 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 20 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Monday, February 11, 2013 | 29th Day - 2013 Regular Session | |
| SENATE |
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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.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2013.
HB 1760
by Representatives Buys, Haler, and Vick
Concerning the replacement of like-in-kind household appliances.
Addresses exemptions for certified HVAC/refrigeration specialty electricians.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1761
by Representative Seaquist
Concerning shellfish aquaculture.
Requires the sea grant and cooperative extension to establish a shellfish aquaculture public information center in Mason, Thurston, Kitsap, Pierce, or Jefferson county.Requires certain research to be coordinated with research efforts by the sea grant program related to ocean acidification.Changes the name of the shellfish aquaculture regulatory committee to the shellfish aquaculture committee.Requires the committee, after completion of its initial charge of work, to be reconstituted, maintained, and asked to meet as necessary only to advise the sea grant program at the University of Washington regarding the scoping of certain research.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
| Feb 13 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1762
by Representatives Orwall, Buys, Hunt, Bergquist, and Ryu; by request of Department of Enterprise Services
Concerning electronic presentment of claims against the state arising out of tortious conduct.
Allows claims against the state, for damages arising out of tortious conduct, to be presented electronically to the office of risk management.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1763
by Representative Klippert
Regarding hours of availability of special purpose districts for inspection and copying of public records.
Requires special purpose districts that customarily do not maintain regular office hours to post, on the agency headquarters location or their web site, instructions on how to contact agency personnel to inspect or copy public records.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1764
by Representatives Chandler, Stanford, Blake, Appleton, and Dunshee
Concerning geoduck diver licenses.
Prohibits the director of the department of fish and wildlife from issuing new geoduck diver licenses after July 1, 2013.Requires the department of natural resources to establish a geoduck safety advisory committee to establish a safety program for geoduck divers license holders.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1765
by Representatives Bergquist, Dahlquist, Santos, Maxwell, Seaquist, Stonier, Hawkins, and Ryu
Authorizing the suspension or revocation of certificates or permits to teach based on the fraudulent submission of tests for educators.
Allows the revocation or suspension of a teaching certificate or permit upon complaint from the professional educator standards board alleging unprofessional conduct in the form of a fraudulent submission of a test for educators.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1766
by Representatives Cody, Jinkins, Sullivan, Morrell, and Ryu
Modifying the nonprofit tax exemption for qualifying blood, tissue, or blood and tissue banks.
Modifies provisions relating to business and occupation tax exemptions for qualifying blood, tissue, or blood and tissue banks.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1767
by Representatives Moeller, Liias, Ryu, and Moscoso; by request of Department of Transportation
Concerning outdoor advertising sign fees, labels, and prohibitions.
Requires the department of transportation to establish and charge, by rule, an annual fee for type 4 and 5 sign permits to recover costs for outdoor advertising control program administration and enforcement.Increases the size limit on waterproof labels that display required permit numbers.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1768
by Representatives Moscoso, Liias, Ryu, Moeller, Johnson, Kochmar, and McCoy; by request of Department of Transportation
Authorizing use of the job order contracting procedure by the department of transportation.
Authorizes the department of transportation to use the job order contracting procedure for the administration of building improvement, replacement, and renovation projects.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1769
by Representatives Stonier, Zeiger, Stanford, Warnick, Seaquist, Haler, Ryu, Springer, Morrell, Fey, Pollet, Riccelli, and Fagan
Creating efficiencies for institutions of higher education.
Exempts certain projects at institutions of higher education, which may be valued up to ten million dollars, from predesign review requirements.Allows certain minor works projects to be valued up to five million dollars for institutions of higher education.Authorizes the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community and technical colleges to, under certain circumstances, enter into financing contracts for real property.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
HB 1770
by Representatives Buys, Blake, Chandler, Lytton, and Ryu
Concerning the appointment of nonvoting advisory members to commodity boards.
Allows agricultural commodity boards to appoint up to two nonvoting advisory members to the board who have expertise in marketing, operations, or other topics relevant to the work of the board.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. | |
HB 1771
by Representatives Taylor, Shea, Overstreet, Condotta, Ryu, Scott, Pike, Blake, Schmick, Morris, Haler, MacEwen, Hope, Appleton, Goodman, Buys, Moscoso, Kristiansen, and Upthegrove
Establishing standards for the use of public unmanned aircraft systems.
Provides clear standards for the lawful use of unmanned aerial vehicles by state and local jurisdictions.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1772
by Representatives Goodman and Ryu
Concerning privilege for emergency medical responders.
Extends physician-patient privilege to a physician's trained emergency medical service intermediate life support technician and paramedic, an emergency medical technician, or a first responder.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1773
by Representatives Morrell, Rodne, Cody, Green, Ryu, Liias, Farrell, and Santos
Concerning the practice of midwifery.
Provides that a person is regarded as practicing midwifery if he or she renders medical aid for a fee or compensation to an infant up to two weeks of age.Revises requirements for midwives when renewing their license.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
HB 1774
by Representatives Freeman, Goodman, Haler, Roberts, Farrell, Kagi, Stanford, Stonier, Bergquist, Ryu, O'Ban, Morrell, Fey, Pollet, and Santos
Measuring performance of the child welfare system.
Implements indicators of safety, permanency, and well-being to be used to measure the delivery of appropriate services for the children and families served by the child welfare system, to identify areas for future improvements to the child welfare system, and to maintain public accountability.Requires the University of Washington to develop measurements for each of the indicators using existing and available data.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1775
by Representative Schmick
Addressing due process in the filing and approval of insurance rates, forms, and agreements and insurance regulatory policies and procedures.
Addresses the effective date of an agency's practice, policy, or procedure used when administering, interpreting, enforcing, or implementing any law.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1776
by Representatives Schmick, Cody, Hope, Morrell, Angel, Ryu, and Pollet
Addressing wellness programs offered by a health carrier.
Authorizes a health carrier to offer or sponsor a wellness program that is not part of the health benefit plan or health benefit contract and to include incentives as part of the wellness program.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. | |
| Feb 14 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1777
by Representatives Green, Reykdal, Ryu, Morrell, Roberts, Fey, Pollet, and McCoy
Accelerating changes to mental health involuntary commitment laws.
Accelerates effective and expiration dates for implementation of certain provisions relating to evaluations of persons under the involuntary treatment act.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1778
by Representatives Green, Reykdal, Jinkins, Ryu, Morrell, Fey, and McCoy
Concerning detentions under the involuntary treatment act.
Revises involuntary treatment act provisions relating to detentions.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1779
by Representatives Kirby and Ryu
Concerning esthetics.
Addresses the practice of master esthetics.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1780
by Representatives Manweller, Short, Condotta, and Kristiansen
Declaring state preemption of local paid sick and paid safe leave regulation.
Prohibits local laws and ordinances that require or regulate paid sick leave or paid safe leave in excess of standards adopted by the state from being enacted.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1781
by Representatives Manweller, Short, Condotta, and Kristiansen
Placing geographic limitations on local paid sick leave and paid safe leave programs.
Prohibits a local government from applying a paid sick leave or paid safe leave program to an employer or employee whose principal place of business or employment, as appropriate, is outside the limits of the local government's territorial jurisdiction.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
HB 1782
by Representatives Nealey, Appleton, Ryu, and Orwall
Concerning veterans' homes.
Establishes the Walla Walla veterans' home as a branch of the state soldiers' home.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1783
by Representatives Seaquist, Hansen, Buys, Springer, Angel, and Ryu
Concerning health district banking.
Authorizes a health district, with the consent of certain county officials, to: (1) Act as custodian of funds;(2) Keep the record of receipts and disbursements; and(3) Draw, honor, and pay all warrants or checks.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1784
by Representatives Farrell, Riccelli, Jinkins, Freeman, Stonier, Ryu, Pettigrew, Carlyle, Kagi, Morrell, Reykdal, Maxwell, Roberts, Fey, Pollet, Bergquist, and Kochmar
Concerning the prevention of childhood obesity in early learning programs.
Requires the department of early learning to: (1) Consider the prevention of childhood obesity when adopting rules relating to physical activity, screen time, and nutritional standards for all early learning programs; and(2) Provide parents, using early learning programs or services, with culturally relevant information pertaining to the prevention of childhood obesity.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1785
by Representatives Hunt, Kristiansen, and Ryu
Authorizing de minimis use of state resources to provide information about programs that may be authorized payroll deductions.
Allows the use of state facilities to provide employees with information about: (1) Medical, surgical, and hospital care;(2) Life insurance or accident and health disability insurance; and(3) Individual retirement accounts.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1786
by Representatives Stanford, Moscoso, Fitzgibbon, Lytton, and Ryu
Requiring registration of animal abusers.
Provides for registration of animal abusers and for the public release of specified information regarding animal abusers.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1787
by Representatives Stanford, Moscoso, Dunshee, Fitzgibbon, Haigh, Lytton, Ryu, and Pollet
Regarding the humane treatment of cows.
Prohibits the docking of a cow's tail.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1788
by Representatives Pike, Blake, Scott, Overstreet, Taylor, Takko, Shea, Condotta, Klippert, Orcutt, and Vick
Allowing public school districts and private schools to adopt a policy authorizing permanent employees to possess firearms on school grounds under certain conditions.
Establishes the safer schools act of 2013.Authorizes private schools and the board of directors of a school district to adopt a written policy allowing certain employees to possess firearms on school grounds.Requires the criminal justice training commission to establish a firearms training and education program for employees authorized to possess firearms on school grounds.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1789
by Representatives Hunter, Carlyle, Hurst, Wylie, Ryu, Morrell, and Pollet
Creating greater consistency in the regulatory schemes applied to marijuana during the transition to the implementation of Initiative Measure No. 502.
Imposes a marijuana excise tax on the privilege of engaging within this state in a business operating as a medical cannabis dispensary.Exempts pharmacies from the tax.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1790
by Representatives Parker, Ormsby, Riccelli, and Ryu
Concerning the use of traffic school fees.
Addresses the use of fees collected for participation in a traffic school.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1791
by Representatives Parker, Orwall, Fagan, Riccelli, Ryu, O'Ban, Haler, Moscoso, and Santos
Concerning trafficking.
Revises trafficking provisions.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1792
by Representatives Parker, Orwall, Riccelli, Fagan, Hawkins, Ryu, O'Ban, Moscoso, and Santos
Adding the crimes of promoting travel for commercial sexual abuse of a minor and permitting commercial sexual abuse of a minor to seizure and forfeiture provisions.
Adds to seizure and forfeiture statutes, the crimes of promoting travel for commercial sexual abuse of a minor and permitting commercial sexual abuse of a minor.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1793
by Representatives Parker, Orwall, Hawkins, Fagan, Ryu, O'Ban, Moscoso, Bergquist, and Santos
Adding certain sexual exploitation of children crimes to the definition of criminal profiteering.
Revises the definition of "criminal profiteering," to include the crimes of promoting travel for commercial sexual abuse of a minor and permitting commercial sexual abuse of a minor, for purposes of the criminal profiteering act.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
SB 5678
by Senators Frockt and Darneille
Clarifying the use of automated traffic safety cameras at intersections with two or more arterial highways.
Allows the use of automated traffic safety cameras at certain intersections of only two or more arterials.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5679
by Senators Brown, Chase, King, Litzow, Dammeier, Schoesler, Rivers, Smith, Braun, Hewitt, Sheldon, and Tom
Improving the business climate and stimulating job creation by requiring certain agencies to establish a formal review process of existing rules.
Requires the department of ecology, the department of labor and industries, and the department of health to: (1) Establish and annually perform a formal review process of their existing rules; and(2) Establish a process for effectively applying sunset provisions to rules when applicable.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5680
by Senators Brown, Chase, King, Litzow, Dammeier, Rivers, Schlicher, Smith, Braun, Parlette, Hewitt, and Tom
Promoting economic development by providing information to businesses.
Increases the number of agencies required to participate in implementing the business license center act.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 5681
by Senators Rolfes and Keiser
Facilitating treatment for persons with co-occurring disorders by requiring development of an integrated rule.
Requires the department of social and health services to develop a fully integrated rule that would permit an agency providing co-occurring treatment for chemical dependency and mental health disorders to follow one set of administrative code to facilitate the streamlined and blended provision of these services.Expires June 30, 2017.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5682
by Senators Braun and Ericksen
Concerning the replacement of like-in-kind household appliances.
Addresses exemptions for certified HVAC/refrigeration specialty electricians.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5683
by Senators Becker, Hargrove, and Padden
Concerning informed consent and reporting of death for purposes of the death with dignity act.
Revises the death with dignity act relating to informed consent and reporting of death.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5684
by Senator King
Addressing the prevailing rate of wage paid on public works.
Specifies that prevailing wages paid on public works apply to individuals employed in construction activities.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Feb 13 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5685
by Senator King
Concerning transparency with prevailing wage rate determinations.
Implements certain notification, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements for the director of the department of labor and industries or the industrial statistician when issuing a determination for what prevailing wages must be paid for specific construction work.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Feb 13 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5686
by Senator King
Requiring surveys to develop data for prevailing wage determinations.
Allows the industrial statistician to only use data collected from prevailing wage surveys provided to contractors by the department of labor and industries when making prevailing wage determinations.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Feb 13 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5687
by Senator Nelson
Concerning privilege for emergency medical responders.
Extends physician-patient privilege to a physician's trained emergency medical service intermediate life support technician and paramedic, an emergency medical technician, or a first responder.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5688
by Senators Braun, Carrell, Dammeier, Rivers, Sheldon, and Hobbs
Simplifying definitions and classifications concerning state and local tax systems.
Increases uniformity between state and local business and occupation taxes.Reduces state business and occupation tax classifications.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
| Feb 12 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5689
by Senator Darneille
Concerning access to juvenile records.
Addresses the confidentiality of certain juvenile court records.Prohibits certain confidential juvenile offense records from being published, distributed, or sold.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 5690
by Senators Hatfield, Fraser, Ericksen, and Honeyford; by request of State Treasurer
Addressing the fiscal conditions of local government.
Creates the local government fiscal health commission to allow state and local governments to work collaboratively to identify and respond to financial problems encountered by local governments.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5691
by Senators Hewitt, Conway, and Rolfes
Concerning veterans' homes.
Establishes the Walla Walla veterans' home as a branch of the state soldiers' home.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5692
by Senators King, Harper, Conway, Eide, and Tom
Concerning standby guardians and limited guardians.
Modifies provisions relating to standby guardians and limited guardians.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5693
by Senators Baumgartner, Frockt, and Kohl-Welles
Making ample provisions to support higher education.
Requires the first cent of the state portion of the retail sales and use tax for each dollar on which the tax is applied to be dedicated to and used for funding a public system of higher education.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5694
by Senators Conway, Schlicher, Dammeier, Hargrove, Carrell, Chase, Mullet, Harper, McAuliffe, and Kohl-Welles
Improving protections for incapacitated adults.
Modifies provisions relating to the appointment, qualification, removal, and duties of guardians in order to improve protections for incapacitated adults.Requires the administrator for the courts and a long-term care ombudsman to publish information regarding professional and lay guardians.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5695
by Senators Becker, Dammeier, Cleveland, Keiser, Schlicher, Frockt, Mullet, and McAuliffe
Addressing wellness programs offered by a health carrier.
Authorizes a health carrier to offer or sponsor a wellness program that is not part of the health benefit plan or health benefit contract and to include incentives as part of the wellness program.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5696
by Senators Litzow and Mullet
Providing limited civil immunity from liability for apiarists.
Provides immunity from civil liability to an apiarist or broker under certain circumstances.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |
SB 5697
by Senators Braun, Carrell, Dammeier, Rivers, and Sheldon
Reducing the frequency of local sales and use tax changes.
Allows changes to local sales and use taxes only on the first of January or July.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
| Feb 12 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SJM 8006
by Senators Chase, McAuliffe, Nelson, Kohl-Welles, Conway, and Parlette
Promoting the use of the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program in preschools, early learning programs, and schools.
Promotes the use of the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program in preschools, early learning programs, and schools.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SJM 8007
by Senators Shin, Conway, Harper, Nelson, Kline, Becker, Hobbs, King, Eide, McAuliffe, Bailey, Hasegawa, Honeyford, Chase, and Kohl-Welles
Requesting Congress pass legislation imposing a fee on United States bound cargo when it crosses the Canadian border.
Requests Congress to pass legislation imposing a fee on United States bound cargo when it crosses the Canadian border.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SJR 8209
by Senators Baumgartner and Kohl-Welles
Amending the Constitution to make higher education the state's second highest priority.
Proposes an amendment to the state Constitution to make higher education the state's second highest priority.
| Feb 8 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |