 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 24 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, February 14, 2014 | 33rd Day - 2014 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=2014.
HB 1017-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Fitzgibbon, Fey, Liias, McCoy, Hudgins, Farrell, Morrell, Ormsby, Upthegrove, and Pollet)
Creating new efficiency standards.
Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for battery charger systems, battery backup, and uninterruptible power supplies.
| Jan 16 | Work session and public hearing in the House Committee on Environment at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | APPG - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology at 3:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 22 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Mar 5 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Mar 6 | 2nd substitute bill substituted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 1. | ||
| Vote on third reading will be reconsidered. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. | ||
| Mar 8 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
| Apr 2 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 1:30 PM. | |
| Apr 28 | By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. | |
| May 13 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. | |
| Nov 7 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. | |
| Jan 13 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. | |
| Feb 7 | Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 12 | Returned to second reading for amendment. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Feb 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. | |
HB 1574-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Kagi, Ryu, and Pollet; by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
Establishing a fee for certification for the residential services and supports program to cover investigative costs.
Addresses current funding levels that limit the department of social and health services' ability to promote vulnerable adult protections in the residential services and supports program.Requires applicants to pay a certification fee before the issuance of initial certification for the residential services and supports program.
| Feb 8 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 12 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 21 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 27 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM. | |
| Mar 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. | |
| Mar 28 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 4 | APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1674-S
by House Committee on Technology & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Santos, Morris, and Maxwell)
Increasing the regulatory oversight and accountability of the office of minority and women's business enterprises.
Addresses reporting requirements, prohibited activities, penalties, compliance, and remedies with regard to the office of minority and women's business enterprises.Establishes an investigation unit within the office of minority and women's business enterprises for the purpose of detecting and investigating fraud and violations.Authorizes the director of the office of minority and women's business enterprises to apply for and obtain a superior court order approving and authorizing a subpoena in advance of its issuance.Directs certain civil penalties to be deposited in the minority and women's business enterprises account.
| Feb 13 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 20 | TED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 22 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government. | |
| Feb 23 | APPG - Executive action taken by committee. | |
| APPG - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Technology & Economic Development. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology at 9:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 27 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Mar 1 | Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. | |
| Mar 8 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 1. | ||
| Mar 12 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
| Mar 19 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Apr 3 | TRED - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Trade & Economic Development at 12:00 PM. | ||
| Apr 28 | By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. | |
| May 13 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. | |
| Nov 7 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. | |
| Jan 13 | By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. | |
| Jan 24 | Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 12 | Returned to second reading for amendment. | |
| Floor amendment(s) adopted. | ||
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
HB 1709-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Dahlquist, Santos, Magendanz, Moscoso, Fagan, Ryu, Maxwell, Pollet, and Bergquist)
Requiring a study to develop a state foreign language education interpreter training program.
Requires the office of the education ombuds to submit to the education committees of the legislature a feasibility study for development of a state foreign language education interpreter training program designed to create a pool of trained interpreters for public schools, including volunteer interpreters.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 15 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 15 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 22 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1815-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Moscoso, Appleton, Dahlquist, Ryu, Roberts, Pettigrew, Takko, Maxwell, Pollet, Fey, Santos, and Tharinger)
Assuring that education-related information is appropriately provided to parents with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
Requires the state school directors' association, the office of the education ombuds, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, representatives of the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee, certain parents, and interested education associations to develop a model language access policy and procedure for adoption by school districts.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 20 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 5:30 PM. | |
| Jan 15 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 22 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 1897-S2
by House Committee on Technology & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Representatives McCoy, Ryu, and Pollet)
Requiring call location information to be provided to law enforcement responding to an emergency.
Requires a wireless telecommunications provider to provide call location information concerning the telecommunications device of a user when requested by a law enforcement agency for the purpose of responding to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm.Requires wireless telecommunications providers and resellers of wireless telecommunications services to submit their emergency contact information to the Washington state patrol.Requires the Washington state patrol to: (1) Maintain a database containing emergency contact information for wireless telecommunications providers; and(2) Make the information immediately available upon request to facilitate a request from law enforcement for call location information.
| Feb 19 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 21 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | TED - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology & Economic Development at 3:30 PM. | ||
HB 2166-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Lytton, Robinson, Haigh, Kagi, Magendanz, Dahlquist, Moeller, Seaquist, Johnson, Morrell, and Bergquist)
Providing for educational data on students from military families.
Requires the superintendent of public instruction's reporting format and instructions for school districts to collect and submit data to include for all newly enrolled students, including transfer students, data on students from military families.Requires the K-12 data governance group to develop best practice guidelines for the collection and regular updating of the data on students from military families.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to conduct an analysis of the average number of students from military families who are special education students.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 20 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2341-S
by House Committee on Public Safety (originally sponsored by Representatives DeBolt, Jinkins, Harris, Rodne, Shea, and Taylor)
Concerning indecent liberties by a clergy member.
Addresses indecent liberties when the perpetrator is a member of the clergy.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2373-S
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Parker, Lytton, Stonier, Dahlquist, Seaquist, Zeiger, Santos, Farrell, Pettigrew, Kagi, Bergquist, Walsh, Pollet, Fey, Ryu, Roberts, Cody, Gregerson, Orwall, Haler, S. Hunt, Tarleton, Freeman, Walkinshaw, Muri, and Habib)
Enacting provisions to improve educational outcomes for homeless students.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Report to the governor and the legislature certain data for homeless students;(2) In collaboration with experts from community organizations on homelessness and homeless education policy, develop or acquire a short video that provides information on how to identify signs that indicate a student may be homeless, how to provide services and support to homeless students, and why this identification and support is critical to student success; and(3) Adopt and distribute to each school district, best practices for choosing and training school district-designated homeless student liaisons.Requires school districts to, on an annual basis, strongly encourage: (1) All school staff to review the video; and(2) Every district-designated homeless student liaison to attend trainings provided by the state to ensure that homeless children and youth are identified and served.Requires school districts to: (1) Include information about services and support for homeless students in existing materials that are shared with students at the beginning of the school year or at enrollment information; and(2) Report annually to the superintendent of public instruction, dropout rates for student populations in each of the grades seven through twelve by homeless status.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | APPE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 12:00 PM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2383-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Reykdal, Tarleton, Pollet, Stonier, Tharinger, Ryu, Morrell, S. Hunt, Gregerson, Freeman, and Santos)
Integrating career and college readiness standards into K-12 and higher education policies and practices.
Requires the state board of education to examine options and strategies for making the high school and beyond plan a more rigorous and meaningful tool for students to identify and pursue career and college pathways beginning in the eighth grade and align their high school course-taking with those pathways.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with career and technical educators and directors across the state, to identify and recommend specific strategies and resources needed to embed the common core state standards and the next generation science standards into career and technical course curriculum and instruction.Requires the professional educator standards board to examine the strategies being used to incorporate the common core state standards and the next generation science standards into educator certification.Requires the state board for community and technical colleges to continue convening college faculty and high school teachers to design and develop courses and curricula for students in their senior year of high school who do not meet the career and college ready standard on the eleventh grade consortium-developed assessments of the common core state standards and the next generation science standards.Requires the student achievement council to: (1) Conduct an analysis of dual credit courses offered to high school students; and(2) Convene the state education agencies at least three times in 2014 to address tasks assigned in this act and as specified in the ten-year roadmap in RCW 28B.77.020.Encourages the agencies mentioned above, in developing their strategies and recommendations, to consult with the workforce training and education coordinating board, labor representatives, and business representatives.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 29 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2395-S
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Moscoso, Walsh, Ryu, Stonier, Reykdal, Gregerson, and Freeman)
Establishing a state seal of biliteracy for high school students.
Creates the Washington state seal of biliteracy to recognize public high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in one or more world languages in addition to English.Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to adopt rules establishing criteria for award of the state seal of biliteracy.Allows the standardized high school transcript to include a notation of whether the student has earned the state seal of biliteracy.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | APPE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 12:00 PM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2420-S
by House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Klippert, Moscoso, Muri, Fey, Hayes, Seaquist, Hargrove, MacEwen, Haler, Ryu, Smith, Tarleton, Zeiger, Bergquist, Morrell, Shea, Santos, Ormsby, and Freeman)
Concerning Medal of Honor special license plates.
Allows medal of honor special license plates to be used on no more than three motor vehicles.Allows a registered owner who is eligible for medal of honor license plates to, in lieu of applying for the special license plates, apply for regular issue license plates and receive the full benefit of the vehicle license fee, license plate fee, and motor vehicle excise tax exemptions.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 29 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Transportation at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading suspension calendar by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2485-S
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Reykdal, and Bergquist)
Addressing survivor benefits from the public employees' retirement system for survivors of members in registered domestic partnerships prior to December 2012.
Allows, under certain circumstances, survivor benefits from the public employees' retirement system for survivors of members in registered domestic partnerships.
| Jan 27 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 4 | APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 5 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2536-S
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Hudgins, Dahlquist, Bergquist, Lytton, Pettigrew, Orwall, Kagi, Morrell, Roberts, Tharinger, Haigh, Goodman, Walkinshaw, Riccelli, Pollet, and S. Hunt)
Creating the breakfast after the bell program.
Establishes a four-year, phased-in process for providing breakfast after the bell in high needs schools.Provides technical assistance from within the office of the superintendent of public instruction and through local public-private partnerships between the office and nonprofit organizations knowledgeable about hunger and food security issues.Works with schools to identify funding mechanisms to institute universal breakfast.Encourages schools providing breakfast after the bell to use a model that allows breakfast time to be part of instructional time.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | APPE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 12:00 PM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
HB 2610-S
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Fey, Kagi, Freeman, Fitzgibbon, Sawyer, Senn, Bergquist, Walkinshaw, Lytton, Ryu, Farrell, Jinkins, Robinson, Roberts, Gregerson, Santos, and Pollet)
Identifying characteristics of the homeless youth population.
Requires the state institute for public policy to conduct an analysis to identify characteristics of the homeless youth population from birth to age ten.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2612-S
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Hansen, Haler, Zeiger, and Seaquist)
Changing provisions relating to the opportunity scholarship.
Changes the month from May to October for the annual disbursement of scholarships from the scholarship account.Authorizes the opportunity scholarship board to elect to have the state investment board invest certain funds in the scholarship account and the endowment account.Requires the student achievement council to enter into an appropriate agreement with the program administrator to demonstrate exchange of consideration for the matching funds. Once money in the opportunity scholarship match transfer account is subject to the agreement and is deposited in the scholarship account or endowment account, the state acts in a fiduciary rather than ownership capacity with regard to those assets.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 13 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 75; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
| Feb 20 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. | |
HB 2627-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Roberts, Hayes, Moscoso, Robinson, and Freeman)
Concerning the arrest of individuals who suffer from chemical dependency.
Allows a police officer who has reasonable cause to believe that an individual has committed acts constituting a nonfelony crime that is not a serious offense, and has not committed a possible violation of DUI or physical control laws, and is known by history to suffer from a chemical dependency, to: (1) Take the individual to an approved chemical dependency treatment provider for treatment;(2) Take the individual to an emergency medical service customarily used for incapacitated persons, if no approved treatment program is readily available;(3) Refer the individual to a chemical dependency professional for initial detention and proceeding; or(4) Release the individual upon agreement to voluntary participation in outpatient treatment.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPH - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2643-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Farrell, Riccelli, Cody, Bergquist, Stanford, Gregerson, Sawyer, Tarleton, Fey, Stonier, Robinson, Walkinshaw, Morrell, Pollet, Ormsby, and Freeman; by request of Governor Inslee)
Concerning efforts with private and public partnerships to help produce Washington's healthiest next generation.
Creates the governor's council for the healthiest next generation to coordinate immediate steps and consider future strategy to help children be more active and healthy.Directs the governor to discontinue the council upon a determination of reduced need or resources.
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 3 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | APPH - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
HB 2739-S
by House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Walsh, Santos, Bergquist, Walkinshaw, Kagi, Johnson, Ryu, Zeiger, and Magendanz)
Requiring a report analyzing the correlation of certain family factors with academic and behavioral indicators of student success.
Requires the education data center to contract with the area health education center of eastern Washington through Washington State University extension to conduct a geographic analysis using existing data to identify areas where the cumulative effect of family factors such as employment, health status, safety, and stability correlate with academic and behavioral indicators of student success.Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 6:00 PM. | ||
| Feb 6 | APPE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 11 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 12 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 13 | 1st substitute bill substituted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 0. | ||
SB 6034
by Senators Pearson, Hargrove, McCoy, Mullet, and McAuliffe; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission
Concerning state parks partnership opportunities.
Authorizes the parks and recreation commission to: (1) Use its facilities and resources to provide scenic, natural, cultural, or historical resource interpretation throughout the state parks system;(2) Provide scenic, natural, cultural, or historical resource interpretive activities for visitors to state parks; and(3) In consultation with the department of archaeology and historic preservation, permit commercial advertising on or in state parks lands and buildings, when certain conditions are met.Changes who the commission may consult and enter into agreements with and solicit assistance from regarding environmental interpretation.Changes the name of the Washington state parks gift foundation to the Washington state parks foundation.
| Jan 14 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 21 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 22 | NRP - Majority; do pass. | |
| Jan 23 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Jan 28 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
| Feb 12 | Floor amendment(s) adopted. | |
| Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. | ||
| Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. | ||
SB 6150-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Bailey, Hobbs, Angel, Benton, Conway, O'Ban, Roach, and McAuliffe)
Concerning Medal of Honor special license plates.
Allows medal of honor special license plates to be used on up to three motor vehicles.Allows a registered owner who is a medal of honor recipient to, in lieu of applying for the special license plates, apply for regular issue or any qualifying special license plates and receive the full benefit of the vehicle license fee and excise tax exemption.
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 3 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6296-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Mullet, Eide, and Rolfes)
Reducing the electric motorcycle registration renewal fee.
Requires the department of licensing, county auditors or other agents, and subagents, before accepting an application for an annual vehicle registration renewal for certain electric motorcycles, to require the applicant to pay a thirty-dollar fee in addition to any other required fees and taxes.
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 30 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 31 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 3 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6439-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Liias, Litzow, McAuliffe, Billig, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Pedersen, Mullet, Rolfes, Cleveland, Fraser, and Frockt)
Concerning preventing harassment, intimidation, and bullying in public schools.
Requires educational service districts to develop a training class for those people in their school districts who act as the primary contact regarding the antiharassment, intimidation, cyberbullying, or bullying policy.Requires the primary contact from each school district to attend at least one training class.Requires the Washington state school directors' association, in consultation with the office of education ombuds and other organizations with expertise on the civil liberties of students, to update its model policy prohibiting acts of harassment, intimidation, or bullying that are conducted via electronic means, also known as cyberbullying.Requires the most up-to-date model policy to be made available in all school districts' student handbooks.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 11 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6440-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators King, Eide, and Kline)
Imposing transportation taxes and fees on compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas used for transportation purposes.
Imposes transportation taxes and fees on natural gas, the sale of compressed natural gas, or liquefied natural gas, used as transportation fuel by a motor vehicle.Clarifies for future use the appropriate taxation of natural gas, when used as a transportation fuel, in a manner similar to gasoline and diesel.Requires the department of licensing to convene a work group that includes, at a minimum, representatives from the department of transportation, the trucking industry, manufacturers of compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas, and other stakeholders as deemed necessary to: (1) Evaluate the annual license fee in lieu of fuel tax under RCW 82.38.075 to determine a fee that more closely represents the average consumption of vehicles by weight; and(2) Develop a transition plan to move vehicles powered by liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, and propane from the annual license fee in lieu of fuel tax to the fuel tax under RCW 82.38.030.
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 11 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6442-S
by Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Brown, Hatfield, Schoesler, Hobbs, Honeyford, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline, and Rolfes)
Allowing sales of growlers of cider.
Allows licensees holding either a license that permits, or a license with an endorsement that permits, the sale of beer to a purchaser in a growler to also sell cider in a growler.
| Feb 5 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | CL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6443-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Liias, Angel, Eide, Bailey, and Rolfes; by request of Department of Transportation)
Removing time period limitations on ferry vessel and terminal work by state forces.
Allows work for less than one hundred twenty thousand dollars to be performed on ferry vessels and terminals by state workers.
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6444-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Litzow, Angel, Tom, Bailey, Billig, Fain, and Keiser)
Creating the breakfast after the bell program.
Establishes a four-year, phased-in process for providing breakfast after the bell in high needs schools.Provides technical assistance from within the office of the superintendent of public instruction and through local public-private partnerships between the office and nonprofit organizations knowledgeable about hunger and food security issues.Works with schools to identify funding mechanisms to institute universal breakfast.Encourages schools providing breakfast after the bell to use a model that allows breakfast time to be part of instructional time.
| Feb 5 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
SB 6448-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Padden, Hatfield, and Roach)
Authorizing establishment of ethics defense trust funds.
Authorizes a state officer to establish an ethics defense trust fund and name a trustee if the state officer is subject to a complaint for an ethics violation relating to the state officer's official duties.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6451-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Pedersen, Frockt, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Litzow, Hasegawa, Nelson, McCoy, Hobbs, and McAuliffe)
Creating a legislative task force to study eligibility concerns for school construction assistance grants.
Creates the joint task force on public school construction funding to review issues related to funding for the construction and renovation of public schools.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
SB 6453-S
by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Dammeier and Keiser; by request of Department of Social and Health Services)
Concerning verification of hours worked through electronic timekeeping by area agencies on aging and home care agencies.
Requires each area agency on aging to continue to verify a sample of paper worker time sheets until the state electronic payment system is available for individual providers to record their hours at which time a verification of worker time sheets may be done electronically.
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 7 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6454-S
by Senate Committee on Governmental Operations (originally sponsored by Senator Keiser)
Exempting from public inspection certain public works proposals and documents.
Exempts proposals submitted by design-build finalists from disclosure until notification of the highest scoring finalist is made or the selection process is terminated.
| Feb 3 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | GOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 7 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6466-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Rivers and Roach)
Creating a veteran hiring preference for school district security activities.
Requires preference to be given to veterans in hiring for school district security activities.
| Feb 5 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6482-S
by Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Bailey, Frockt, and Tom)
Concerning the display of campus information on the statewide public four-year dashboard.
Requires the four-year institutions of higher education and the office of financial management to provide data about branch campuses and main campuses on the statewide public four-year dashboard.Requires the education data center, when data suppression is necessary to protect student privacy, to avoid redacting data to the maximum extent possible.
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | HIE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Higher Education. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6512-S
by Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Becker, Sheldon, Holmquist Newbry, Rivers, Brown, Padden, Angel, Dammeier, Dansel, King, Hewitt, Honeyford, and Pearson)
Concerning federal funding programs requiring changes in state law.
Requires the joint legislative audit and review committee to, by December 1st each year, report to the legislature regarding federal funding programs affecting Washington state health and human services agencies that specify conditions requiring changes in state statutes as a condition of receiving federal funding.
| Feb 5 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6517-S
by Senate Committee on Governmental Operations (originally sponsored by Senators Roach, Chase, Fraser, and Rivers)
Exempting agency employee driver's license numbers, identicard numbers, and identification numbers from public inspection and copying.
Exempts from public inspection and copying under the public records act, drivers' license numbers and identicard numbers of employees or volunteers of a public agency.
| Feb 6 | GOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. | ||
| Feb 7 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 6524-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Ericksen, Sheldon, Benton, Baumgartner, Holmquist Newbry, Braun, Parlette, and Dammeier)
Concerning the safety of the transport of hazardous materials.
Establishes the spill prevention and response act.Requires the department of ecology to: (1) In consultation with the utilities and transportation commission, the federal railroad administration, and industry experts, conduct a study on the safety of transporting oil and hazardous materials in bulk by rail;(2) Conduct an evaluation of the safety of transporting oil and hazardous materials in bulk on waters of the state;(3) With the utilities and transportation commission, jointly hold a symposium on emergency prevention and response activities for oil and hazardous materials transported in the Pacific Northwest region;(4) Make certain information regarding oil and hazardous materials spill prevention and response available on its web site; and(5) Provide grants to emergency responders to assist with oil spill response and firefighting equipment and resources needed to meet certain requirements specified in this act.Makes an appropriation.
| Feb 4 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6534-S
by Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Pedersen, Roach, and Kline)
Repealing provisions awarding prevailing party fees and costs for appeals of land use decisions.
Repeals certain provisions awarding prevailing party fees and costs for appeals of land use decisions.
| Feb 4 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6537-S
by Senate Committee on Governmental Operations (originally sponsored by Senator Roach)
Concerning the investigative and certification authority of the office of minority and women's business enterprises.
Expands the list of who can petition the office of minority and women's business enterprises regarding a belief that a particular minority and women's business enterprise should not have been certified.
| Feb 6 | Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 7 | GOV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6538-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Rivers, Cleveland, Brown, Litzow, Billig, and McAuliffe)
Concerning early education for children involved in the child welfare system.
Requires a family assessment response worker to assess for child safety and child well-being when collaborating with a family to determine the need for child care, preschool, or home visiting services.Revises the definition of "eligible child," for purposes of the early childhood education and assistance program, to include children involved in the child welfare system.
| Feb 5 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
SB 6540-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senator Ericksen)
Banning tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate and tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate flame retardants in children's products and residential upholstered furniture.
Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and distribution of certain flame retardants in children's products and residential upholstered furniture.Exempts the sale or purchase of previously owned products containing certain chemicals made in casual or isolated sales, or by a nonprofit organization.Authorizes the department of ecology to promote the development of safer consumer products.
| Feb 5 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6552-S
by Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Rolfes, Dammeier, Litzow, Rivers, Tom, Fain, Hill, Kohl-Welles, Mullet, McAuliffe, and Cleveland)
Improving student success by modifying instructional hour and graduation requirements.
Modifies instructional hour and graduation requirements.
| Feb 5 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 5:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | EDU - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Ways & Means. | ||
| Referred to Ways & Means. | ||
| Feb 10 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 11 | WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
| Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Feb 13 | Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. | |
SB 6554-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senator Ranker)
Providing life alert services.
Requires employees of companies providing life alert services to provide the location and any known medical conditions of their customers when requested by first responders during an emergency.
| Feb 6 | Public hearing, executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Energy, and Environment & Telecommunications at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 7 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Held for further consideration. | ||
| Feb 11 | On motion, referred to Rules. | |