists in the list of professionals exempted from certain provisions of the legend drug act.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1183
by Representatives Morris, Smith, Habib, Crouse, Morrell, Magendanz, Freeman, Kochmar, Walsh, Tarleton, Dahlquist, Vick, Zeiger, Maxwell, and Hudgins
Regarding wireless communications structures.
Modifies the requirements for wireless communication structures to be exempt from certain environmental policies.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development. | |
HB 1184
by Representatives Takko, Hurst, Klippert, Blake, Springer, Tharinger, Short, and Walsh
Protecting sport shooting ranges.
Exempts sport shooting ranges from certain liabilities and regulations.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1185
by Representatives Takko, Alexander, Springer, Tharinger, Clibborn, and Kochmar
Concerning equitable allocation of auditor costs.
Modifies the calculation of fees charged by county auditors for searching records.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
| Jan 25 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1186
by Representatives Haigh, Nealey, Jinkins, Rodne, and Shea
Concerning veterinarian immunity from liability when reporting suspected animal cruelty.
Provides licensed veterinarians immunity from liability arising from good faith based reports of suspected animal cruelty.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1187
by Representatives Stanford, Warnick, Dunshee, and Zeiger
Concerning grants for community outdoor and indoor athletic facilities.
Modifies certain criteria governing grants for community outdoor and indoor athletic facilities.Requires the department of revenue to estimate the amount of sales and use tax revenue collected in the prior fiscal year from the sale of or charge made for the right to participate in competitive team sport activities and provide the estimated amount to the state treasurer.Requires the state treasurer to transfer fifty percent of the most recent estimated amount from the general fund into the youth athletic facility account.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1188
by Representatives Lytton, MacEwen, Haigh, Tharinger, Blake, Wilcox, and Morris
Creating a focused effort on reestablishing a rural agricultural economy in western Washington by making investments aimed at returning underproducing land back into a state of active agricultural production.
Requires the department of agriculture, in tandem with the Washington State University Mount Vernon northwestern Washington research and extension center, to maintain a program with the goal of returning land located in western Washington that is either not in agricultural production or that is currently in a state of underproduction back to production.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1189
by Representatives Lytton, Morris, Blake, and Takko
Ensuring a balanced representation of interests on the fish and wildlife commission.
Modifies certain membership eligibility and compliance requirements for the fish and wildlife commission.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1190
by Representatives Angel, Haler, Walsh, and Fagan
Requiring drug testing for recipients of benefits under the temporary assistance for needy families program.
Requires the department of social and health services, under certain circumstances, to require drug testing for recipients of benefits under the temporary assistance for needy families program.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1191
by Representatives Short, Blake, Takko, Shea, Kretz, Crouse, Schmick, and Chandler
Protecting livestock against predator attacks.
Requires that rules established by the fish and wildlife commission allow an owner of livestock to kill a mammalian predator, regardless of state classification, without a permit or other form of permission.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1192
by Representatives Short, Blake, Takko, Taylor, Kretz, Crouse, Springer, and Chandler
Regarding license fees under Title 77 RCW for veterans with disabilities.
Provides discounted hunting and fishing opportunities for nonresident veterans with disabilities.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1193
by Representative Wilcox
Notifying landowners of applications to construct wind turbines.
Requires an applicant of a permit to construct a wind turbine to provide notice of the application to adjacent landowners.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
HB 1194
by Representatives Stanford, Warnick, Lytton, Goodman, Wilcox, Tharinger, Chandler, Blake, Nealey, Orcutt, Hansen, and Kirby
Limiting liability for habitat projects.
Prohibits a landowner, whose land is used for a habitat project that is included on a habitat project list, from being held civilly liable for any property damages resulting from the habitat project regardless of whether or not the project was funded by the salmon recovery funding board.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1195
by Representatives Wylie, Buys, Hunt, Van De Wege, Appleton, and Orwall
Repealing provisions relating to filling unexpired terms.
Repeals statutes relating to elections for filling unexpired terms.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
| Jan 24 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1196
by Representatives Chandler, Blake, Warnick, and Tharinger; by request of Department of Ecology
Concerning Yakima river basin water resource management.
Authorizes the department of ecology to: (1) Implement the integrated water resource management plan in the Yakima river basin;(2) Develop water supply solutions that provide concurrent benefits to both instream and out-of-stream uses; and(3) Address a variety of water resource and ecosystem problems affecting fish passage, habitat functions, and agricultural, municipal, and domestic water supply in the Yakima river basin, consistent with the integrated plan.Creates the Yakima integrated plan implementation account, the Yakima integrated plan implementation taxable bond account, and the Yakima integrated plan implementation revenue recovery account.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
| Jan 22 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1197
by Representatives Pollet, Zeiger, Reykdal, Moscoso, and Moeller
Concerning open public meetings.
Requires a member of the public attending a meeting of a governing body to provide his or her name and address if he or she wants to comment on an action being considered by the public body.Requires a governing body of a public agency to allow public comment before taking final action on an ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, or directive.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1198
by Representatives Pollet, Hunt, Ryu, Maxwell, Reykdal, Bergquist, Moscoso, and Moeller
Requiring training of public officials and employees regarding public records and open public meetings.
Requires the attorney general to develop and implement: (1) A training program regarding the legal requirements and purposes of the open public meetings act;(2) A training program on the legal requirements and purposes of the public records act and chapter 40.14 RCW (preservation and destruction of public records); and(3) An intensive training seminar for public records officers.Requires every member of the governing body of a public agency to complete the open public meetings act training course implemented or accredited by the attorney general.Requires each elected state or local official, and each person appointed to fill a vacancy in elective office, who is subject to the requirements of the public records act, to complete certain training courses.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1199
by Representatives Blake, Chandler, Takko, Buys, Kirby, Orcutt, Lytton, Van De Wege, Nealey, Hudgins, Stanford, Wilcox, and Warnick; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Ensuring hunter safety.
Revises hunter education training program requirements.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1200
by Representatives Blake, Wilcox, Takko, Lytton, Klippert, Van De Wege, Nealey, Stanford, and Short
Concerning the labeling of seafood.
Revises seafood labeling requirements.Addresses penalties for unlawful misbranding of food fish or shellfish.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1201
by Representatives Roberts, Haler, Haigh, Hunt, Ryu, Sullivan, Reykdal, Dunshee, Goodman, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, Appleton, Sells, and Stanford
Preventing animal cruelty.
Prohibits selling, bartering, or auctioning of animals upon certain public property or upon certain private property open to the public.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1202
by Representatives Roberts, Haler, Haigh, Hunt, Reykdal, Sullivan, Ryu, Dunshee, Goodman, Fitzgibbon, Pollet, Sells, Appleton, Stanford, and Liias
Preventing animal cruelty.
Modifies animal cruelty provisions relating to the crimes of animal cruelty in the first and second degree, animal fighting, and leaving and/or confining an animal in a motor vehicle or certain enclosed spaces.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1203
by Representatives Farrell, Lytton, Kagi, Freeman, and Walsh; by request of Department of Early Learning
Exempting personal information relating to children from public inspection and copying.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, personal information for a child enrolled in licensed child care in any files maintained by the department of early learning.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1204
by Representatives Roberts, Dahlquist, Kagi, Farrell, Walsh, Kochmar, Fey, Seaquist, Johnson, Freeman, Jinkins, Morrell, McCoy, Tarleton, Zeiger, Clibborn, Goodman, and MacEwen
Concerning sibling visitation for children in foster care.
Recognizes the importance of ensuring frequent and meaningful contact for siblings separated due to involvement in the foster care system.Ensures appropriate facilitation of sibling visits by enumerating the specific and appropriate limitations for such visits for the information of case managers, caregivers, birth families, and youth.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1205
by Representatives Hunt, Reykdal, Van De Wege, Roberts, Appleton, and Orwall
Creating the governor's official inaugural ball committee.
Creates the governor's official inaugural ball committee to plan and organize governors' official inaugural balls.Creates the governor's official inaugural ball account.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1206
by Representatives Tharinger, Takko, Jinkins, Springer, Fitzgibbon, Upthegrove, Moeller, Riccelli, Hudgins, Tarleton, and Liias
Concerning changes to programs relevant to the department of ecology designed to create administrative flexibility.
Provides administrative flexibility for the department of ecology by changing certain programs relevant to the department.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Environment. | |
| Jan 22 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1207
by Representatives Haigh and Takko
Concerning cemetery district formation requirements.
Modifies cemetery district formation requirements relating to petitions, canvass of returns, and resolution of organization.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
| Jan 25 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5094
by Senators Pearson, Rivers, Roach, Padden, Benton, Bailey, Carrell, Becker, Holmquist Newbry, Litzow, Sheldon, Honeyford, Dammeier, Parlette, Smith, and Braun
Requiring notification of sex offenders attending schools.
Requires a sheriff, upon receiving notice from a registered sex offender that he or she will be attending or employed by a school or institution of higher education, to promptly notify the school district and principal or the institution's department of public safety and provide the school or department with certain information, including the sex offender's sentence imposed for conviction.Requires the school district or department to make certain notifications upon receiving notice from the sheriff.Requires school districts, at certain times, to collect residential and e-mail addresses of parents, legal guardians, students who are eighteen years of age or older, and school district personnel.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5095
by Senators Roach, Tom, Rivers, Becker, Holmquist Newbry, Schoesler, Ericksen, Padden, Bailey, Hill, and Honeyford
Providing proof of financial responsibility for motor vehicle operation.
Authorizes the use of a mobile electronic device to show proof of financial responsibility for motor vehicle operation when proof is requested by law enforcement.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5096
by Senators Keiser, Fain, Nelson, and Hasegawa
Transferring ferry and flood control zone district functions and taxing authorities to county legislative authorities in counties with a population of one million five hundred thousand or more.
Transfers county ferry district and flood control zone district functions and taxing authorities to certain county legislative authorities.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |
SB 5097
by Senators Becker, Pearson, Bailey, Hatfield, Holmquist Newbry, Tom, Schoesler, Rivers, Honeyford, Padden, Roach, and Parlette
Allowing spouses to combine volunteer hours for purposes of receiving a complimentary discover pass.
Allows married spouses to combine vouchers showing the collective performance of service on agency-sanctioned volunteer projects to be redeemed for a single complimentary discover pass.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks . | |
SB 5098
by Senators Ericksen and Ranker
Regarding wireless communications structures.
Modifies the requirements for wireless communication structures to be exempt from certain environmental policies.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5099
by Senator Rivers
Concerning fuel usage of publicly owned vehicles, vessels, and construction equipment.
Exempts from certain fuel usage requirements, police, fire, and other emergency response vehicles; engine retrofits that would void warranties; and conventional vehicles and equipment owned before June 1, 2018.Requires local government subdivisions to determine whether meeting fuel usage requirements is practicable.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |
SB 5100
by Senators Hargrove and Padden
Addressing the statute of limitations for sexual abuse against a child.
Modifies provisions relating to the statute of limitations for sexual abuse against a child.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice . | |
SB 5101
by Senators Mullet, Hobbs, Litzow, Fain, Murray, Hatfield, Hill, Hewitt, and Schoesler
Concerning a sales and use tax exemption for certain financial information provided to qualifying businesses providing international investment management services.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption on standard financial information to qualifying international investment management companies.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance . | |
SB 5102
by Senators Pearson, Darneille, and Padden
Concerning veterinarian immunity from liability when reporting suspected animal cruelty.
Provides licensed veterinarians immunity from liability arising from good faith based reports of suspected animal cruelty.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice . | |
SB 5103
by Senators Harper, Murray, Litzow, Frockt, Conway, and Fain
Concerning grants for community outdoor and indoor athletic facilities.
Modifies certain criteria governing grants for community outdoor and indoor athletic facilities.Requires the department of revenue to estimate the amount of sales and use tax revenue collected in the prior fiscal year from the sale of or charge made for the right to participate in competitive team sport activities and provide the estimated amount to the state treasurer.Requires the state treasurer to transfer fifty percent of the most recent estimated amount from the general fund into the youth athletic facility account.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5104
by Senators Mullet, Frockt, Hatfield, Litzow, Ericksen, and Fain
Placing epinephrine autoinjectors in schools.
Authorizes school districts and nonpublic schools to maintain a supply of epinephrine autoinjectors at a school.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5105
by Senators Dammeier, Harper, Pearson, and Darneille
Asserting conditions under which the department of corrections provides rental vouchers to a registered sex offender.
Places restrictions on the department of corrections with regard to providing rental vouchers to registered sex offenders.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5106
by Senator Delvin
Concerning the operation of county budgets.
Authorizes county legislative authorities, during the period appropriation accounts remain open, to make transfers, revisions, supplemental appropriations, and appropriations to meet public emergencies occurring before the close of the fiscal year.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |
SB 5107
by Senators Padden and Holmquist Newbry
Concerning prevailing wages for workers employed in residential construction.
Requires distinct prevailing wage rates to be calculated and paid to workers employed in residential construction.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5108
by Senators Padden, Carrell, Roach, Benton, Pearson, and Holmquist Newbry
Concerning property tax exemptions for service-connected disabled veterans and senior citizens.
Increases combined disposable income amounts for property tax exemptions for service-connected disabled veterans and senior citizens.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5109
by Senators Padden, Benton, and Smith
Creating a business and occupation tax exemption for new businesses.
Creates a business and occupation tax exemption for certain new businesses.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 5110
by Senators Tom, Murray, Hill, and McAuliffe
Regarding local government purchasing.
Authorizes a unit of local government to award a contract to a bidder submitting the lowest bid before taxes are applied.Requires the unit of local government to provide notice of its intent to award a contract based on this method before bids are submitted.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |
SB 5111
by Senators Billig, Kohl-Welles, Cleveland, and Rivers
Creating a beer and wine theater license.
Creates a beer and wine theater license.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5112
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Sheldon, Braun, and Hewitt
Granting scheduling authority for qualified retrospective rating plan employers and groups.
Authorizes retrospective rating plan employers and groups to: (1) Assist the department of labor and industries in the processing of certain claims;(2) Schedule medical examinations and consultations; and(3) Schedule vocational rehabilitation assessments.Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee's audit to include the scheduling authority granted to retrospective rating plan employers and groups.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5113
by Senators Bailey, Padden, Carrell, Roach, Benton, and Hobbs
Concerning the enforcement of speed limits on roads within condominium associations.
Authorizes state, local, and county law enforcement personnel to enforce speeding violations on private roads within condominium association communities.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance . | |
SB 5114
by Senators Bailey, Hobbs, Roach, Becker, Carrell, Dammeier, Benton, Honeyford, and Padden
Regarding access to K-12 campuses for occupational or educational information.
Allows official recruiting representatives of the job corps, peace corps, and AmeriCorps access to certain K-12 campuses for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5115
by Senator Keiser
Concerning the definition of community mental health service delivery system.
Revises the definition of "community mental health service delivery system" for purposes of the community mental health services act.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5116
by Senators Benton and Harper
Exempting transfers of real property by operation of law or court order from the requirement to file a real estate excise tax affidavit.
Exempts transfers of real property by operation of law or court order from the requirement to file a real estate excise tax affidavit.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |
SB 5117
by Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, and Rolfes
Regarding family involvement coordinators in public schools.
Provides a funding allocation for family involvement coordinators in public schools.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5118
by Senators Carrell, Benton, Darneille, Bailey, Roach, and Honeyford
Addressing access to original birth certificates after adoption finalization.
Allows a birth parent, who has filed an affidavit of nondisclosure regarding an adoptee's access to his or her original birth certificate, to subsequently file an affidavit indicating their consent to disclosure.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5119
by Senators Carrell, Pearson, Hewitt, Sheldon, Becker, Holmquist Newbry, Litzow, Roach, Honeyford, and Dammeier
Creating a sentence enhancement for body armor.
Creates a sentence enhancement for body armor.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice . | |
SB 5120
by Senators Carrell, Rivers, Benton, Braun, and Bailey
Concerning expenditures for works of art.
Prohibits money from being expended on the acquisition of works of art through the end of the 2013-2015 biennium, unless a contract for the acquisition of art existed before the effective date of the act.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5121
by Senators Carrell, Benton, Becker, Bailey, Litzow, Roach, and Honeyford
Concerning the effect of zoning ordinances on hobby vehicle restoration.
Prohibits a local government from enacting, enforcing, or maintaining an ordinance, development regulation, zoning regulation, or official control, policy, or administrative practice that prohibits hobby vehicle restoration.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |
SB 5122
by Senators Carrell, Darneille, Pearson, Roach, Sheldon, Dammeier, and Honeyford
Concerning patient and staff safety at state hospitals.
Requires the department of social and health services to develop a plan to enhance the safety of state hospital patients and staff from assault.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5123
by Senators Ranker, Hatfield, Hobbs, and Parlette
Establishing a farm internship program.
Requires the director of the department of labor and industries to establish a farm internship pilot project for the employment of farm interns on small farms in certain counties.Requires appropriations made for the purposes of the act to be from the state general fund.Expires December 31, 2017.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5124
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Braun, King, Baumgartner, Rivers, Ericksen, Benton, Becker, Dammeier, Smith, Schoesler, Honeyford, Tom, Parlette, and Hewitt
Simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits.
Simplifies the calculation of workers' compensation benefits.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5125
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Braun, King, Baumgartner, Rivers, Ericksen, Benton, Bailey, Becker, Schoesler, Honeyford, and Hewitt
Addressing workers' compensation reform through clarification of occupational disease claims.
Makes the workers' compensation system more cost-effective by assuring that the system will only be responsible for costs due to workplace injuries.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5126
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Braun, King, Baumgartner, Rivers, Benton, Becker, Ericksen, Bailey, Litzow, Schoesler, Hill, Honeyford, Tom, and Hewitt
Concerning recovery for purposes of legal actions under the industrial insurance statutes.
Specifies that the act is an explicit restatement of the legislature's original intent to grant the department of labor and industries or a self-insured employer the authority to reimburse itself from a third-party recovery for the amount paid on behalf of the worker or beneficiary for all economic and noneconomic damages except loss of consortium.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5127
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Tom, King, Sheldon, Baumgartner, Ericksen, Rivers, Litzow, Benton, Dammeier, Carrell, Braun, Bailey, Honeyford, Becker, Hill, Roach, Schoesler, Parlette, Padden, and Hewitt
Amending provisions governing structured settlements by removing age barriers and clarifying legislative intent.
Removes age barriers and clarifies legislative intent with regard to structured settlements.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5128
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Braun, King, Baumgartner, Sheldon, Rivers, Ericksen, Benton, Litzow, Becker, Dammeier, Smith, Hill, Bailey, Honeyford, Tom, Schoesler, Parlette, Padden, and Hewitt
Addressing compensation for injured workers.
Modifies provisions relating to compensation for injured workers.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Jan 23 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SJM 8000
by Senator Kohl-Welles
Requesting that the Drug Enforcement Administration reclassify medical marijuana as a Schedule II drug.
Requests that the drug enforcement administration reclassify medical marijuana as a schedule II drug.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SJR 8204
by Senators Roach, Benton, Schoesler, Holmquist Newbry, Carrell, Sheldon, Ericksen, Dammeier, Smith, and Padden
Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |
SJR 8205
by Senators Roach, Benton, Schoesler, Padden, Holmquist Newbry, Carrell, Sheldon, Ericksen, Dammeier, and Smith
Amending the Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of the legislature to raise taxes.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |
SJR 8206
by Senators Bailey, Roach, Benton, Becker, Holmquist Newbry, Sheldon, Honeyford, and Padden
Amending the Constitution to require emergency clauses only be allowed by amendment to a bill and approved by sixty percent of each house of the legislature.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to require emergency clauses only be allowed by amendment to a bill and approved by sixty percent of each house of the legislature.
| Jan 18 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations . | |