Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2015 Regular Session of the 64th Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate PAM ROACH, President Pro Tem
HUNTER G. GOODMAN, Secretary of the Senate SHARON BROWN, Vice President Pro Tem

January 22, 2015 - Thursday 11TH DAY
SB 5450 By Senator O'Ban

Expanding the restrictions on locating marijuana businesses.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5451 By Senators Braun, Keiser, Conway, Kohl-Welles and McAuliffe; by request of Department of Labor & Industries

Addressing vocational rehabilitation by making certain recommendations from the vocational rehabilitation subcommittee permanent and creating certain incentives for employers to employ injured workers with permanent disabilities.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5452 By Senators Litzow, Billig, Fain, Dammeier, Hargrove, Hill, Rivers, Brown, Mullet, Frockt, Jayapal, Angel, Cleveland, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, McAuliffe and Habib

Improving quality in the early care and education system.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5453 By Senators Becker, Frockt, Bailey, Jayapal, Chase and McAuliffe

Establishing extended stay recovery centers.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5454 By Senators Becker, Frockt, Dammeier, Jayapal, Bailey, Keiser, Parlette, Conway, Cleveland and Chase

Requiring reporting of infections consequent to laser in-situ keratomileusis surgery.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5455 By Senators Rivers, Parlette, Hatfield and Hobbs

Addressing the delivery of basic firefighter training and testing.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & STATE SECURITY.

SB 5456 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Frockt, Liias, Warnick and Mullet; by request of Attorney General

Concerning the unauthorized interference of ticket sales over the internet.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5457 By Senators Litzow, Liias, Hobbs and King

Modifying certain firefighting apparatus length and weight limits.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5458 By Senators Angel, Rolfes and Hasegawa

Concerning health district banking.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5459 By Senators Keiser, Hasegawa, Conway, McCoy, Kohl-Welles and Chase

Implementing family and medical leave insurance.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5460 By Senators Parlette, Cleveland, Rivers, Keiser, Angel, Chase and Bailey

Allowing practitioners to prescribe and distribute prepackaged emergency medications to emergency room patients when a pharmacy is not available.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5461 By Senators Ranker, Kohl-Welles, Pedersen, Chase, Keiser, Hasegawa and Darneille

Vacating marijuana convictions.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5462 By Senators Ranker, Jayapal, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, Pedersen, Nelson, Hatfield, Frockt, Keiser, Habib, Conway, Cleveland, Chase and Liias

Requiring public works contractors to comply with laws prohibiting discrimination.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5463 By Senators Hill, Kohl-Welles, Fain, Fraser, Litzow, King, Angel, Nelson, Chase, Pedersen, Roach, Liias and McAuliffe

Concerning access to and creation of cultural and heritage programs and facilities.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5464 By Senators Warnick, Hatfield, Parlette, Hargrove, Ranker, Hewitt, Fraser and Chase; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife

Concerning unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 5465 By Senators Frockt, Jayapal, Keiser, McCoy, Hasegawa and Kohl-Welles

Concerning mid-level dental professionals.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5466 By Senators Becker, Keiser and Conway; by request of Health Care Authority and LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board

Clarifying employee eligibility for benefits from the public employees' benefits board and conforming the eligibility provisions with federal law.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5467 By Senators Hatfield, Rivers and Kohl-Welles

Providing a single point of excise taxation on sales of recreational marijuana.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5468 By Senators King, Keiser, Kohl-Welles and Conway; by request of Department of Labor & Industries

Authorizing the use of nonappropriated funds on certain administrative costs and expenses of the stay-at-work and self-insured employer programs.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5469 By Senators Hasegawa, Chase, McAuliffe, Liias, Rolfes, Conway, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Darneille, Frockt and Habib

Restoring cost-of-living increases for educational employees.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5470 By Senators Warnick and Liias

Concerning municipal procurement of water services.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5471 By Senators Angel, Mullet, Litzow and Hobbs

Addressing electronic notices and document delivery of insurance products.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.

SB 5472 By Senators Parlette, McCoy, Hatfield, Hobbs, Honeyford and Dansel

Concerning tribal timber harvest excise tax agreements.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5473 By Senators Chase, Hasegawa, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Conway and Kohl-Welles

Providing retirement benefits at earlier ages in the plans 2 and 3 of the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the school employees' retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5474 By Senators Rivers, Conway, Angel and Frockt

Concerning the relationship between a health insurer and a contracting health care provider.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5475 By Senators Benton, Hobbs, Litzow, Angel and Fain

Concerning the first mortgage interest business and occupation tax deduction.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.

SB 5476 By Senators Dammeier, Angel, Honeyford and Warnick

Concerning dealer deliveries to active law enforcement officers.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5477 By Senators Dammeier, Becker, Warnick, Kohl-Welles and Darneille

Concerning the packaging, labeling, and advertising of vapor products.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5478 By Senators Dammeier, Keiser, Honeyford, Angel and Conway

Financing facilities to support education reform.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5479 By Senators Liias, Pearson, Chase and Hasegawa; by request of Department of Enterprise Services

Granting the director of the department of enterprise services the authority to fine contractors as a penalty for certain behaviors.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5480 By Senators King, Hobbs, Miloscia, Rivers, Sheldon, Baumgartner, Ericksen, Liias and Rolfes

Establishing a priority for the use, reuse, and recycling of construction aggregate and recycled concrete materials in Washington.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5481 By Senators Hill, Litzow, Mullet, Chase, Rivers, Becker, Bailey, Warnick, Rolfes and Hasegawa

Concerning tolling customer service reform.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5482 By Senators Roach and Liias

Addressing the disclosure of global positioning system data by law enforcement officers.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & STATE SECURITY.

SB 5483 By Senators Roach, Billig and Hasegawa

Concerning fund sharing between political committees.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & STATE SECURITY.

SB 5484 By Senators Bailey, Baumgartner, Becker, Liias, Kohl-Welles, Chase and Hasegawa; by request of Office of Financial Management

Modifying provisions related to tuition setting authority at public institutions of higher education.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

SB 5485 By Senators Hobbs and Benton

Concerning nonprofit organizations engaged in debt adjusting.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.

SB 5486 By Senators Frockt, O'Ban, Darneille, Fraser, Miloscia, Rolfes, Hargrove, Billig, Ranker, Hewitt, Kohl-Welles and McAuliffe

Creating the parents for parents program.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING.

SB 5487 By Senators Baumgartner, Billig, Rivers, Keiser, Schoesler, Hatfield, Angel, King, Liias, Mullet, Dansel, Ericksen, Warnick, Honeyford, Brown, Hasegawa, Hewitt and Chase

Concerning higher education programs at Washington State University and the University of Washington.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

SB 5488 By Senators Keiser, Jayapal, Parlette and Cleveland

Concerning applied behavior analysis.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5489 By Senators Hewitt, Keiser and Parlette

Concerning price agreements between contact lens manufacturers or distributors and retailers.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5490 By Senators Ericksen, Hobbs, King and Ranker

Modifying the use of motor vehicle and special fuel tax proceeds by border area transportation benefit districts.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5491 By Senators Parlette, Hatfield, King, Hargrove, Benton, Pearson, Braun, Rivers, Cleveland, Warnick, Honeyford and Bailey

Maintaining reservations of water for certain future uses.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5492 By Senators Frockt, Kohl-Welles, Hasegawa, Billig, Conway, Keiser, Chase, Rolfes, Ranker, Jayapal, Miloscia and McAuliffe

Increasing tax exemption transparency and accountability.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5493 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Rivers, McAuliffe, Keiser, Darneille, Frockt, Chase and Hatfield

Distinguishing cannabis health and beauty aids from marijuana.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5494 By Senators Miloscia, Liias, McCoy, Keiser and McAuliffe; by request of Attorney General

Concerning the age of individuals at which sale or distribution of tobacco and vapor products may be made.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5495 By Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Rolfes and Chase; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board

Concerning the confidentiality of educator professional growth plans.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & STATE SECURITY.

SB 5496 By Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Rolfes and Chase; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board

Changing explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to expectations for program outcomes.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5497 By Senators Litzow, McAuliffe, Dammeier, Rolfes and Chase; by request of Professional Educator Standards Board

Confirming that the professional educator standards board is an authorized representative of the state educational agencies.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5498 By Senators Pedersen and O'Ban; by request of Department of Social and Health Services and Uniform Law Commission

Revising the uniform interstate family support act.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5499 By Senators Roach, Hasegawa, Rivers, Rolfes, Warnick, Dansel, Padden, Angel and Chase

Allowing the filing of a special allegation of a nefarious drone enterprise.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5500 By Senators Roach, Angel, Bailey, Warnick, Honeyford, Dansel, Parlette and Padden

Permitting retired law enforcement officers to carry firearms on school facilities.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5501 By Senators Fain, Frockt, Kohl-Welles and Chase

Preventing animal cruelty.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5502 By Senators Padden, Rivers, Litzow, Darneille, Miloscia, Bailey, Angel, Fain, Warnick, Honeyford, Brown, Chase and Keiser

Concerning the distribution of intimate images.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5503 By Senators Padden, Litzow, Baumgartner, Miloscia, Conway, Rivers, Becker, Angel, Schoesler, Warnick, Sheldon, Honeyford, Chase and Pearson

Establishing a special allegation for habitual property offenders.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5504 By Senators Hewitt and Hasegawa

Allowing additional liquor distributor employees to stock liquor under certain circumstances.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5505 By Senators McAuliffe, Darneille, Chase, Frockt, Hasegawa, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, O'Ban, Pearson and Conway

Creating an office of corrections ombuds.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5506 By Senators McAuliffe, Darneille, Frockt, Liias, Kohl-Welles, Chase, Keiser and Hasegawa

Including information on preventing sexual abuse and violence in sexual health education.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5507 By Senators Braun, Rivers, Sheldon, Angel and Schoesler

Addressing appeals by employers of department of labor and industries' fines or civil penalties.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5508 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Dammeier, Schoesler and Bailey

Concerning recovery for purposes of legal actions under the industrial insurance statutes.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5509 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Angel, Bailey, Warnick, Honeyford and Parlette

Concerning workers' compensation reform through clarification of occupational disease claims.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5510 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers and Angel

Simplifying and adding certainty to the calculation of workers' compensation benefits.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5511 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Angel, Bailey and Honeyford

Reducing the frequency of local sales and use tax changes.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5512 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Bailey, Schoesler and Warnick

Concerning independent medical exam and consultation and vocational rehabilitation assessment scheduling authority for qualified retrospective rating plan employers and groups.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5513 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Dammeier, Rivers, Bailey, Sheldon, Schoesler, Warnick and Honeyford

Creating the workers' recovery act by amending provisions governing structured settlements by lowering age barriers and clarifying legislative intent.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5514 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Padden, Sheldon, Schoesler, Angel, Bailey, Warnick and Honeyford

Creating a good faith defense for certain minimum wage and overtime compensation complaints.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5515 By Senators Braun and Baumgartner

Excluding retirement as a subject of collective bargaining for individual providers under chapter 74.39A RCW.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5516 By Senators Braun, Baumgartner, Rivers, Sheldon, Schoesler, Bailey and Honeyford

Addressing compensation for injured workers.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SB 5517 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Keiser and Hasegawa

Concerning sexual harassment prevention and response through policies and training in schools.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.

SB 5518 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Litzow, Frockt, Darneille, McAuliffe, Liias, Dammeier, Fain, Keiser, Hasegawa and Habib

Creating procedures to address campus sexual violence.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

SB 5519 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Habib, Keiser, Hasegawa, Conway, Pedersen, Darneille, Chase and Mullet

Enacting the comprehensive marijuana reform act.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SJM 8006 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Litzow, McAuliffe, Rolfes, Dammeier, Keiser, Darneille and Frockt

Requesting Congress, the President, and the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice to take action to implement the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office concerning efforts to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse by school personnel and sexual abuse between peers.

Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING & K-12 EDUCATION.