 | WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE | |
| Legislative Digest No. 10 | ||
| SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | ||
| Monday, January 27, 2014 | 15th 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 1135-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Overstreet, Moeller, Taylor, Shea, Condotta, Buys, Dahlquist, Hargrove, and Warnick)
Concerning the annual gross sales limits for cottage food operations.
Removes the automatic increases to the gross income limit for cottage food operations.Increases the maximum annual gross sales amount for cottage food operations to twenty-five thousand dollars.
| Jan 31 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 23 | 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 1170-S2
by House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Morrell, Cody, Seaquist, Morris, Green, Ormsby, Freeman, Jinkins, Blake, Moeller, Upthegrove, Ryu, Liias, Pollet, Fey, Haigh, Bergquist, S. Hunt, and Santos)
Modifying the income thresholds for the exemption and deferral property tax relief programs for senior citizens and persons retired because of physical disability.
Requires the department of revenue, with input from a task force established for this purpose, to study certain issues relating to property tax relief programs for senior citizens, disabled persons, and veterans.Requires county assessors to provide data, requested by the department of revenue to conduct the study, in an electronic format accessible by the department.
| Jan 28 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 15 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 19 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 6:00 PM. | |
| Feb 22 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 16 | FIN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM. | ||
| Jan 23 | Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government & Information Technology. | |
HB 1424-S3
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Haigh, Santos, Sullivan, Maxwell, Ryu, Freeman, Stonier, Seaquist, McCoy, Fey, Roberts, Morrell, Kagi, Bergquist, and Jinkins)
Enhancing the statewide K-12 dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement system.
Takes steps to enhance the current dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement system by: (1) Clarifying the laws pertaining to the statewide system and the state-level work group charged with overseeing the system; and(2) Providing specific additional support for some of the highest need students, including those who have already dropped out of school and those who are enrolled in chronically low-performing schools.
| Feb 12 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Feb 21 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Feb 28 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM. | |
| Mar 1 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM. | |
| Mar 18 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Mar 27 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 11:00 AM. | |
| Jan 22 | ED - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 1709-S
by House Committee 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.
| 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 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Jan 29 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 3:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. | |
HB 1815-S
by House Committee 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.
| 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 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | ||
| Jan 29 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education at 3:30 PM in anticipation of other legislative action. | |
HB 2002-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Condotta and Reykdal)
Modifying snowmobile license fees.
Increases license fees for snowmobiles.
| Mar 25 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | |
| Mar 28 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 21 | 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. | ||
HB 2029-S2
by House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris and Hudgins)
Eliminating the economic development-related agencies, boards, and commissions.
Eliminates the Washington state economic development commission, the Washington tourism commission, and the microenterprise development program.Abolishes innovate Washington and transfers its missions, powers, duties, and functions to the department of commerce.Creates the innovate Washington program in the department of commerce.Changes requirements with regard to administration of the Washington global health technologies and product development competitiveness program.
| Apr 22 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM. | |
| Apr 23 | Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 21 | 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. | ||
HB 2105-S
by House Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Representatives Hawkins, Bergquist, Buys, S. Hunt, Holy, Orwall, Ross, Pedersen, Reykdal, Hayes, Pollet, Kochmar, Hudgins, Magendanz, Moscoso, Vick, Riccelli, Klippert, Stonier, Nealey, Tarleton, Scott, Pike, Fagan, Fey, Seaquist, Chandler, Farrell, Haigh, Fitzgibbon, Sawyer, Moeller, Gregerson, Johnson, Haler, Appleton, Carlyle, Morrell, Goodman, Van De Wege, and Freeman)
Promoting transparency in government by requiring public agencies with governing bodies to post their agendas online in advance of meetings.
Requires a public agency with a governing body to make the agenda of each regular meeting of the governing body available online no later than twenty-four hours in advance of the published start time of the meeting.Excludes an agency that does not have a web site or if it employs less than ten full-time employees.
| Jan 14 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 22 | GOE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 2109-S
by House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Haler, Klippert, and Van De Wege)
Concerning the development of residency training programs to recruit and retain primary care physicians in rural and underserved areas of the state.
Requires the University of Washington school of medicine to support the development of residency training programs in southeastern Washington in partnership with a qualified hospital licensed in the state that is willing to sponsor primary care training.Revises the definition of "school of medicine" in chapter 70.112 RCW (family medicine--education and residency programs) to include the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences located in Yakima.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 17 | Work session and public hearing in the House Committee on Higher Education at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 22 | HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Higher Education at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 2121-S
by House Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Representatives Pollet, S. Hunt, Rodne, Bergquist, Holy, Moeller, Hayes, Carlyle, Fitzgibbon, Liias, Takko, Springer, Appleton, Morrell, Reykdal, Jinkins, Moscoso, Ryu, Fagan, Farrell, Riccelli, and Freeman; by request of Attorney General)
Concerning training public officials and employees regarding public records, records management, and open public meetings requirements.
Establishes the open government trainings act.Requires every member of the governing body of a public agency to complete training on the requirements of the open public meetings act.Requires each elected state or local official and each person appointed to fill a vacancy in elective office, who is subject to the requirements of the public records act, to complete a training course regarding the provisions of the public records act and the provisions of chapter 40.14 RCW for records retention.Requires certain designated records officers and public records officers to complete a training course regarding the provisions of the public records act and the provisions of chapter 40.14 RCW for records retention.Authorizes the attorney general's office to provide information, technical assistance, and training on the provisions of the public records act.
| Jan 14 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 21 | GOE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Minority; do not pass. | ||
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 10:00 AM. | ||
HB 2126-S
by House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Lytton, Warnick, Tharinger, Chandler, Blake, Van De Wege, MacEwen, Pettigrew, Dunshee, Stanford, Fitzgibbon, Haler, Ross, Buys, Morrell, Roberts, and Ryu; by request of Commissioner of Public Lands)
Creating the community forest trust account.
Creates the community forest trust account and requires all money received for the acquisition, sale, management, and administration of the department of natural resources' duties for community forest trust lands to be deposited into the account.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 23 | 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 2158-S
by House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Haigh, Seaquist, S. Hunt, Reykdal, Tharinger, and Freeman)
Concerning dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement activities by educational service districts.
Requires educational service districts, as a basic core service, to: (1) Coordinate and convene school, family, and community partnerships to develop and implement comprehensive K-12 dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement systems;(2) Facilitate and assist local partnerships in using dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement system assessment tools; and(3) Develop dropout reengagement programs to be offered under contract with school districts.Authorizes an educational service district that offers a dropout reengagement program under contract with one or more school districts to, with the agreement of the contracting district, award high school credit to students residing in that district who successfully complete courses eligible for credit under the program.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 11:00 AM. | |
| Jan 22 | ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 2165-S
by House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kagi, Lytton, Morrell, Jinkins, and Haigh)
Concerning department of early learning fatality reviews.
Establishes the Eve Uphold act.Requires the department of early learning to conduct a child fatality review if a child fatality occurs in an early learning program, a licensed child care center, or a licensed child care home.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 20 | Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 22 | ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM. | ||
HB 2215-S
by House Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Representatives Robinson, Manweller, S. Hunt, and Haler; by request of Secretary of State)
Reconciling election laws.
Reconciles election laws.
| Jan 22 | GOE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Government Operations & Elections at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 2523-S
by House Committee on Business & Financial Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Kirby, Vick, and Santos)
Revising provisions governing money transmitters.
Revises money transmitter provisions relating to money transmitter licensees that accept money or its equivalent from consumers purchasing goods or services.
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 22 | BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Executive action taken in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. | ||
HB 2662
by Representative Stanford
Addressing electronic notices and document delivery of insurance products.
Addresses electronic notices and document delivery of insurance products.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2663
by Representatives Pollet, Kretz, Goodman, Rodne, Gregerson, and Freeman
Regulating tow truck operators not regulated under chapter 46.55 RCW.
Regulates tow truck operators that are not regulated under chapter 46.55 RCW (towing and impoundment).
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2664
by Representatives Taylor, Blake, Overstreet, Shea, Scott, and Young
Ensuring the right of self-defense against attacks by aggressive, violent animals.
Ensures the right of self-defense against attacks by aggressive, violent animals.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2665
by Representatives Pettigrew, Kagi, Sawyer, Gregerson, Freeman, and Ortiz-Self; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning the expiration of the advisory committee on the disproportionate representation of children of color in Washington's child welfare system.
Eliminates the June 30, 2014, expiration of the advisory committee on the disproportionate representation of children of color in Washington's child welfare system.Requires the advisory committee to develop membership rules by August 1, 2014, and requires the rules to be included in the annual secretary's report.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2666
by Representatives G. Hunt, Kirby, Dahlquist, Hurst, and Parker
Placing restrictions on construction agreements.
Voids any provision in a construction agreement that requires a party to indemnify another against liability for damage arising out of death or bodily injury to persons or damage to property caused in whole or in part by the negligence of the indemnitee.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2667
by Representatives Morris, Tarleton, Freeman, and Fey
Implementing least cost planning to analyze transportation system performance.
Authorizes the department of transportation, in carrying out its transportation planning responsibilities and conducting special studies, to use least cost planning as a method of analyzing transportation system performance and identifying an optimal mix of strategies for managing and improving a transportation system that supports communities, the economy, and the environment.Requires regional transportation planning organizations to collaborate with the department of transportation in the development of a least cost planning and programming framework that: (1) Supports the state transportation system policy goals and uses analytical methods to examine transportation system performance; and(2) Identifies an optimal mix of practical investment and policy strategies for managing and improving a transportation system that supports communities, the economy, and the environment.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2668
by Representatives Sawyer, Zeiger, Muri, Tarleton, Seaquist, Moscoso, Reykdal, Sells, Rodne, Stanford, Gregerson, Morrell, Freeman, and Ortiz-Self
Concerning insurance for enlisted members of the Washington national guard.
Provides a premium-based health plan and a premium-based dental plan for certain Washington national guard members.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2669
by Representatives Klippert and Haler
Expanding DNA databases to include DNA from certain arrestees.
Requires the collection of biological samples for DNA identification analysis from adults lawfully arrested for the commission of a criminal offense.Requires the director of the Washington state patrol's forensic laboratory services to perform an annual audit to ensure that biological samples are destroyed as required.Authorizes a person, under certain circumstances, to request expungement of his or her sample and DNA records from the DNA identification system.Imposes an additional fee of fifty cents, per traffic infraction, on a person found to have committed such an infraction and requires the revenue from the fee to be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit in the state DNA database account.Prohibits a court from suspending, reducing, or deferring payment of the one hundred-dollar crime laboratory analysis fee.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2670
by Representative Kirby
Concerning licensure of persons providing debt settlement services.
Establishes the debt settlement services act.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 28 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
| Jan 29 | Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Business & Financial Services at 1:30 PM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2671
by Representatives Magendanz, Carlyle, Manweller, Fey, Warnick, Sawyer, Morris, Gregerson, Hansen, Condotta, Muri, Tharinger, Morrell, Wylie, Haler, Fitzgibbon, S. Hunt, Tarleton, Freeman, Ortiz-Self, and Moscoso
Clarifying the application of tax exemptions for vehicles powered by clean alternative fuels.
Clarifies the application of sales and use tax exemptions for vehicles powered by clean alternative fuels.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2672
by Representatives Farrell, Sells, Ryu, Green, Reykdal, Stanford, Pollet, Hudgins, Gregerson, Walkinshaw, Robinson, Bergquist, S. Hunt, Fey, Riccelli, Lytton, Tharinger, Fitzgibbon, Sawyer, Tarleton, Jinkins, Goodman, Roberts, Moeller, Freeman, Moscoso, Cody, Wylie, Appleton, Ormsby, Dunshee, and Habib
Increasing the minimum hourly wage to twelve dollars over three years.
Increases the minimum hourly wage to: (1) Ten dollars beginning January 1, 2015;(2) Eleven dollars beginning January 1, 2016; and(3) Twelve dollars beginning January 1, 2017.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Labor & Workforce Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2673
by Representatives Zeiger, Wylie, and Vick
Concerning the use and possession of electronic or electromechanical amusement machines.
Excludes an electronic or electromechanical amusement machine from the definition of "gambling device," for purposes of chapter 9.46 RCW (gambling--1973 act).
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2674
by Representatives Warnick and Sawyer
Concerning the processing of quick titles by subagents.
Authorizes a subagent to process a quick title in accordance with rules adopted by the department of licensing.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2675
by Representatives Shea, Blake, Moscoso, Reykdal, Sells, Condotta, Scott, and Young
Modifying provisions applicable to off-road, nonhighway, and wheeled all-terrain vehicles and their drivers.
Modifies provisions applicable to off-road, nonhighway, and wheeled all-terrain vehicles and their drivers.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2676
by Representatives Short, Morris, Magendanz, Takko, Smith, Van De Wege, Wylie, Muri, Haler, Springer, Tarleton, Freeman, and Fagan
Allowing incremental electricity produced as a result of efficiency improvements to hydroelectric generation projects whose energy output is marketed by the Bonneville power administration to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act.
Allows certain incremental electricity to qualify as an eligible renewable resource under the energy independence act.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2677
by Representatives Springer, Dahlquist, Habib, Takko, Haler, Walsh, Manweller, Tharinger, Harris, Pike, Sawyer, and Hayes
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.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Local Government (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
| Jan 30 | Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
HB 2678
by Representatives Senn, Stonier, Nealey, Harris, Seaquist, Bergquist, Fey, Magendanz, Morrell, Tharinger, Clibborn, Freeman, Haigh, Habib, Stanford, Kagi, Haler, and Gregerson; by request of Governor Inslee
Providing greater small business assistance by modifying the filing threshold for excise tax purposes.
Changes the filing threshold for excise tax purposes to provide greater small business assistance.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2679
by Representatives DeBolt and Haler
Concerning the expenditure limit for the state universal communications services program.
Requires expenditures for the state universal communications services program to be five million dollars per fiscal year less administrative costs appropriated to the utilities and transportation commission to administer the program.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Technology & Economic Development (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
HB 2680
by Representatives Springer, Haler, Goodman, and Freeman
Establishing a caterer's license to sell spirits, beer, and wine.
Creates a caterer's license to sell spirits, beer, and wine.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). | |
SB 5887-S
by Senate Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Senators Rivers, Tom, and Litzow)
Merging the medical marijuana system with the recreational marijuana system.
Merges medical marijuana and recreational marijuana provisions.Changes the name of the state liquor control board to the state substance control board.Changes the name of the basic health plan trust account to the basic health services account.Requires the code reviser to prepare legislation for the 2015 legislative session changing references from the state liquor control board to the state substance control board.
| Apr 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 8:00 AM. | |
| Jan 16 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:30 PM. | |
| Jan 21 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 23 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health Care at 10:00 AM. | |
| Jan 24 | HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| And refer to Commerce & Labor. | ||
| Minority; without recommendation. | ||
| Referred to Commerce & Labor. | ||
SB 5977-S
by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance (originally sponsored by Senators Hobbs and Fain)
Addressing the regulation of service contracts and protection product guarantees.
Modifies provisions relating to the regulation of service contracts and protection product guarantees.
| Jan 16 | Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 23 | Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Housing & Insurance at 1:30 PM. | |
| Jan 24 | FIHI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. | |
| Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. | ||
SB 6406
by Senators Cleveland, Eide, Billig, and Chase
Modifying when to display vehicle headlights.
Changes the requirements for displaying vehicle headlights.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6407
by Senators Cleveland, Ranker, Keiser, and Darneille
Consenting to medical care by a minor.
Allows certain minors to consent to certain hospital, medical, and dental treatment and procedures.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6408
by Senators Cleveland, Keiser, Ranker, and Chase
Authorizing physician assistants to perform opthalmic-related services under employment or supervision by a medical doctor or an osteopathic physician.
Authorizes the performance of opthalmic-related services by physician assistants.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6409
by Senators Cleveland and Chase
Implementing changes to child support based on the child support schedule work group report.
Implements recommendations made by the 2011 child support schedule work group.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6410
by Senators Cleveland and Chase
Concerning surname changes after the solemnization of a marriage.
Provides for surname changes after a marriage.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6411
by Senator Cleveland
Concerning small estate guardian reporting intervals and training reporting requirements.
Revises reporting and training requirements for small estate guardians.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6412
by Senators Cleveland, Rolfes, Hasegawa, Chase, Ranker, Braun, and Kline
Concerning tax, penalty, and interest assessments on claims for collection of sales tax debt.
Prohibits a claim on sales tax debt by a seller against a buyer later than the end of the statutory period for assessment of certain taxes, penalties, or interest.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6413
by Senators Fain, Eide, Padden, Pearson, Hobbs, Angel, King, Becker, Tom, Sheldon, Dammeier, Honeyford, Hill, O'Ban, Litzow, Brown, Schoesler, and Rolfes
Clarifying prior offenses for driving under the influence or physical control of a vehicle under the influence.
Revises the definition of "prior offense," for purposes of physical control of a vehicle and driving under the influence laws, to include driving or operating a commercial vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft, a nonhighway vehicle, or a snowmobile while under the influence.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6414
by Senators Fain, Tom, Eide, Hill, Angel, Braun, Becker, Litzow, Bailey, Brown, Schoesler, and Rolfes
Improving lobbyist reporting and disclosure.
Requires certain agencies, lobbyists, and lobbyists' employers to file required reports electronically over the internet as provided by the public disclosure commission.Requires the appropriate ethics boards to define the limits of accepting gifts in the form of food or beverage.Requires lobbyists who are required to report entertainment expenditures to the public disclosure commission to pay a fee of two hundred dollars to the commission each calendar year that it is required to report.Creates the public disclosure electronic filing account.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 6415
by Senators Fain, Angel, Tom, Dammeier, Hill, Becker, Eide, Hobbs, King, Brown, Bailey, Litzow, Schoesler, Braun, and Rolfes
Concerning consecutive sentences for driving under the influence or physical control of a vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor, marijuana, or any drug.
Requires sentences imposed for certain alcohol-related violations to be served consecutively with sentences imposed for certain ignition interlock device-related violations.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6416
by Senators Hatfield and Hobbs
Concerning dealer deliveries to active duty law enforcement officers.
Allows a dealer to deliver a pistol to a purchaser who produces a valid commission card issued by a state law enforcement agency that shows the purchaser is a full-time, commissioned law enforcement officer of the agency.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6417
by Senators Chase, Rolfes, Kline, and Kohl-Welles
Involving communities in environmental decision making.
Requires state agencies to make achieving environmental justice part of their mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, the disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income populations in the state.Requires the department of ecology to identify and maintain a list of highly impacted communities in the state.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Energy, Environment & Telecommunications. | |
SB 6418
by Senators Litzow, Fain, Dammeier, Angel, Tom, Bailey, Becker, and Mullet
Creating flexibility for the educator retooling conditional scholarship program.
Changes the name of the retooling to teach mathematics and science conditional scholarship program to the educator retooling conditional scholarship program.Addresses the requirements for a mathematics, science, special education, bilingual education, or English language learner endorsement.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
| Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM. | ||
SB 6419
by Senators Cleveland, Benton, Keiser, Darneille, Frockt, Billig, Chase, Rolfes, Nelson, Dammeier, Fraser, Eide, Kohl-Welles, Kline, Pedersen, Hargrove, Ranker, Conway, and McAuliffe
Concerning expanding access to medicaid programs in border communities.
Requires the state health care authority and the department of social and health services to collaborate and seek opportunities to expand access to care for enrollees in certain medicaid programs living in border communities that may require contractual agreements with providers across the state border when care is appropriate, available, and cost- effective.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6420
by Senators Keiser, Bailey, Chase, and Conway; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning investigations involving vulnerable adults.
Revises the definition of "vulnerable adult," for purposes of chapter 74.34 RCW (abuse of vulnerable adults), to include a person who the department of social and health services reasonably believes has a developmental disability.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6421
by Senators Bailey, Keiser, and Becker; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Providing certification exemptions and training requirements for certain individual provider long-term care workers.
Exempts from certain training and certification requirements until July 1, 2016, a long-term care worker who: (1) Works as an individual provider;(2) Provides only respite services; and(3) Works less than three hundred hours in any calendar year.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6422
by Senators Becker and Keiser; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning electronic timekeeping for in-home personal care or respite services.
Provides an exception for electronic timekeeping for in-home personal care or respite services.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Health Care. | |
SB 6423
by Senators Bailey, Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Frockt, Fain, Mullet, Chase, and Tom
Changing provisions relating to the opportunity scholarship.
Changes the composition of the opportunity scholarship board.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 the 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 24 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 6424
by Senators Roach, McAuliffe, Litzow, Fain, Bailey, Mullet, Hasegawa, and Tom
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.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6425
by Senators Hasegawa, Roach, Keiser, McCoy, Eide, Kline, and Chase
Providing direction to public hospital districts regarding limits on delegation of authority pursuant to joint venture agreements.
Provides direction to public hospital districts regarding limits on delegation of authority pursuant to joint venture agreements.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 6426
by Senators Hasegawa, Chase, and Kline
Increasing the available funding limit of the linked deposit program.
Increases the funding limit of the linked deposit program.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance. | |
SB 6427
by Senators Hasegawa, McCoy, and Chase
Creating the Puget Sound port authority.
Requires a port district located in a county with a population of one million five hundred thousand persons or more and a port district located in an adjoining county with a population of over five hundred thousand persons to establish a Puget Sound port authority.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Trade & Economic Development. | |
SB 6428
by Senators Liias and Hasegawa
Concerning heavy civil construction projects.
Provides alternative public works procedures for heavy civil construction projects.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Governmental Operations. | |
SB 6429
by Senators Darneille, Hargrove, Chase, and Kline; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Concerning the expiration of the advisory committee on the disproportionate representation of children of color in Washington's child welfare system.
Eliminates the June 30, 2014, expiration of the advisory committee on the disproportionate representation of children of color in Washington's child welfare system.Requires the advisory committee to develop membership rules by August 1, 2014, and requires the rules to be included in the annual secretary's report.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. | |
SB 6430
by Senators Liias, Fain, Hobbs, Litzow, Eide, Dammeier, McAuliffe, Baumgartner, Cleveland, Angel, and Ericksen
Extending tax preferences for high-technology research and development.
Delays the expiration of tax preferences for high-technology research and development.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Ways & Means. | |
SB 6431
by Senators Hargrove, Kohl-Welles, Liias, Kline, Rolfes, Parlette, Frockt, Pedersen, and Conway
Concerning assistance for schools in implementing youth suicide prevention activities.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction, working with state and community partners, to prioritize funding, appropriated for assisting schools in implementing youth suicide prevention activities, to the following schools and communities: (1) Schools identified by the department of health as situated in a high-risk area or in a community with high-risk populations;(2) Tribal communities; and(3) Communities with a high percentage of students who speak English as a second language.Makes an appropriation.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6432
by Senators Roach, Benton, Dansel, Hargrove, and Kline
Removing references to federal manufacturing standards.
Ends illegal profiling of motorcyclists by removing the reference in state law to federal manufacturing standards for motorcycle helmets.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6433
by Senators Padden, Kline, and Darneille
Prohibiting discrimination by an individual or entity on the basis of creed.
Prohibits an individual or entity from discriminating against another individual on the basis of creed in regard to the protected practices under the state civil rights act.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
| Jan 31 | Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM. (Subject to change) | |
SB 6434
by Senators O'Ban, Kohl-Welles, Fain, Kline, Bailey, Angel, Becker, Dammeier, and Chase
Concerning seizure and forfeiture of property for patronizing a prostitute.
Subjects certain property to seizure and forfeiture for patronizing a prostitute.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6435
by Senators O'Ban, Kohl-Welles, Bailey, Kline, Angel, Becker, and Chase
Ordering mandatory restitution for sexual exploitation of children.
Requires a court, in addition to other civil or criminal penalties authorized by law, to order restitution for an offense for the sexual exploitation of children.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Law & Justice. | |
SB 6436
by Senators Frockt, Bailey, Kohl-Welles, and Hargrove
Creating a work group to make recommendations for the continued viability of the college bound scholarship program.
Creates a college bound scholarship program work group to make recommendations to ensure the college bound scholarship program is viable, productive, and effective.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Higher Education. | |
SB 6437
by Senators Conway, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Chase, and Kline
Concerning registration requirements for contractors.
Curtails the operations of illegal businesses in the construction industry.Requires a business that applies for a contractor registration under chapter 18.27 RCW to have a state industrial insurance account, a state unemployment insurance account, and a state business tax account.Encourages an owner, officer, or partner of a contractor registration applicant to complete a preregistration contractor training class.Charges an additional contractor registration fee for an applicant that has not completed the preregistration training class.Requires the department of labor and industries to provide preregistration training in each of its service regions at least once each month.Requires the department of revenue and the employment security department to assist the department of labor and industries in presenting the contractor preregistration training program.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6438
by Senators Liias, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Hasegawa, Billig, Conway, McCoy, Kohl-Welles, and Keiser
Enhancing the basic education allocation formula to adopt the staffing resources recommended by the quality education council.
Defines a fully implemented prototypical school model for the 2017-2018 school year through annual improvements in staffing levels, with a priority on staffing schools with a high level of poverty students first.Increases student opportunities to receive a basic education as well as improve student performance and graduation rates by lowering class sizes and increasing school staffing.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6439
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 the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop a statewide training class for those people in each school district who act as the primary contact regarding the antiharassment, intimidation, or bullying policy.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |
SB 6440
by Senators King, Eide, and Kline
Imposing motor vehicle fuel taxes on compressed natural and liquefied natural gas used for transportation purposes.
Imposes motor vehicle fuel taxes 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.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6441
by Senators Kohl-Welles, Darneille, Chase, Keiser, Hobbs, Hatfield, Kline, Rolfes, and Conway
Concerning consumer warranty protections.
Addresses express warranties with respect to consumer goods.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6442
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.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor. | |
SB 6443
by Senators Liias, Angel, Eide, Bailey, and Rolfes; by request of Department of Transportation
Modifying time period and monetary limits on ferry vessel and terminal work by state forces.
Allows work for less than two hundred thousand dollars to be performed on ferry vessels and terminals by state forces.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Transportation. | |
SB 6444
by Senators Litzow, Angel, Tom, Bailey, Billig, Fain, and Keiser
Creating the breakfast after the bell program.
Establishes a three-year, phased-in process for providing breakfast after the bell in high needs schools.Provides technical assistance through dedicated staff within the office of the superintendent of public instruction to successfully implement the model, as well as assistance through local public-private partnerships between the office of the superintendent of public instruction 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.
| Jan 24 | First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. | |