Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2018 Regular Session of the 65th Legislature
CYRUS HABIB, President of the Senate KAREN KEISER, President Pro Tem
BRAD HENDRICKSON, Secretary of the Senate STEVE CONWAY, Vice President Pro Tem

January 11, 2018 - Thursday 4TH DAY
SB 6248 By Senators Wellman and Zeiger; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Granting of high school diplomas by community or technical colleges.

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

SB 6249 By Senators Zeiger and Fain; by request of Secretary of State

Concerning voter registration deadlines.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6250 By Senators Frockt and Padden

Removing the ten year reference in impaired driving provisions.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6251 By Senators Dhingra, Kuderer, Rolfes, Nelson, Palumbo, Wellman and Mullet

Concerning property tax exemptions for service-connected disabled veterans and senior citizens.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6252 By Senators King and Keiser; by request of Department of Labor & Industries

Extending the validity of temporary elevator licenses.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6253 By Senators Ranker, Carlyle, Palumbo, Keiser and Liias

Establishing a clean, efficient, renewable energy standard.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 6254 By Senator Miloscia

Concerning safe injection sites in Washington state.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6255 By Senator Miloscia

Establishing a voting rights act to promote equal voting opportunity in certain political subdivisions by authorizing district-based elections in cities, towns, code cities, and counties.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6256 By Senators Conway and Braun

Allowing firms in the Canadian province of British Columbia to perform attest or compilation services for companies in Washington state that are the consolidated, subsidiary, or component entity of another corporate entity registered in Canada.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6257 By Senators Billig and Zeiger

Providing early intervention services for eligible children.

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

SB 6258 By Senators Conway and Takko

Concerning the compensation of commissioners of certain metropolitan park districts.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 6259 By Senators Ranker, Darneille, Palumbo, Keiser, McCoy and Liias

Creating the social work professional loan repayment program.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6260 By Senators Ranker and Liias

Covering costs for low-income running start students.

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

SB 6261 By Senators Ranker, Wellman, Keiser and McCoy

Modifying eligibility for state need grants.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6262 By Senators Ranker, Palumbo, Darneille and Liias

Establishing pilot programs to plan for the needs of certain college students experiencing homelessness.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6263 By Senators Ranker, Palumbo, Darneille, Keiser and Liias

Expanding the passport to college promise program to include youth experiencing homelessness and foster youth thirteen and older.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6264 By Senators Ranker, Palumbo, Darneille, Keiser and Wellman

Regulating contracts by institutions of higher education with private entities.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6265 By Senators Ranker, Chase, Rolfes, Palumbo and Van De Wege

Creating a pinto abalone recovery initiative.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6266 By Senators Ranker, Carlyle and Keiser

Concerning loot boxes in online games and apps.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6267 By Senators Ranker, Palumbo, Rolfes, Keiser and Liias

Providing for an emergency response system that provides for an emergency response towing vessel.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 6268 By Senators Ranker, Rolfes, Chase, Van De Wege, Conway, Keiser and Liias

Creating the orca protection act.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6269 By Senators Ranker, Rolfes, Carlyle, Darneille, Hasegawa, Pedersen, Conway, Keiser and Hunt; by request of Department of Ecology

Strengthening oil transportation safety.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 6270 By Senators Conway and Keiser

Restricting the social security offset to disability compensation.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6271 By Senators Takko and Short

Concerning the administration of irrigation districts.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 6272 By Senators O'Ban and Conway

Creating a military benefit zone program.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

SB 6273 By Senators Cleveland, Rivers, Fain and Mullet

Concerning state charity care law.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6274 By Senators Ranker, Palumbo, Keiser, Wellman, Darneille and Liias

Helping foster and homeless youth complete apprenticeships.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6275 By Senator Takko

Authorizing craft distilleries to ship or deliver customer orders to certain retail licensees.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6276 By Senator Carlyle

Modernizing fuel content standards and references.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 6277 By Senator Darneille; by request of Department of Corrections

Creating a graduated reentry program of partial confinement for certain offenders.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 6278 By Senators Warnick and Schoesler

Concerning the use of seed certification fees.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6279 By Senators Warnick and Schoesler

Limiting the application of certain civil penalties to protect landowners from incurring penalties based on the actions of the landowner's lessee.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6280 By Senators Darneille and O'Ban

Issuing an identicard for offenders released from prison facilities.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 6281 By Senators Darneille and O'Ban

Allowing specified offenders to earn positive achievement time on community custody.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 6282 By Senators Liias, Bailey, Palumbo, Hobbs, Chase, McCoy and Wagoner

Calculating the benchmark rate for certain community residential services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6283 By Senators Takko and Rivers

Repealing an expiration date that affects state fire service mobilization.

Referred to Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT, TRIBAL RELATIONS & ELECTIONS.

SB 6284 By Senators Takko and Rivers

Allowing fire protection district annexations and mergers within a reasonable geographic proximity.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 6285 By Senator Palumbo

Creating the hazardous substance tax stabilization act.

Referred to Committee on ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 6286 By Senators Braun, Rolfes, Wellman and Zeiger

Adding members to the school employees' benefits board.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6287 By Senators Darneille, O'Ban, Carlyle and Zeiger; by request of Department of Children, Youth and Families

Making technical changes regarding the department of children, youth, and families.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 6288 By Senators Frockt, Chase, Conway, Van De Wege, Ranker and McCoy

Regarding the school employees' benefits board.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6289 By Senators Conway, Chase, Van De Wege, Ranker and Hunt

Addressing the need for substitutes in schools.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6290 By Senators Hunt, Chase, Van De Wege and Ranker

Addressing cost-of-living adjustments for teachers' retirement system plan 1 and public employees' retirement system plan 1 retirees.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6291 By Senator Palumbo

Modifying local government marijuana regulations and revenue provisions.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6292 By Senators Wilson and Rivers

Concerning electronic monitoring of domestic violence perpetrators.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6293 By Senators Wilson and Rivers

Addressing the creation of a deferred prosecution program for nonpayment of license fees and taxes for vehicle, vessel, and aircraft registrations.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6294 By Senator Kuderer

Exempting impact fees for low-income housing development.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 6295 By Senator Kuderer

Concerning the sale of horses.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE, WATER, NATURAL RESOURCES & PARKS.

SB 6296 By Senators Saldaña and Keiser

Concerning the deduction of union dues and fees.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6297 By Senators Dhingra, Palumbo, Darneille, Mullet, Saldaña, Takko, Frockt, Rolfes, Kuderer, Cleveland, Chase, Carlyle, Wellman, Hasegawa, Ranker, Keiser, Liias, Billig, Nelson, McCoy and Van De Wege

Concerning provisions governing firearms possession by persons who have been found incompetent to stand trial and who have a history of one or more violent acts.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6298 By Senators Dhingra, Palumbo, Saldaña, Frockt, Mullet, Takko, Kuderer, Darneille, Chase, Rolfes, Cleveland, Carlyle, Wellman, Hasegawa, Ranker, Keiser, Billig, Nelson, McCoy, Liias and Van De Wege

Adding domestic violence harassment to the list of offenses for which a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6299 By Senator O'Ban

Nullifying the imposition of certain taxes within regional transit authority boundaries.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6300 By Senator O'Ban

Concerning the creation of a property tax exemption for spouses of military members or first responders killed in the line of duty.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6301 By Senator O'Ban

Modifying the election and authority of regional transit authority board members.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6302 By Senator O'Ban

Incentivizing the development of commercial office space in cities with a population of greater than fifty thousand and located in a county with a population of less than one million five hundred thousand.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

SB 6303 By Senator O'Ban

Establishing a vehicle valuation method for a regional transit authority collecting a motor vehicle excise tax that is based on Kelley blue book or national automobile dealers association values.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6304 By Senators Frockt, Rivers, Saldaña, Hobbs, Cleveland, Rolfes, Keiser, Conway, Hasegawa, Billig, Walsh and Fain

Continuing access to medicaid services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6305 By Senators Hunt, Baumgartner, Braun, Palumbo, Hawkins, Keiser, Conway and Hasegawa

Addressing retiree benefits for participants in the public employees' retirement system, the teachers' retirement system, and the public employees' benefits board.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6306 By Senator Frockt

Clarifying the use of the Puget Sound taxpayer accountability account to include facilities to improve educational outcomes in early learning, K-12, and higher education.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6307 By Senators Palumbo and Zeiger

Providing a tax preference for nonrural data centers.

Referred to Committee on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

SB 6308 By Senators Keiser, Conway, Kuderer, Van De Wege, Rivers, Bailey and Fain

Requiring hospitals to provide notice of charity care.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6309 By Senators Darneille, Miloscia, O'Ban, Rivers, Frockt and Hunt

Extending the timeline for completing a family assessment response.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

SB 6310 By Senators Bailey, Cleveland, Becker, Wagoner and Angel

Concerning medical assistant credential fees.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6311 By Senators Mullet and Angel; by request of State Treasurer

Concerning lost or destroyed state warrants, bonds, and other instruments.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & INSURANCE.