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 24, 2019 - Thursday 11TH DAY
SB 5559 By Senator Padden

Concerning commencement of civil actions.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5560 By Senators Padden and Pedersen

Concerning mediation of disputes between elected officials.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5561 By Senators Takko, King and Hobbs

Directing the department of ecology to adopt a rule governing the evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions under chapter 43.21C RCW.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5562 By Senators Randall and Darneille; by request of Department of Health

Modernizing the control of certain communicable diseases.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5563 By Senators Hobbs, Fortunato and Takko; by request of Board of Pilotage Commissioners

Concerning mandatory rest periods for pilots.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5564 By Senators Brown, Wellman, Warnick, Takko, Hobbs, Walsh, Zeiger, Frockt, Wilson, L., Becker and Padden

Creating the building business ecosystems act.

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

SB 5565 By Senators Kuderer, Wellman, Palumbo, Hunt, Keiser, Das, Randall and Takko

Concerning direct contractor liability for payment of wages and benefits.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5566 By Senators Braun and Takko; by request of Department of Labor & Industries

Concerning setting fees for administration of the prevailing wage program.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5567 By Senators Honeyford, Takko, Short, Rolfes and Warnick

Revising hydraulic project eligibility standards under RCW 77.55.181 for conservation district-sponsored fish habitat enhancement projects.

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

SB 5568 By Senators Wilson, C. and Darneille; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Concerning certain providers sharing background checks.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 5569 By Senators Keiser, Rivers, Van De Wege and McCoy; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Concerning the nursing facility medicaid payment system.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5570 By Senators Saldaña and Warnick

Concerning port district worker development and occupational training programs.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5571 By Senators Randall, O'Ban, Conway and Holy

Creating a military benefit zone program.

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

SB 5572 By Senators Honeyford, Takko, Short, Warnick and Schoesler

Authorizing modernization grants for small school districts.

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

SB 5573 By Senators Warnick, Hunt, Fortunato, Takko, Zeiger, Wilson, C., Hasegawa, Walsh, Schoesler, McCoy, Honeyford, Rolfes, Sheldon and Liias

Concerning domestic violence and traumatic brain injury.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 5574 By Senators Salomon, Bailey, Wellman, Walsh, Takko, Hobbs, Short, Warnick, Mullet, Keiser, Brown and Becker

Concerning K-12 computer science education data.

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

SB 5575 By Senator Salomon; by request of Attorney General

Creating a program for the consolidation of traffic-based financial obligations to facilitate reinstatement of driving privileges that are suspended because of failure to pay.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5576 By Senators Wilson, C., Nguyen, Palumbo and Warnick

Improving climate science education.

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

SB 5577 By Senators Rolfes, Frockt, Liias and McCoy; by request of Office of the Governor

Concerning the protection of southern resident orca whales from vessels.

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

SB 5578 By Senators Van De Wege, Liias, Carlyle, Frockt, Billig, Conway, Hunt, Pedersen, Palumbo and McCoy; by request of Office of the Governor

Reducing threats to southern resident killer whales by improving the safety of oil transportation.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5579 By Senators Billig, Carlyle, Pedersen, Palumbo, Hasegawa, Keiser, Rolfes, Saldaña, Van De Wege, Frockt, Conway, Hunt and Liias

Concerning the volatility of crude oil received in the state by rail.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5580 By Senators Rolfes, Palumbo and Frockt; by request of Office of the Governor

Implementing recommendations of the southern resident killer whale task force related to increasing habitat and forage fish abundance.

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

SB 5581 By Senators Rolfes, Braun and Carlyle; by request of Department of Revenue

Improving the effectiveness and adequacy of state tax laws by clarifying and simplifying nexus provisions, by decreasing compliance and administrative burdens for taxpayers and the department of revenue, by facilitating the collection of new tax revenue resulting from the United States supreme court's decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., by providing more consistent tax obligations for both domestic and foreign sellers, and by simplifying the expiration of sales tax sourcing mitigation payments to local governments on September 30, 2019.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5582 By Senator Saldaña

Increasing funding for affordable housing.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5583 By Senators Wilson, C., Van De Wege, Holy, Walsh, Darneille, Zeiger, Saldaña, Cleveland, Nguyen and Hawkins

Increasing access to fruits and vegetables for individuals with limited incomes.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 5584 By Senators Mullet, Takko, Wilson, L. and Hobbs; by request of Board of Pilotage Commissioners

Concerning joint self-insurance programs for property and liability risks.

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

SB 5585 By Senator Takko

Concerning cooperation between conservation districts.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5586 By Senators Darneille, Rivers, Hasegawa, Fortunato, Hunt, Wilson, C., Takko, Rolfes, Schoesler, Warnick, Honeyford, Walsh, Wilson, L., Zeiger, Sheldon, McCoy and Liias

Requiring traumatic brain injury screenings for children entering the foster care system.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 5587 By Senators Salomon, Takko, Short, Brown, Honeyford and Van De Wege

Authorizing product certification agencies to certify building products and methods of construction, design, and systems as an alternate code compliance for modern technical methods, devices, and improvements.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5588 By Senators Hawkins, Palumbo, Ericksen, Van De Wege, Fortunato, Short, Billig, Hobbs, Braun, Takko, Warnick, Sheldon, Wagoner, Hunt, Das, Zeiger, Wellman, King, Nguyen, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Bailey, Rivers, Holy, Wilson, L., Padden and Walsh

Authorizing the production, distribution, and sale of renewable hydrogen.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5589 By Senators Schoesler, Mullet, Becker, Brown, Hobbs, King, Bailey, Fortunato, O'Ban, Rivers, Padden, Wagoner, Wilson, L., Honeyford, Warnick, Short, Ericksen, Holy, Hawkins and Walsh

Prohibiting local taxes based on employee wages, employee hours, or the number of employment positions.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5590 By Senators Schoesler, Mullet, Becker, Short, Fortunato, O'Ban, Walsh, Hobbs, Warnick, Bailey, Honeyford and Hawkins

Establishing school district depreciation subfunds for the purposes of preventative maintenance.

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

SB 5591 By Senator Schoesler

Exempting previously registered vehicles from the stolen vehicle check fee.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5592 By Senator Schoesler

Easing ambulance restrictions in rural areas.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5593 By Senators Liias, Wilson, C. and Das

Addressing equity in access to dual credit opportunities.

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

SB 5594 By Senators Liias, Warnick, Wilson, C. and Wellman

Supporting media literacy and digital citizenship.

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

SB 5595 By Senator Mullet

Exempting certain charitable or nonprofit organizations from obtaining a gambling license.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5596 By Senators Holy and Billig

Extending the expiration date on the health sciences and services authority sales and use tax authorization.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5597 By Senators Rolfes, Saldaña and McCoy

Creating a work group on aerial pesticide applications in forestlands.

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

SB 5598 By Senators Rolfes, Nguyen and Carlyle

Concerning student internet data privacy.

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

SB 5599 By Senator Hasegawa

Expanding business opportunities for marijuana businesses operated by a municipal corporation, commission, or authority.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5600 By Senators Kuderer, Das, Nguyen, Frockt, Cleveland, Darneille, Saldaña, Hasegawa, Wilson, C., Conway, Randall, Wellman, Keiser, Hunt, Pedersen and Liias

Concerning residential tenant protections.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 5601 By Senators Rolfes, Short, Keiser, Liias, Kuderer, Walsh, Hobbs, King, Warnick and Honeyford

Concerning health care benefit management.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5602 By Senators Randall, Wilson, C., Nguyen, Das, Saldaña, Cleveland, Takko, Kuderer, Hasegawa, Rolfes, Van De Wege, Keiser, Hunt, Wellman, Billig, Dhingra, Conway, Pedersen, Frockt, Salomon, Palumbo, Darneille, McCoy, Liias, Mullet and Carlyle

Eliminating barriers to reproductive health care for all.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5603 By Senators Randall, Wilson, C., Rolfes, O'Ban, Conway, Cleveland, Das, Zeiger and Hobbs

Concerning enrollment and course registration access for children of military families.

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

SB 5604 By Senators Pedersen, Padden, Conway, Kuderer, Keiser, Salomon, Bailey and Dhingra; by request of Uniform Law Commission

Concerning the uniform guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements act.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5605 By Senators Nguyen, Keiser, Hunt, Salomon, Hasegawa, Saldaña, Das and Randall

Concerning misdemeanor marijuana offense convictions.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5606 By Senators Wellman, Das, Kuderer, Nguyen, Darneille, Hunt, Keiser, Carlyle, Takko and Saldaña

Addressing language access in public schools.

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

SB 5607 By Senators Wellman, Das, Kuderer, Nguyen, Randall, Hunt, Carlyle, Darneille, Cleveland, Keiser, Takko, Saldaña, Liias and Van De Wege

Concerning dual language learning in early learning and K-12 education.

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

SB 5608 By Senators Ericksen, Fortunato, Wilson, L., Bailey, Becker, Brown, Zeiger, Short, Honeyford, Padden and Rivers

Lowering the ceiling of the business and occupation manufacturing tax rate to 0.2904 percent.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5609 By Senators Ericksen, Padden, Fortunato, Short, Brown and Becker

Establishing a responsible state spending limit to protect essential programs and taxpayers from unsustainable state budgets.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5610 By Senators Ericksen, Fortunato, Becker, Short, Brown and Schoesler

Reducing the state sales and use tax rate.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.