 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 23 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, February 15, 2013 | 33rd 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.
Electronic versions of Legislative Digests are available at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/digests.aspx?year=2013.
HB 1860
by Representatives Alexander, Haigh, Ryu, and Fey; by request of Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee Executive Committee
Continuing the use of the legislature's sunset review process.
Delays, until June 30, 2025, the expiration of the sunset review process.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1861
by Representatives Ormsby, Sells, Appleton, Ryu, and Freeman; by request of Washington State Housing Finance Commission
Creating loan-making authority for down payment assistance for single-family homeownership.
Authorizes the housing finance commission to make loans for down payment assistance to home buyers in conjunction with other commission programs.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
| Feb 20 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1862
by Representative Goodman; by request of Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Determining sentences for multiple offenses and enhancements.
Modifies provisions relating to adjustments to standard sentences, departures from sentencing guidelines, and consecutive or concurrent sentences.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1863
by Representatives Stonier, Chandler, Sells, Haler, Fitzgibbon, Ross, Bergquist, Goodman, Carlyle, Hope, Reykdal, Ormsby, Stanford, Green, Ryu, Pollet, and Freeman
Allowing the department of labor and industries to provide information about certain scholarships.
Authorizes the department of labor and industries to provide information about scholarship opportunities offered by nonprofit organizations and available to children and spouses of workers who suffered an injury in the course of employment resulting in death or permanent total disability.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
| Feb 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1864
by Representatives Clibborn, Liias, Ryu, and Fey; by request of Governor Inslee
Making transportation appropriations for the 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 fiscal biennia.
Makes transportation appropriations for the 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 fiscal biennia.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1865
by Representatives Sawyer, Fey, Farrell, Ryu, and Jinkins
Concerning sales and use tax imposition by public transportation benefit areas.
Authorizes the governing body of certain public transportation benefit areas to impose by a majority weighted vote a sales and use tax.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1866
by Representatives Morris, Smith, Liias, Maxwell, Morrell, Habib, Ryu, Sells, Hansen, and Hudgins; by request of Governor Inslee
Concerning the joint center for aerospace technology innovation.
Authorizes expenditures from the economic development strategic reserve account for the joint center for aerospace technology innovation.Eliminates the termination and repeal, under the sunset act, of the joint center for aerospace technology innovation.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1867
by Representatives Pollet, Hudgins, Upthegrove, Bergquist, Fitzgibbon, Appleton, Ryu, and Fey
Concerning ethical standards for public officers and agencies.
Addresses ethical standards for municipal employees.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1868
by Representatives Freeman, Goodman, Van De Wege, Appleton, Morrell, Tarleton, Tharinger, Ryu, Maxwell, Bergquist, and Pollet
Providing access to health insurance for certain law enforcement officers' and firefighters' plan 2 members catastrophically disabled in the line of duty.
Requires the retirement allowance of a member who is not eligible for employer-provided medical insurance to include reimbursement for payments made after June 30, 2013, for premiums on medical insurance.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1869
by Representatives Liias, Morrell, and Ryu
Regarding training for school employees in the prevention of sexual abuse.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop and implement a training program for school employees regarding prevention of sexual abuse, commercial sexual abuse of a minor, and sexual exploitation of a minor.Requires the Washington coalition of sexual assault programs to update existing educational materials and include in the materials, how to prevent children from being recruited into sex trafficking.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
HB 1870
by Representatives Habib, Kirby, Ryu, Van De Wege, Takko, Hunter, Appleton, Tarleton, Sawyer, Seaquist, Pollet, Bergquist, and Johnson
Addressing methods of payment.
Prohibits a person from imposing a surcharge on a cardholder who elects to use a credit card in lieu of other payment.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
| Feb 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1871
by Representatives Maxwell, Dahlquist, Lytton, Sullivan, McCoy, Upthegrove, Appleton, Bergquist, Seaquist, Morrell, Goodman, Ryu, Tarleton, Tharinger, Stonier, Jinkins, Orwall, Pollet, Fey, Hansen, Freeman, Liias, Springer, and Wylie; by request of Governor Inslee
Concerning integrated career learning opportunities and employment training for at-risk youth.
Establishes the alliance for student success in education and training (ASSET) program to increase connections and access to work-integrated learning opportunities, particularly in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, to design and implement a performance monitoring system to track the outcomes of the ASSET program.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to allocate grants to a minimum of two high schools and one skill center to each implement a dropout reengagement program aligned with entry into a high-demand occupation.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development. | |
| Feb 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1872
by Representatives Maxwell, Dahlquist, Lytton, Sullivan, McCoy, Upthegrove, Bergquist, Seaquist, Morrell, Wylie, Goodman, Ryu, Tarleton, Tharinger, Springer, Stonier, Jinkins, Orwall, Pollet, Fey, Hansen, Liias, and Freeman; by request of Governor Inslee
Establishing a comprehensive initiative to increase learning opportunities and improve educational outcomes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through multiple strategies and statewide partnerships.
Adopts the definition of "STEM literacy" as follows: The ability to identify, apply, and integrate concepts from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to understand complex problems and to innovate to solve them.Establishes the STEM education innovation alliance to: (1) Advise the governor and provide vision, guidance, assistance, and advice to support the initiatives under the act, as well as other current or proposed programs and initiatives across the spectrum of early learning through postsecondary education, that are intended to increase learning opportunities and improve educational outcomes in STEM; and(2) Develop a STEM education report card, based on the STEM framework for action and accountability, to monitor progress in increasing learning opportunities and improving educational outcomes in STEM.Requires the education data center to coordinate data collection and analysis to support the report card.Requires the state education agencies to report on how their policies, activities, and expenditures of public resources align with and support the STEM framework for action and accountability.Requires the office of financial management to contract with a statewide nonprofit organization with expertise in promoting and supporting STEM education from early learning through postsecondary education.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the STEM education innovation alliance, to identify and disseminate resources and materials to elementary, middle, and high schools that are intended to encourage and increase interdisciplinary instruction and project-based learning in STEM.Requires the student achievement council to consult with the STEM education innovation alliance to align strategies under the ten-year roadmap with the STEM framework for education and accountability developed by the alliance.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Education. | |
| Feb 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 5:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1873
by Representatives Riccelli, Sawyer, Pollet, Tarleton, Farrell, Reykdal, Tharinger, Ryu, and Freeman
Regarding funding higher education child care grants.
Changes the name of the four-year student child care in higher education account to the student child care in higher education account and allows the state board for community and technical colleges to authorize disbursements from the account.Requires the state board to administer the program for the two-year institutions of higher education.Requires two hundred fifty thousand dollars to be deposited, for fiscal year 2013-2014 and for 2014-2015, into the student child care in higher education account, if certain conditions are met.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1874
by Representatives Moscoso, Jinkins, Appleton, Roberts, Reykdal, Hunt, Ryu, Pollet, and Farrell
Addressing federal immigration policy enforcement.
Prohibits law enforcement officers from detaining an individual on the basis of an immigration detainer after that individual becomes eligible for release from criminal custody, unless, at the time the individual becomes eligible for release, a criminal background check reveals the individual was previously convicted of a most serious offense or violent offense.Prohibits state and local law enforcement officers from making arrests or detaining any individual based on an administrative immigration warrant in the national crime information center database of the federal bureau of investigation.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1875
by Representatives Moscoso, Hope, and Ryu
Concerning state park rangers from the state parks and recreation commission.
Changes the status of the parks and recreation commission from a limited authority Washington law enforcement agency to a general authority law enforcement agency.Allows state patrol cadets, state patrol officers, and state park rangers of the state parks and recreation commission admittance to the Washington state patrol academy.Allows state park rangers admittance to the criminal justice training commission's basic law enforcement academy.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1876
by Representatives Moscoso, Hope, Goodman, Pettigrew, Hayes, and Takko
Concerning the liquor control board.
Changes the status of the liquor control board from a limited authority Washington law enforcement agency to a general authority Washington law enforcement agency.Requires a peace officer or enforcement officer of the liquor control board, under certain circumstances, to reimburse his or her training agency for the cost of basic law enforcement academy training that the officer received.Allows state patrol cadets, state patrol officers, and peace officers or enforcement officers of the liquor control board admittance to the Washington state patrol academy.Allows law enforcement personnel, including an employee who is a peace officer of enforcement officer of the liquor control board, admittance to the criminal justice training commission's basic law enforcement academy.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1877
by Representatives Hargrove, Freeman, Hurst, Blake, Kristiansen, Rodne, and O'Ban
Concerning regional transit authority boards.
Modifies provisions relating to appointments, voting, and expenses of regional transit authority boards.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1878
by Representatives Haler, Seaquist, Zeiger, Buys, O'Ban, and Pollet
Restoring state need grant award amounts for students at private, nonprofit degree-granting institutions.
Requires grant awards for students at private nonprofit baccalaureate degree-granting institutions participating in the state need grant program to be set at the same level as the student would receive if attending one of the public research universities.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
| Feb 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1879
by Representatives Seaquist, Appleton, and Fitzgibbon
Concerning the review of and recommendations for ferry fares.
Expands the duties of the executive committee of the Washington state ferry users relating to: (1) Understanding the Washington state ferries operating and capital budgets;(2) Proposals to fare schedule changes;(3) Operating budget cost savings and efficiency strategies; and(4) Overall fare strategies and policies.Requires the legislature to set a farebox recovery rate in the biennial omnibus transportation appropriations act at a ceiling of no more than seventy-three percent of the total Washington state ferries operating costs.Requires the Washington state ferries, working with the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee and other relevant offices, to develop an improved online ferry system operating budget display, and an organizational chart of Washington state ferries personnel assignments.Requires the executive committee to provide the transportation commission with recommendations on the adoption of fares and pricing policies.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1880
by Representative Seaquist
Limiting the scope of the department of transportation's administration of the state's ferry system.
Limits the scope of the department of transportation's responsibilities and powers with regard to the ferry system to only the maintenance and operation of ferries and ferry facilities and the acquisition of new ferries or ferry facilities when directed by the legislature.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5734
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette, and Schlicher; by request of Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee Executive Committee
Continuing the use of the legislature's sunset review process.
Delays, until June 30, 2025, the expiration of the sunset review process.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5735
by Senators Hargrove, Carrell, and Darneille
Concerning registered sex or kidnapping offenders.
Modifies provisions relating to registered sex offenders and kidnapping offenders.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5736
by Senators Bailey, Kohl-Welles, and Baumgartner
Concerning higher education operating efficiencies.
Requires the office of financial management to work with the departments of enterprise services, transportation, and commerce, institutions of higher education, and others to comprehensively review certain reporting requirements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of operations of institutions of higher education.Allows institutions of higher education and state higher education agencies to use or accept electronic signatures.Authorizes the student achievement council to: (1) Negotiate and enter into interstate reciprocity agreements with other state or multistate entities under certain circumstances; and(2) Enter into agreements with certain degree-granting institutions of higher education for the purpose of ensuring consistent consumer protection in interstate distance delivery of higher education.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
| Feb 14 | Executive session in the Senate Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | |
SB 5737
by Senators Murray, Kohl-Welles, and Kline
Banning the sale of assault weapons.
Prohibits manufacturing, possessing, purchasing, selling, and transferring of assault weapons.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5738
by Senators Murray, Kohl-Welles, Kline, and McAuliffe
Providing a funding source to improve education.
Imposes a tax on every person for the privilege of selling or exchanging capital assets.Expands funding for kindergarten through third grade class size reduction, early childhood education and assistance program slots, all-day kindergarten, the readiness to learn program, enrollment support for higher education, enhancements to basic education, and other programs to enhance student preparedness and learning.Makes appropriations.Provides for submission of the act to a vote of the people.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5739
by Senators Murray, Kohl-Welles, and Kline
Promoting public safety by expanding local authority to enact ordinances restricting firearms in parks and recreational facilities.
Allows cities, towns, counties, and other municipalities to enact laws and ordinances restricting the possession of firearms in a park or facility being used for public recreational purposes.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5740
by Senators Cleveland, Harper, Bailey, Chase, Ericksen, Sheldon, and Rivers
Concerning the exemption for property owned by nonprofit religious organizations.
Addresses property tax exemptions for property owned by nonprofit religious organizations.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5741
by Senators Fain, Nelson, Kohl-Welles, Brown, and Kline
Allowing the use of lodging taxes for financing workforce housing and tourism promotion activities or facilities.
Allows the use of lodging taxes to finance loans or grants to nonprofit organizations or public housing authorities for affordable workforce housing within one-half mile of a transit station or tourism promotion.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5742
by Senators Hasegawa, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Nelson, Kline, Chase, Keiser, Harper, and Darneille
Addressing drayage truck operators at certain ports.
Requires port districts to employ drayage truck operators to transport containerized cargo other than agricultural products at or through a port.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5743
by Senators Hobbs, King, and Eide
Modifying the use of revenue from automated school bus safety camera infractions.
Allows the use of revenue collected from infractions detected through the use of automated school bus safety cameras to be remitted to school districts for school bus safety projects.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 5744
by Senators Hargrove, Hatfield, and Conway
Creating an industrial insurance high risk premium subsidy program.
Requires the department of labor and industries to establish a workers' compensation state fund high risk premium subsidy program to pay a portion of the industrial insurance premium due for hours worked in certain high risk classifications.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Feb 22 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5745
by Senators Rivers, Honeyford, and Benton
Modifying the authority and duties of county treasurers.
Authorizes a county treasurer to: (1) Provide treasury management services for a state department or agency or other municipal corporation not currently prescribed in law by entering into an intergovernmental service agreement; and(2) Perform debt management duties.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5746
by Senator Roach
Providing a method for dissolution of a public hospital district.
Provides for dissolution of a public hospital district.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
| Feb 18 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5747
by Senator Roach
Concerning the election of public hospital district boards of commissioners.
Addresses election of the board of commissioners of a public hospital district.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
| Feb 18 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5748
by Senator Roach
Extending contribution limits to candidates for public hospital district boards of commissioners.
Extends the contribution limit to candidates for public hospital district boards of commissioners.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
| Feb 18 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5749
by Senators Schoesler and Tom
Repealing the unfunded state remittance for persons eligible for the federal earned income tax credit.
Repeals the unfunded state remittance for persons eligible for the federal earned income tax credit.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5750
by Senator Schoesler
Expiring an underutilized deferral program in the department of revenue under chapter 84.37 RCW.
Eliminates the property tax deferral program.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5751
by Senators Schoesler, Rivers, Smith, Braun, Baumgartner, Hasegawa, Parlette, Hewitt, Brown, and Holmquist Newbry
Requiring an inventory of state fees.
Requires the office of financial management to: (1) Compile, maintain, and periodically update an inventory of fees imposed by state agencies and institutions of higher education; and(2) Convene a work group to develop a process to facilitate more frequent updates to the inventory and recommend changes to increase public accessibility.Requires the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee to provide access or links, on their web site, to the inventory of state agency fees.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5752
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Chase, Parlette, Hobbs, and Kline
Extending the expiration date of the existing business and occupation tax rate for the manufacture and wholesale of certain solar energy systems.
Delays, until June 30, 2016, the expiration of the existing business and occupation tax rate for the manufacture and wholesale of certain solar energy systems.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5753
by Senators Hobbs, Tom, Hewitt, King, and McAuliffe
Providing flexibility in the education system.
Provides flexibility in the education system.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Feb 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5754
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Conway, and Kline; by request of Governor Inslee
Concerning integrated career learning opportunities and employment training for at-risk youth.
Establishes the alliance for student success in education and training (ASSET) program to increase connections and access to work-integrated learning opportunities, particularly in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.Requires the workforce training and education coordinating board, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, to design and implement a performance monitoring system to track the outcomes of the ASSET program.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to allocate grants to a minimum of two high schools and one skill center to each implement a dropout reengagement program aligned with entry into a high-demand occupation.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Feb 21 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 5:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5755
by Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Kohl-Welles, Conway, and Kline; by request of Governor Inslee
Establishing a comprehensive initiative to increase learning opportunities and improve educational outcomes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through multiple strategies and statewide partnerships.
Adopts the definition of "STEM literacy" as follows: The ability to identify, apply, and integrate concepts from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to understand complex problems and to innovate to solve them.Establishes the STEM education innovation alliance to: (1) Advise the governor and provide vision, guidance, assistance, and advice to support the initiatives under the act, as well as other current or proposed programs and initiatives across the spectrum of early learning through postsecondary education, that are intended to increase learning opportunities and improve educational outcomes in STEM; and(2) Develop a STEM education report card, based on the STEM framework for action and accountability, to monitor progress in increasing learning opportunities and improving educational outcomes in STEM.Requires the education data center to coordinate data collection and analysis to support the report card.Requires the state education agencies to report on how their policies, activities, and expenditures of public resources align with and support the STEM framework for action and accountability.Requires the office of financial management to contract with a statewide nonprofit organization with expertise in promoting and supporting STEM education from early learning through postsecondary education.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the STEM education innovation alliance, to identify and disseminate resources and materials to elementary, middle, and high schools that are intended to encourage and increase interdisciplinary instruction and project-based learning in STEM.Requires the student achievement council to consult with the STEM education innovation alliance to align strategies under the ten-year roadmap with the STEM framework for education and accountability developed by the alliance.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Feb 21 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 5:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5756
by Senators Hasegawa, Conway, Kline, Nelson, Keiser, and Kohl-Welles
Concerning community reinvestment of oil windfall profits.
Imposes a tax on petroleum businesses for the privilege of engaging in any business activity within this state.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 5757
by Senators Smith, Schlicher, Braun, Chase, and Shin
Concerning standards and policies governing information technology.
Requires the office of the chief information officer to develop standards based on leading usability practices that enable agencies to produce clear, consistent, and usable web content.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5758
by Senators Holmquist Newbry, Braun, and King
Making coverage of certain maritime service elective for purposes of unemployment compensation.
Makes coverage of certain maritime service elective for purposes of unemployment compensation.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
| Feb 22 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5759
by Senators Braun, Chase, Shin, Smith, Schlicher, Holmquist Newbry, and Brown
Concerning data collection and operational cost funding for the Washington state economic development commission.
Requires a minimum of five hundred thousand dollars from the economic development strategic reserve account to be extended annually to cover the operational costs of the state economic development commission.Requires state agencies, that operate a program identified by the state economic development commission as a state-funded program providing significant economic development services, to develop a data collection plan for the program.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5760
by Senator Parlette
Providing compensation for commercial crop damage caused by bighorn sheep.
Authorizes the department of fish and wildlife to provide compensation for commercial crop damage caused by bighorn sheep.
| Feb 13 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
| Feb 19 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5761
by Senators King and Hobbs; 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 13 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |