 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 19 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Friday, February 8, 2013 | 26th 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 1083-S
by House Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Appleton, Roberts, Jinkins, Freeman, and Hunt)
Authorizing judges of tribal courts and administrative law judges to solemnize marriages.
Authorizes tribal court judges and administrative law judges to solemnize marriages.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1117-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Hansen, Rodne, and Pedersen; by request of Uniform Laws Commission)
Concerning the transfer of real property by deed taking effect at the grantor's death.
Establishes the Washington uniform real property transfer on death act which modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
| Jan 23 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1134-S
by House Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives McCoy, Santos, Appleton, Lytton, Ryu, Stanford, Roberts, Jinkins, Haigh, Freeman, and Hunt)
Authorizing state-tribal education compact schools.
Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to enter into state-tribal education compacts and provides requirements for schools that are subject to such compacts.Requires the department of early learning to convene a working group to develop pilot programs to work in conjunction with state-tribal education compact schools.Provides for an August 1, 2023, expiration of the working group.
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Development and Housing & Tribal Affairs at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1199-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake, Chandler, Takko, Buys, Kirby, Orcutt, Lytton, Van De Wege, Nealey, Hudgins, Stanford, Wilcox, Warnick, Ryu, Morrell, and Tharinger; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife)
Ensuring hunter safety.
Revises hunter education training program requirements.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1200-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Blake, Wilcox, Takko, Lytton, Klippert, Van De Wege, Nealey, Stanford, Short, and Smith)
Concerning the labeling of seafood.
Revises seafood labeling requirements.Addresses penalties for unlawful misbranding of food fish or shellfish.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | AGNR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1247-S
by House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Hansen, Warnick, Smith, Zeiger, Fey, Springer, Tharinger, and Santos)
Modifying job skills program provisions.
Modifies job skills program provisions.Creates the job skills program account and the job skills program trust account.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | LWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1370-S
by House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representative Seaquist)
Concerning notice requirements for homeowners' associations meetings.
Provides options for notification of homeowners' associations meetings to each owner of record.
| Jan 30 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Judiciary at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Judiciary at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 1740
by Representatives Kirby, Ryu, and Moscoso; by request of Department of Licensing
Concerning fingerprint-based background checks for state-registered appraiser trainee applicants and existing credential holders.
Requires applicants for registration as a real estate appraiser trainee to submit to a background investigation.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1741
by Representatives Cody, Hunt, Ryu, Appleton, and Pollet
Allowing certain retirees to participate in the insurance programs under chapter 41.05 RCW.
Requires a county, municipality, or political subdivision to make an application on behalf of a retiree who requests participation in an insurance or self-insurance program administered under the state health care authority.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Appropriations. | |
HB 1742
by Representatives Wylie, Ryu, Hunter, Hunt, and Moscoso
Allowing sales of growlers of wine.
Allows a licensee that holds a license that permits, or a license with an endorsement that permits, the sale of beer in certain containers to sell wine in the containers.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight. | |
| Feb 12 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 1743
by Representatives Parker, Riccelli, Fagan, Angel, Klippert, Fitzgibbon, Farrell, Tarleton, Kochmar, Bergquist, Moeller, Ryu, Pollet, and Fey
Addressing when vehicles overtake and pass pedestrians or bicyclists.
Modifies the rules of the road to address when vehicles overtake and pass pedestrians or bicyclists.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1744
by Representatives Moscoso, Appleton, Ryu, McCoy, Pollet, Santos, O'Ban, Hunt, and Maxwell
Excusing work and school absences for a reason of faith or conscience.
Allows certain state employees and school children to be absent from school or work for up to two days for a reason of faith or conscience.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Judiciary. | |
HB 1745
by Representatives Clibborn, Liias, Farrell, Fitzgibbon, Moscoso, Habib, Bergquist, Ryu, Tarleton, Moeller, Riccelli, and Fey; by request of Department of Transportation
Addressing the high occupancy toll lanes on state route 167.
Addresses a project on state route 167 high occupancy vehicle lanes within King and Pierce counties.Exempts authorized emergency vehicles from toll charges.Removes the contingent expiration of the authority to impose high occupancy vehicle tolls for the state route 167 high occupancy toll pilot project.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1746
by Representatives Fey, Jinkins, Sawyer, and Kirby
Concerning a municipal officer's beneficial interest in certain renewable energy or conservation programs.
Modifies provisions relating to a municipal officer's beneficial interest in certain renewable energy incentive programs and efficient use of electrical, water, or other utility services.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1747
by Representatives Green, Appleton, Harris, Fey, Walsh, Morrell, Haler, Roberts, Zeiger, Fitzgibbon, Goodman, Stanford, Moeller, Ryu, Pollet, and Santos
Developing and enforcing standards for the department of social and health services' supported living program.
Develops standards and enforcement measures that promote the health, welfare, and safety of residents in the department of social and health services' supported living program.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. | |
HB 1748
by Representatives Blake, Wilcox, Chandler, Buys, Lytton, Haigh, and Ryu
Concerning the business and occupation taxation of dairy products.
Revises exemptions from the business and occupation tax on dairy products.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
HB 1749
by Representative Angel
Modifying metropolitan park district property tax levies to assist park districts with populations less than twenty thousand.
Assists park districts with populations less than twenty thousand by changing metropolitan park district property tax levies.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs. | |
HB 1750
by Representatives Pettigrew, Carlyle, Hurst, Condotta, Blake, Kirby, Chandler, Goodman, Springer, Johnson, Rodne, Shea, Buys, MacEwen, and Moscoso
Establishing special license endorsements for cigar lounges and retail tobacconist shops.
Requires the liquor control board to issue an endorsement as a cigar lounge and as a retail tobacconist shop to a business that meets certain requirements.Requires funds from the special license endorsement application fees to be deposited into the liquor revolving fund and the tobacco prevention and control account.Allows the use or smoking of tobacco products in certain public places and places of employment.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1751
by Representatives Springer, Chandler, Ryu, Harris, Reykdal, Orcutt, and Santos
Providing for equal tax treatment of investment securities for in-state and out-of-state banks.
Provides a stable tax base that does not encourage Washington-headquartered taxpayers to move their treasury function, and the jobs associated with that function, outside of the state in order to benefit from a lower tax liability on interest income.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1752
by Representatives Orcutt, Clibborn, and Ryu; by request of Department of Licensing
Modifying requirements for the operation of commercial motor vehicles in compliance with federal regulations.
Changes certain requirements for the operation of commercial motor vehicles in order to comply with federal regulations.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
HB 1753
by Representatives Jinkins, Hunt, Harris, Cody, Goodman, Freeman, Stanford, Fitzgibbon, Bergquist, Sawyer, Green, Ryu, Hope, Moscoso, Liias, Haler, Hudgins, Sullivan, Appleton, and Pollet
Regulating interpreter services.
Authorizes the department of social and health services, the department of labor and industries, and the state health care authority to: (1) Purchase interpreter services; and(2) Integrate the purchase of interpreter services through one centralized system.Requires the department of social and health services to establish the spoken language interpreter advisory group to advise the departments of social and health services, labor and industries, and enterprise services and the state health care authority on the certification and authorization of spoken language interpreters.Requires the director of the department of enterprise services to develop and implement a model for providing interpreter services.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections. | |
HB 1754
by Representatives Blake, Haigh, Clibborn, Ryu, and Santos
Concerning projects of statewide significance for economic development and transportation.
Provides a mechanism for local governments and state and federal agencies to perform a coordinated and comprehensive review of projects of statewide significance for economic development and transportation.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Local Government. | |
HB 1755
by Representatives Hayes, Takko, Buys, Smith, and Condotta
Concerning an exemption from discover pass requirements for off-road vehicles.
Exempts vehicles with a valid off-road vehicle permit from discover pass requirements.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government. | |
HB 1756
by Representatives Hurst, Dahlquist, Haigh, Hope, Morris, and Morrell
Concerning scrap metal licensing.
Requires scrap metal processors, scrap metal recycling centers, and scrap metal suppliers to complete a five-day "tag and hold" involving private metal property or nonferrous metal property.Requires a scrap metal license to engage in the business of scrap metal processor or scrap metal recycler.Requires a scrap metal licensee to obtain a special set of license plates for vehicles used by the business.Creates the scrap metal license account.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services. | |
HB 1757
by Representatives Smith, Morris, Dahlquist, Seaquist, Magendanz, Rodne, Zeiger, Vick, Crouse, Ryu, Buys, Hayes, O'Ban, Holy, Bergquist, Hansen, Green, Riccelli, Condotta, and Morrell
Providing monitoring of the development of a one-stop portal for Washington businesses.
Finds that regulatory agencies were directed through an executive order in 2006 to develop a one-stop business portal, but it has not yet been developed.Declares an intent to monitor the progress towards development and implementation of the one-stop business portal.Requires the office of the chief information officer to provide the economic development committees of the legislature with a plan for establishing performance benchmarks and measuring the results of implementing a one-stop integrated system for business interactions with government.Provides contingent expiration dates.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development. | |
HB 1758
by Representatives Habib, Hayes, Kirby, Klippert, Takko, Seaquist, Roberts, Fitzgibbon, Bergquist, Farrell, Liias, Ryu, and Buys
Regarding boating safety.
Implements additional provisions to ensure boating safety.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Public Safety. | |
HB 1759
by Representatives Seaquist, Hunt, and Ryu
Concerning veterans' assistance levies.
Addresses levies for veterans' assistance.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Finance. | |
| Feb 15 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5008-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs, Benton, and Hatfield)
Addressing portable electronics insurance.
Addresses insurance coverage for portable electronics.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | FIHI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 7 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5076-S
by Senate Committee on Energy, Environment & Telecommunications (originally sponsored by Senators Dammeier, Rolfes, Fain, Ranker, Shin, Keiser, Frockt, and Hasegawa)
Requiring information on home energy efficiency to be included in residential home inspection reports.
Ensures that residential home inspections provide consumers with educational information about home energy efficiency and available energy efficiency programs and services.
| Jan 24 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment & Telecommunications at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | EET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 5157-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell, Pearson, Schoesler, Hill, and Fain)
Regulating provision of child care.
Modifies provisions relating to subsidized child care services and working connections child care services.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Feb 7 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5208-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Benton, Hobbs, Nelson, Hatfield, Mullet, and Shin; by request of Department of Financial Institutions)
Concerning banks, trust companies, savings banks, and savings associations, and making technical amendments to the laws governing the department of financial institutions.
Modifies provisions relating to banks, savings banks, savings associations, and trust companies.Makes technical changes to laws that govern the department of financial institutions.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | FIHI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 7 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5263-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Benton and King)
Concerning motorcycles overtaking and passing pedestrians and bicyclists.
Allows an operator of a motorcycle to overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by a pedestrian or a bicyclist.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 7 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5274-S
by Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell, Eide, King, Harper, Hill, and Shin)
Concerning private motorcycle skills education programs.
Requires the department of licensing to allow private motorcycle skills education programs to offer motorcycle safety education where students pay the full cost for the training.
| Jan 29 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 3:30 PM. | |
| Feb 6 | TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 7 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5279-S
by Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell, Baumgartner, Smith, Becker, Schoesler, Sheldon, Rivers, Delvin, Tom, Braun, Padden, Bailey, and Hill)
Limiting use of public assistance benefits.
Prohibits the use of electronic benefit cards or cash obtained with electronic benefit cards to purchase marijuana or any paraphernalia associated with the use of marijuana.Prohibits establishments holding a spirits retail license from accepting an electronic benefits card for the purchase of spirits.
| Feb 5 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Feb 6 | HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Feb 7 | Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | |
SB 5653
by Senators Pearson, Rolfes, Honeyford, Fraser, Smith, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, and Parlette; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission
Promoting a balanced financing system for state parks programs and services in order to facilitate resource stewardship, interpretative activities, cultural events, and works of art in state parks.
Facilitates resource stewardship, interpretative activities, cultural events, and works of art in state parks by promoting a balanced financing system for state parks programs and services.Requires the office of financial management to consult with the director of the parks and recreation commission and deliver a report to the legislative fiscal committees that presents a detailed forecast of the fiscal opportunity cost incurred by the commission in complying with fee reductions and exemptions for the upcoming fiscal biennium.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
| Feb 12 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5654
by Senators Fraser and Keiser
Allowing certain retirees to participate in the insurance programs under chapter 41.05 RCW.
Requires a county, municipality, or political subdivision to make an application on behalf of a retiree who requests participation in an insurance or self-insurance program administered under the state health care authority.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5655
by Senators Murray, Keiser, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, Shin, Kline, Nelson, Billig, Mullet, Conway, Darneille, Ranker, Chase, McAuliffe, Frockt, Fraser, Harper, Cleveland, and Eide
Expanding existing higher education financial aid programs to state residents.
Makes the state need grant and the college bound scholarship available to resident students who have received a diploma, or its equivalent, in this state and have lived in this state for a certain amount of time.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5656
by Senators Braun, Carrell, Rivers, Sheldon, Hobbs, and Fain
Revising business licensing systems.
Modifies provisions relating to the municipal business and occupation tax.
| Feb 7 | 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 5657
by Senators Pearson, Parlette, Rolfes, and Schlicher
Concerning state parks and recreation.
Establishes the state parks and recreation centennial act to reaffirm the intent of the legislature as expressed in section 1, chapter 211, Laws of 1995 to: (1) Stabilize the funding of the state parks system through commitment of continuing general fund support;(2) Ensure access to state parks and recreation lands for the poor;(3) Affirm the support of the commission form of governance; and(4) Provide for additional improvements in the funding and operation of state parks and recreation.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
| Feb 12 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5658
by Senators Ericksen, McAuliffe, and Hobbs
Concerning mercury-containing lights.
Repeals the product stewardship program and the product stewardship programs account.Requires producers of mercury-containing lights sold in this state to pay a registration fee and an administration fee to the department of ecology for reimbursement of documented costs for recycling and transportation of unwanted product from covered entities and for administration and enforcement costs.Creates the mercury-containing light recycling account.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 5659
by Senators Hargrove and Carrell
Modifying assault in the third degree provisions.
Includes in the crime of assault in the third degree, assault of a caseworker employed by the department of social and health services' children's administration while the caseworker is performing his or her official duties at the time of the assault.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 5660
by Senators Chase, McAuliffe, Nelson, Kohl-Welles, and Conway
Regarding firearms safety education programs.
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop a program of instruction for firearms accident prevention for students in kindergarten through grade twelve.Allows common school districts to adopt the firearms accident prevention program.Allows school districts to excuse a student from instruction regarding firearms accident prevention under certain circumstances.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5661
by Senator Roach
Addressing property assessments and the appeal of those assessments.
Requires county assessors to sign assessments sent to property owners for real estate tax purposes and include certain other information.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5662
by Senator Roach
Concerning code enforcement of storage facilities.
Requires enforcement of zoning, building, and fire regulations on unlicensed and improperly located storage facilities.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5663
by Senators Pearson, Ranker, Tom, Rolfes, Hewitt, Sheldon, Hatfield, Bailey, Parlette, Kline, and Roach; by request of Department of Natural Resources
Regarding derelict and abandoned vessels in state waters.
Modifies derelict and abandoned vessels provisions relating to the sale or transfer of the vessels.Authorizes the department of natural resources to develop and administer a voluntary vessel turn-in program to dismantle and dispose of vessels that pose a high risk of becoming a derelict vessel or abandoned vessel, but that may not yet meet the definition of those terms.
| Feb 7 | Held on first reading. | |
| Feb 14 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. | |
SB 5664
by Senators Rivers, Hobbs, Benton, Roach, Hatfield, Chase, Hewitt, Schoesler, Ericksen, and Dammeier
Establishing a process for the payment of impact fees through provisions stipulated in recorded covenants.
Requires counties, cities, and towns collecting impact fees to adopt a permanent system for the collection of the fees from applicants for certain residential building permits.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 5665
by Senators Pearson and Rolfes
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 7 | First reading, referred to Natural Resources & Parks. | |
SB 5666
by Senators Dammeier and Schlicher
Concerning disclosure of information by health care quality improvement programs, quality assurance programs, and peer review committees.
Clarifies limits on discovery and use of quality improvement and peer review information and documents in civil litigation.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 5667
by Senators Litzow, Rolfes, Fain, McAuliffe, Harper, Rivers, Tom, Eide, Sheldon, and Hill
Providing for a single set of laws and procedures governing online learning.
Provides a single, consistent set of laws, rules, and procedures for schools and school districts seeking to offer online learning for students.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5668
by Senators Padden and Baumgartner
Addressing the removal and discharge of peace officers.
Addresses an employer's just cause for the removal or discharge of peace officers.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
| Feb 15 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5669
by Senators Padden, Kohl-Welles, Smith, Hargrove, Pearson, Darneille, Bailey, Nelson, Becker, Benton, Brown, Baumgartner, Conway, Roach, and Holmquist Newbry
Concerning trafficking.
Revises trafficking laws.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
| Feb 13 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5670
by Senators Ranker, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, and Keiser
Extending state need grant eligibility under certain circumstances.
Addresses a student's loss of need grant eligibility for taking more than five years to graduate.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5671
by Senators McAuliffe, Litzow, Fraser, Fain, Nelson, King, Chase, Rivers, Conway, Holmquist Newbry, Shin, Braun, Keiser, Brown, Becker, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles, Rolfes, and Billig
Concerning accountability in providing opportunities for certain students to participate in transition services.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to establish interagency agreements with the department of social and health services, the department of services for the blind, and other state agencies that provide high school transition services for students with disabilities or students covered by the federal rehabilitation act of 1973.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 5672
by Senators Hewitt, Honeyford, Becker, Holmquist Newbry, Brown, Schoesler, Dammeier, King, and Roach
Supporting youth programs through agricultural fairs and the horse racing commission.
Requires money in the state lottery account to be used for distribution to the state fair fund and the horse racing commission operating account to support youth programs through agricultural fairs and the horse racing commission.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5673
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Murray, Hasegawa, Chase, Conway, Shin, Fraser, Ranker, Harper, McAuliffe, and Rolfes
Creating a two-year freeze on tuition rates at community and technical colleges.
Freezes tuition increases for students attending the state's public community and technical colleges for the 2013-2015 biennium.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 5674
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Smith, Hatfield, Conway, Schoesler, King, Hobbs, Murray, Keiser, Ranker, Harper, Hewitt, and Rolfes
Allowing wine and beer sampling at farmers markets.
Authorizes a qualifying farmers market to apply to the liquor control board for an endorsement to allow sampling of wine and/or beer.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5675
by Senators Braun, Becker, Benton, Ericksen, Baumgartner, Bailey, Delvin, Hill, Sheldon, Dammeier, Carrell, Honeyford, Schoesler, Parlette, Rivers, Smith, and Hewitt
Introducing private competition in industrial insurance coverage.
Creates an efficient and cost-effective industrial insurance system for the benefit of employers and employees by introducing competition into the system through a choice of insurance carriers from whom employers may purchase industrial insurance.Establishes the joint legislative task force on private competition for industrial insurance to develop proposed legislation to eliminate the state's monopoly of the industrial insurance fund.Eliminates, effective July 1, 2015, the accident fund, the medical aid fund, and the reserve fund.Creates, effective July 1, 2015, a revolving fund, to be known and designated as the industrial insurance administrative fund, and the Washington state industrial insurance fund.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 5676
by Senators Braun, Benton, Holmquist Newbry, Padden, Becker, Honeyford, Rivers, and Roach
Protecting personal voter signatures.
Requires the secretary of state, when a petition is submitted for verification, to provide a scanned copy of the petition for public access that includes only the front of the petition containing the signers' names and addresses with the voters' personal signatures blacked out.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
| Feb 14 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 5677
by Senators Parlette, Hatfield, Honeyford, Chase, Brown, Bailey, Smith, and Hewitt
Authorizing the establishment of a water management board in the Methow watershed.
Authorizes a water management board in the Methow watershed.
| Feb 7 | First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development. | |