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

March 9, 2015 - Monday 57TH DAY
SB 6079 By Senators Baumgartner, Ericksen, Padden, Braun, Angel and Bailey

Revising funding provisions for basic education.

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

SB 6080 By Senators Dammeier, Keiser, Honeyford, Conway and Pedersen

Financing public school facilities necessary to support state-funded all-day kindergarten and class size reduction in kindergarten through third grade.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

SHB 1085 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Moeller, Gregerson, Hunt, S., Cody, Hudgins and Pollet)

Requiring lobbying reports to be filed electronically.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.

2SHB 1095 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris and Hudgins)

Promoting thermal energy efficiency.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

EHB 1123 By Representatives Blake and Buys

Regulating the minimum dimensions of habitable spaces in single-family residential areas.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.

HB 1142 By Representatives Wilcox, Reykdal, Hunt, G., Gregerson and Magendanz

Modifying school district authority with respect to student parking.

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

ESHB 1170 By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Clibborn, Zeiger, Tarleton, Wilcox, Springer, Jinkins, Fey, Kilduff, Fitzgibbon, Gregerson and Tharinger)

Granting port districts certain administrative powers.

Referred to Committee on TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

E2SHB 1174 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege, Taylor, Fitzgibbon, Senn, Shea, Magendanz, Springer, Tarleton, Ortiz-Self, Gregerson, Ormsby, Hunter, Ryu, Hunt, S., Riccelli, Stanford, Tharinger, Jinkins, Walkinshaw, Fey, Clibborn, Farrell and Goodman)

Concerning flame retardants.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SHB 1223 By House Committee on Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Springer, Kochmar, Sullivan, Rodne, Pettigrew, Wilcox, Fitzgibbon, McBride, Tarleton, Stokesbary, Sells, Lytton, Bergquist, Ormsby, Pollet, Fey, Santos and Walkinshaw)

Allowing the use of lodging taxes for financing workforce housing.

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

SHB 1238 By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Pollet, Haler, Bergquist, Hargrove, Sells, Fitzgibbon, Fey and Tarleton)

Concerning affordable tuition planning.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

SHB 1257 By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Walkinshaw, Senn, Robinson, Stanford, Farrell, Ormsby, Riccelli, Gregerson, Jinkins, Fitzgibbon, Peterson, Bergquist, Santos and Pollet)

Concerning tenant screening.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.

HB 1279 By Representatives Kochmar and Gregory

Modifying the definition of legislative authority for purposes of local tourism promotion areas.

Referred to Committee on TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

HB 1345 By Representatives Lytton, Magendanz and Bergquist

Adopting a definition and standards of professional learning.

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

SHB 1439 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Sawyer, Zeiger, Reykdal, Gregerson, Manweller and Tarleton)

Establishing an online alternative credit model at Central Washington University.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

ESHB 1449 By House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Farrell, Carlyle, Fitzgibbon, Ortiz-Self, Peterson, Walkinshaw, Gregerson, Senn, McBride, Robinson, Tarleton, Pollet, Cody, Ormsby, Riccelli, Kagi, Blake, Fey, Hudgins, Lytton, Bergquist, Sells, Takko, Tharinger, Jinkins, Wylie, Hunt, S., Stanford, Reykdal, Sawyer, Appleton, Van De Wege, Clibborn, Ryu, Goodman and Kilduff; by request of Governor Inslee)

Concerning oil transportation safety.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SHB 1516 By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Pettigrew, Santos, Magendanz, Condotta, Fitzgibbon and Ormsby)

Providing an exemption for certain lodging services from the convention and trade center tax.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

E2SHB 1541 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Santos, Ortiz-Self, Tharinger, Moscoso, Orwall and Gregerson)

Implementing strategies to close the educational opportunity gap, based on the recommendations of the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee.

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

ESHB 1571 By House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Peterson, Goodman, Fitzgibbon, McBride, Pollet, Robinson, Stanford, Hunt, S. and Riccelli)

Concerning paint stewardship.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SHB 1575 By House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Buys, Dunshee, DeBolt and Stanford)

Regulating retainage bonds on public contracts.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SHB 1576 By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Cody and Pollet)

Concerning sales and use tax for cities to offset municipal service costs to newly annexed areas.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

HB 1590 By Representatives Reykdal, Haler, Dunshee, Ryu, Van De Wege, Ormsby, Fitzgibbon, Riccelli, Blake, Tarleton, McBride, Wylie and Goodman

Requiring completion of an apprenticeship program to receive a journey level or residential specialty electrician certificate of competency.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SHB 1644 By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Gregory, Zeiger, Pollet, Kilduff, Tharinger, Goodman, Riccelli and Jinkins)

Concerning veteran survivor tuition waiver eligibility.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

HB 1666 By Representatives Magendanz, Lytton, Muri, Bergquist, Hansen, Kilduff and Caldier

Making the results on the statewide assessments available as norm-referenced results and as student growth percentiles.

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

2SHB 1735 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Orwall, Kagi, Carlyle, Gregerson, Pollet and Ormsby)

Concerning extended foster care services.

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

ESHB 1745 By House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Moscoso, Bergquist, Hunt, S., Haler, Orwall, Sawyer, Stanford, Walkinshaw, Appleton, Reykdal, Fitzgibbon, Tharinger, Fey, Jinkins, Wylie, Goodman, Ormsby, Farrell, Riccelli, Sells, Hudgins, Lytton, McBride and Santos)

Enacting the Washington voting rights act.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & SECURITY.

ESHB 1754 By House Committee on Capital Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Buys, Dunshee, Muri, Haler, Senn, Ormsby, Sullivan and Smith)

Adding building envelope to the list of building trades that a prime contractor must list for bids on public works.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

E2SHB 1763 By House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege, Lytton, Riccelli and Tharinger)

Regulating music licensing agencies.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

SHB 1793 By House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Lytton, Stanford, Fitzgibbon, Tharinger and Morris)

Working within the existing in-stream flow rules adopted by the department of ecology to provide a suite of tools, applicable to property owners located in areas with limited access to legal new water withdrawals, for alternative water procurement that does not result in a net loss to area surface waters.

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

SHB 1813 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hansen, Magendanz, Reykdal, Muri, Tarleton, Zeiger, Lytton, Haler, Senn, Harmsworth, Tharinger, Young, Walkinshaw, Stanford, Hunt, S. and Pollet)

Expanding computer science education.

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

E2SHB 1836 By House Committee on General Government & Information Technology (originally sponsored by Representatives Stanford, Blake, Lytton, Walkinshaw, Gregerson and Tarleton)

Concerning state drought preparedness.

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

ESHB 1845 By House Committee on Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives DeBolt, Fitzgibbon, Orcutt, Short, Smith and Jinkins)

Concerning pharmaceutical waste.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SHB 1853 By House Committee on Technology & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Magendanz, Bergquist, Morris, Muri, Tarleton, Fitzgibbon and Tharinger)

Encouraging utility leadership in electric vehicle charging infrastructure build-out.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SHB 1879 By House Committee on Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Kagi, Walsh, Cody, Harris, Orwall, Tarleton and Ormsby)

Directing the health care authority to issue a request for proposals for integrated managed health and behavioral health services for foster children.

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

SHB 1896 By House Committee on Technology & Economic Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Smith, Hudgins, Tarleton and Young)

Providing a statewide minimum privacy policy for disclosure of customer energy use information.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

EHB 1998 By Representatives Johnson, Morris, Short, Wylie, Smith, McCabe, Nealey, Tarleton, Tharinger and Van De Wege

Allowing public utility districts to produce and sell renewable natural gas.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

2SHB 1999 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Carlyle, Kagi, Lytton, Walsh, Sawyer, Pettigrew, Ortiz-Self, Dent, Parker, Caldier, Goodman and Jinkins)

Coordinating services and programs for foster youth in order to improve educational outcomes.

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

HB 2000 By Representatives Hurst, Condotta and Tarleton

Authorizing the governor to enter into agreements with federally recognized Indian tribes in the state of Washington concerning marijuana.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.

HB 2023 By Representatives Parker, Lytton, Magendanz, Riccelli, Ormsby, Fagan and Santos

Changing the deadline for notices of nonrenewal of contracts for certificated school employees.

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

2SHB 2040 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives McCabe, Caldier, Senn, Harris, McBride, Dent, Johnson, Sells, Kagi, Kilduff and Wilson)

Initiating a campaign to increase veteran employment.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE & LABOR.