Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2017 Regular Session of the 65th Legislature
CYRUS HABIB, President of the Senate TIM SHELDON, President Pro Tem
HUNTER G. GOODMAN, Secretary of the Senate JIM HONEYFORD, Vice President Pro Tem

January 25, 2017 - Wednesday 17TH DAY
SB 5442 By Senators Fortunato and Pedersen; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission

Concerning expanding the permitted uses of surplus funds from boater education card fees to certain boating safety programs and activities.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 5443 By Senators Brown, Darneille, Miloscia, Becker, Rivers, McCoy, Sheldon, Walsh, Chase, Bailey, Hobbs, Ericksen, Warnick, Angel, Honeyford, Rolfes, Padden, Billig, Zeiger, Wilson, Conway and Fain

Concerning fiscal notes.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5444 By Senators Frockt, Wellman, Kuderer, Chase, Darneille and Ranker; by request of Attorney General

Concerning enhanced background checks and licensure for assault weapons and large capacity magazines.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5445 By Senators Padden, O'Ban, Sheldon and Chase

Prohibiting the use of eminent domain for economic development.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5446 By Senators Becker, Frockt, Cleveland and Rivers

Exempting certain hospitals from certificate of need requirements for the addition of psychiatric beds until June 2019.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5447 By Senator Conway; by request of Board For Judicial Administration

Concerning the methods of services provided by the office of public guardianship.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5448 By Senators Rivers, Chase, Zeiger, Walsh, Miloscia, Fain and Warnick

Concerning no required psychotropic medication use for students.

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

SB 5449 By Senators Liias, Zeiger and Billig

Concerning digital citizenship, media literacy, and internet safety in schools.

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

SB 5450 By Senators Liias, Warnick, Ranker, Fain, Miloscia, Zeiger, Wilson and McCoy

Concerning the use of cross-laminated timber for building construction.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5451 By Senators Rivers and Palumbo

Addressing the transfer of immature marijuana plants and marijuana seeds between licensed marijuana researchers and licensed marijuana producers.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE, LABOR & SPORTS.

SB 5452 By Senators Honeyford and Warnick

Concerning local and community projects.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5453 By Senators Honeyford and Frockt

Concerning school construction assistance grants for small, rural school districts.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5454 By Senator Frockt

Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity and eliminating cross-county restrictions for annexations to a fire protection district.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5455 By Senators Miloscia, Zeiger and Pearson

Concerning statewide cybersecurity performance.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT.

SB 5456 By Senators Braun and Bailey

Concerning unpaid accounts.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.

SB 5457 By Senators Becker and Cleveland

Expanding patient access to health services through telemedicine and store and forward technology by requiring parity in payment for services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5458 By Senator Takko

Changing the date in which community impact statements are provided to the department of corrections.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5459 By Senators Rolfes, Zeiger and Billig; by request of By Request of the Governor

Concerning the beginning educator support team program.

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

SB 5460 By Senators Keiser and King; by request of Department of Labor & Industries

Extending the redetermination timeline regarding appeals to the department of labor and industries.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE, LABOR & SPORTS.

SB 5461 By Senators Rolfes, Pearson, Zeiger and Ranker

Authorizing the disestablishment of paternity responsibilities of a nonparent if genetic testing shows by clear and convincing evidence that a man is not the genetic father of a child.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5462 By Senators Carlyle, Ranker, Rolfes, Darneille, Hunt, Billig, McCoy, Pedersen and Wellman

Concerning oil transportation safety.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 5463 By Senators Palumbo, Frockt, Pedersen, Saldaña, Carlyle, Hunt, Kuderer, Rolfes, Darneille, Keiser, Liias, Billig, McCoy and Wellman

Protecting public safety through responsible storage of firearms.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5464 By Senators Hasegawa, Saldaña, Wellman, Keiser, Chase, Conway, Ranker, Liias, Kuderer, Hunt, Darneille, Frockt, Cleveland, McCoy, Nelson, Palumbo and Rolfes

Establishing the Washington investment trust.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.

SB 5465 By Senators Miloscia, Hasegawa, Rolfes, O'Ban, Darneille and Angel

Creating an office of the corrections ombuds.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5466 By Senators McCoy, Chase and Fortunato; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife

Concerning construction projects in state waters.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 5467 By Senators Brown, Baumgartner, Rivers, King, Takko, Miloscia, Bailey, Ericksen, Angel, Honeyford, Becker, Braun, Padden and Hobbs

Including nuclear energy in the definition of a "qualified alternative energy resource" for the purposes of RCW 19.29A.090.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 5468 By Senators Brown, Baumgartner, Sheldon, Hobbs, King, Walsh, Rivers, Takko, Miloscia, Bailey, Ericksen, Honeyford, Angel, Becker, Braun and Padden

Including nuclear energy in the principles that guide development and implementation of the state's energy strategy.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 5469 By Senators Fain and Sheldon; by request of Secretary of State

Concerning automatic voter registration of certain licensees.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT.

SB 5470 By Senators Brown, Hobbs, Rivers, Becker, Takko, Ericksen and Honeyford

Advancing the development of renewable energy by improving the permitting process for geothermal resources exploration.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 5471 By Senators Rivers, Cleveland, Bailey, Rolfes, Brown and Frockt

Concerning the reimbursement rate primary care providers receive to participate in medicaid.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5472 By Senator Pearson

Requiring ballot drop boxes in all communities.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT.

SB 5473 By Senator Pearson

Authorizing counties to establish and conduct polling place voting.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT.

SB 5474 By Senator Pearson

Initiating proactive steps to address elk hoof disease.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 5475 By Senators Brown, Baumgartner, Rivers, Takko, King, Sheldon, Bailey, Ericksen, Angel, Honeyford, Miloscia, Becker, Braun and Hobbs

Providing a business and occupation tax exemption for manufacturers of small modular reactors.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

SB 5476 By Senators Frockt, Palumbo, Conway, Nelson, Ranker, Darneille, Hasegawa, Billig, Hunt, Saldaña, Kuderer, Rolfes, Keiser, Liias and Pedersen

Expanding state need grant eligibility.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION.

SB 5477 By Senators Zeiger, Keiser, Miloscia, Kuderer, Fortunato, Palumbo, Hasegawa, Rivers, Pearson, Ranker and Van De Wege

Adding medical conditions to the presumption of occupational diseases and extending the presumption to certain publicly employed firefighters and investigators and law enforcement officers.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE, LABOR & SPORTS.

SB 5478 By Senators Wilson and Pedersen

Allowing notaries and proof of identity for advance directives.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5479 By Senators Saldaña, Miloscia, Hasegawa, Chase, Hunt, Darneille, Ranker, Conway, Wellman, Cleveland, Keiser, Carlyle, Liias, Kuderer and Pedersen

Establishing a shared parental leave program.

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE, LABOR & SPORTS.

SB 5480 By Senators Saldaña, Wellman, Hasegawa, Chase, Hunt, Darneille, Ranker, Conway, Keiser, Cleveland, Takko, Liias, Kuderer, Rolfes, Pedersen and Miloscia

Improving voter registration by providing new residential tenants with voter registration information.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT.

SB 5481 By Senators Cleveland, Rivers, Becker, Kuderer and Keiser

Requiring the insurance commissioner to educate breast cancer patients about the availability of insurance coverage for breast reconstruction and breast prostheses.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH CARE .

SB 5482 By Senators Mullet, Walsh, Darneille, Saldaña, Zeiger and Keiser

Providing additional funding for the preservation and creation of affordable housing.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

SHB 1059 By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Lytton, Sullivan, Kagi, Fitzgibbon, Dolan, Kilduff, Frame, Pollet, Senn, Ormsby, Jinkins, Bergquist, Farrell, Blake, Hudgins, Tarleton and Cody)

Delaying implementation of revisions to the school levy lid.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.