Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2019 Regular Session of the 66th 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 21, 2019 - Monday 8TH DAY
SB 5398 By Senators Keiser and King

Concerning unemployment benefit eligibility for apprentices.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5399 By Senators Pedersen, Walsh, Dhingra, Frockt, Kuderer, Salomon, Mullet, Palumbo, Holy and Wellman

Concerning child relocation by a person with joint decision-making authority and equal residential time.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5400 By Senators Conway, Bailey, Hunt, Zeiger and Wilson, C.; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Providing a benefit increase to certain retirees of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5401 By Senators Keiser, Rivers and Carlyle

Concerning health care provider and health care facility whistleblower protections.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5402 By Senators Schoesler and Rolfes

Improving tax and licensing laws administered by the department of revenue, but not including changes to tax laws that are estimated to affect state or local tax collections as reflected in any fiscal note prepared and approved under the process established in chapter 43.88A RCW.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5403 By Senators Bailey, Darneille, Conway, Rivers, Keiser and Kuderer; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Concerning safe egress from adult family homes.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5404 By Senators Rolfes, Honeyford, Van De Wege, McCoy and Salomon

Expanding the definition of fish habitat enhancement projects.

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

SB 5405 By Senators Padden, Randall, Zeiger, Fortunato, Billig, Wilson, C. and Nguyen

Concerning nondiscrimination in access to organ transplants.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5406 By Senator Warnick

Providing small winery tax relief.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5407 By Senators Mullet, Conway and Braun

Providing that scan-down allowances on food and beverages intended for human and pet consumption are bona fide discounts for purposes of the business and occupation tax.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5408 By Senators Mullet, Das and Liias; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Concerning the creation of the insurance fraud surcharge account.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TRADE.

SB 5409 By Senators Palumbo, Rivers and Liias

Concerning the ability of business and nonprofit entities to obtain a marijuana license.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5410 By Senators Mullet, Rivers, Palumbo and Liias

Establishing a systemwide credit policy regarding advanced placement, international baccalaureate, and Cambridge international exams.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5411 By Senators Kuderer, Honeyford, Randall, King, Wagoner and Van De Wege

Concerning physician assistants.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5412 By Senators Saldaña, Carlyle, Palumbo, Das, Nguyen and McCoy

Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation fuels.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5413 By Senators Keiser, King, Wellman, Holy, Das, Saldaña and Wilson, C.

Concerning the pipeline for paraeducators conditional scholarship program.

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

SB 5414 By Senator Hunt

Modifying the maximum amount of leave school employees may accumulate.

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

SB 5415 By Senators McCoy, Rivers, Cleveland and Saldaña

Creating the Washington Indian health improvement act.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5416 By Senators Conway, Walsh and Keiser; by request of Gambling Commission

Creating a self-exclusion program for persons with a gambling problem or gambling disorder.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5417 By Senators Padden and Hobbs

Authorizing military surplus vehicles to operate on public highways.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5418 By Senators Takko, Zeiger and Liias

Concerning local government procurement modernization and efficiency.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5419 By Senators Hobbs, Warnick, Brown, Bailey, Rivers, Walsh, Keiser, Fortunato, Das, Wagoner, Honeyford and Wilson, L.

Providing an adjustment of vehicle service fees.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5420 By Senators King, Takko, Becker, Sheldon, Hawkins and Pedersen

Concerning the distribution of monetary penalties to local courts and state agencies paid for failure to comply with discover pass requirements.

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

SB 5421 By Senators Kuderer, Short, Rivers and Keiser

Expanding access to pharmacy services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5422 By Senators Kuderer, Short, Rivers and Keiser

Regulating pharmacy benefit managers.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5423 By Senators Palumbo, Warnick, Hobbs, Takko, Schoesler, Sheldon, King, Brown, Short, Wilson, L., Wagoner, Wellman, Honeyford and Van De Wege

Creating the Washington rural development and opportunity zone act.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TRADE.

SB 5424 By Senators Palumbo and Liias

Establishing minimum density standards around regional transit.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5425 By Senators Cleveland, Keiser and Becker; by request of Department of Health

Concerning maternal mortality reviews.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5426 By Senators Mullet, Palumbo, Rivers and Nguyen

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from hydrofluorocarbons.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5427 By Senator Wellman; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Concerning dual credit programs.

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

SB 5428 By Senators Wilson, L., Palumbo, Becker, Brown, Wagoner and Warnick

Concerning veterans' mental health services at institutions of higher education.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5429 By Senators Nguyen, Das, Saldaña, Hasegawa, Salomon, Darneille, Wilson, C., Zeiger and Randall

Including referred and diverted youth in establishing community juvenile accountability program guidelines.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 5430 By Senators Conway, Hunt and Darneille

Allowing retirees who retired under alternate early retirement factors enacted in chapter 491, Laws of 2007, to use postretirement options prior to reaching age sixty-five.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5431 By Senators Frockt, Rivers, O'Ban, Dhingra, Darneille, Cleveland, Keiser, Wagoner, Das, Van De Wege, Zeiger and Conway; by request of Office of the Governor

Concerning community facilities needed to ensure a continuum of care for behavioral health patients.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5432 By Senators Dhingra, Rivers, Cleveland, Darneille, O'Ban, Keiser, Conway and Das; by request of Office of the Governor

Concerning fully implementing behavioral health integration for January 1, 2020, by removing behavioral health organizations from law; clarifying the roles and responsibilities among the health care authority, department of social and health services, and department of health, and the roles and responsibilities of behavioral health administrative services organizations and medicaid managed care organizations; and making technical corrections related to the behavioral health system.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5433 By Senators Wilson, C., Nguyen and Das

Providing postsecondary education opportunities to enhance public safety.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 5434 By Senator Wilson, C.

Restricting possession of weapons in certain locations.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5435 By Senator Wilson, C.

Expanding membership of the department of children, youth, and families oversight board to include two youth under the age of twenty-five.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 5436 By Senator Wilson, C.

Concerning child care access.

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

SB 5437 By Senators Wilson, C., Palumbo, Wellman, Hunt, Saldaña, Nguyen, Randall, Das, Billig and Mullet; by request of Office of the Governor

Expanding eligibility to the early childhood education and assistance program.

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

SB 5438 By Senators McCoy, Saldaña, Conway, Van De Wege, Keiser, Rolfes and Wellman; by request of Employment Security Department

Concerning the H-2A temporary agricultural program.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5439 By Senators Keiser, King, Kuderer, Conway, McCoy, Saldaña and Wellman; by request of Employment Security Department

Concerning confidentiality of employment security department records and data.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5440 By Senators Palumbo, Nguyen, Liias and Saldaña

Concerning the housing element of comprehensive plans required under the growth management act.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5441 By Senators Nguyen, Wilson, C., Darneille, Cleveland, Salomon and Randall

Extending rental vouchers for eligible offenders.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 5442 By Senator Takko

Concerning the administration of marijuana to students for medical purposes.

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

SB 5443 By Senators Van De Wege and Zeiger

Concerning the state board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors.

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

SB 5444 By Senators Dhingra, O'Ban, Darneille, Wagoner and Frockt; by request of Office of the Governor

Providing timely competency evaluations and restoration services to persons suffering from behavioral health disorders within the framework of the forensic mental health care system consistent with the requirements agreed to in the Trueblood settlement agreement.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5445 By Senators Cleveland and Rivers

Concerning the temporary sale of liquor at special events.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5446 By Senators Mullet, Rivers, Cleveland, Becker, Keiser and Bailey

Concerning electronic prescriptions.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5447 By Senators Van De Wege and Warnick; by request of Department of Agriculture

Extending the dairy milk assessment fee to June 30, 2025.

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

SB 5448 By Senators Wellman, Hunt, Zeiger, Padden and McCoy

Concerning career and technical education in alternative learning experience programs.

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

SB 5449 By Senators Keiser, King, Liias, Wellman and Saldaña; by request of Employment Security Department

Concerning paid family and medical leave.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5450 By Senators Rivers and Wilson, L.; by request of Board For Judicial Administration

Concerning superior court judges.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5451 By Senator King

Concerning the definition of hydraulic project in relation to the hydraulic project approval permits.

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

SB 5452 By Senators King and Cleveland

Modifying dates related to the application due date for health sciences and services authorities and their sales and use tax authority.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5453 By Senators Takko and Short

Concerning the administration of irrigation districts.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5454 By Senators Keiser, Bailey and Van De Wege

Clarifying the definition of a geriatric behavioral health worker for individuals with a bachelor's or master's degree in social work, behavioral health, or other related areas.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5455 By Senators Takko, Warnick, McCoy, Honeyford and Van De Wege; by request of Department of Agriculture

Exempting United States food and drug administration nonpublic information from disclosure under the state public disclosure act.

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

SB 5456 By Senator Keiser

Requiring the use of American or recycled steel products on certain public works.

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

SB 5457 By Senators Keiser and Saldaña

Naming of subcontractors by prime contract bidders on public works contracts.

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

SB 5458 By Senators Hobbs, Wagoner, Salomon, Bailey, McCoy and Palumbo

Expanding access to building trades apprenticeships.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5459 By Senators Cleveland and Frockt; by request of Department of Health

Concerning nonresident pharmacies.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5460 By Senators Cleveland, Bailey, Keiser, Conway, O'Ban and Liias

Joining the nurse licensure compact.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5461 By Senators Cleveland and Darneille

Concerning the sharing of information between participants in multidisciplinary coordination of child sexual abuse investigations.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SJR 8203 By Senators Cleveland and Hunt

Amending the state Constitution to modify legislative session days.

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

SI 976 By People of the State of Washington

Limiting state and local taxes, fees, and other charges relating to vehicles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.