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 25, 2019 - Friday 12TH DAY
SB 5611 By Senators Rivers, Warnick, Wilson, L., Padden and Zeiger

Creating a special license plate to support the maintenance and improvements of Washington state parks.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5612 By Senators Rivers, Salomon, Frockt, Wilson, C., Carlyle, Billig, Wellman, Zeiger and Warnick

Concerning Holocaust education.

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

SB 5613 By Senators Rivers, Schoesler, Becker, Brown, Short, Warnick, Wilson, L. and Fortunato

Concerning the authority of counties to vacate a county road that abuts on a body of water if the county road is hazardous or creates a significant risk to public safety.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5614 By Senators Rivers, Wagoner, Warnick, Becker, Short, Hawkins and Fortunato

Harming police animals.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5615 By Senator Rivers

Designating Sasquatch the official cryptid or crypto-animal of Washington.

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

SB 5616 By Senators Rivers, Cleveland and Keiser

Manicuring for diabetics.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5617 By Senators Salomon, Braun, Van De Wege, Rolfes, Wilson, L., Rivers, Fortunato, Palumbo, Keiser, Das, Frockt, Randall, Warnick, Hunt, Honeyford, Brown, Cleveland, Saldaña, Nguyen, Darneille, Conway, Pedersen, Wilson, C. and Liias

Banning the use of nontribal gill nets.

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

SB 5618 By Senator Wagoner

Concerning public works bid limits.

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

SB 5619 By Senators Wagoner, Bailey, Holy, Zeiger, Honeyford and Walsh

Creating a business and occupation tax credit for new businesses.

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

SB 5620 By Senator Wagoner

Establishing a pilot project to test elk fencing.

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

SB 5621 By Senators Warnick, Padden, Holy, Wagoner and Wilson, L.

Increasing the jurisdictional amount for small claims courts.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5622 By Senators Randall, Pedersen, Walsh and Liias

Revising the authority of commissioners of courts of limited jurisdiction.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5623 By Senators Van De Wege, Das, Hunt, Salomon, Keiser, Saldaña and Conway

Strengthening the rights of workers through collective bargaining by addressing authorizations and revocations, certifications, and the authority to deduct and accept union dues and fees.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5624 By Senator Fortunato

Exempting permanently from the sales tax purchases of clothing and prepared food.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5625 By Senator Fortunato

Allowing medicare supplemental insurance premiums to be deducted from the calculation of disposable income for the purpose of qualifying for senior property tax programs.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5626 By Senators Takko, Warnick, Hobbs, Honeyford and Van De Wege

Ensuring the safe and productive cultivation of shellfish.

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

SB 5627 By Senators Brown and Keiser

Establishing the healthy energy workers board.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5628 By Senators Cleveland, Brown, Hobbs and Walsh

Concerning the classification of heavy equipment rental property as inventory.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5629 By Senators Brown, Becker, Ericksen and Warnick

Promoting small modular reactors in Washington.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5630 By Senators Brown, Wilson, L., Holy, Becker and Warnick

Concerning the composition of the growth management hearings board.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5631 By Senators Brown, Becker, Fortunato, Schoesler and Warnick

Concerning transparency in state and local taxation.

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

SB 5632 By Senators Brown, Becker, Fortunato and Warnick

Creating a tax court for the state of Washington.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5633 By Senators Brown and Walsh

Supporting and expanding behavioral health workforce pathway programs.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5634 By Senator Brown

Concerning the state building code council.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5635 By Senators Brown, Bailey, Rivers, Walsh, Becker, King and Warnick

Expanding opportunities for students to pursue mental and behavioral health professions.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 5636 By Senators Brown, Becker and Warnick

Concerning fiscal notes.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5637 By Senators Brown, Becker, Rivers, Bailey, Warnick, Fortunato and Honeyford

Providing tax relief to entities that deliver behavioral health and mental health services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5638 By Senators Brown, Rivers, Becker and Short

Recognizing the validity of distributed ledger technology.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5639 By Senator Brown

Concerning the growth management hearings board.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 5640 By Senators Holy, Pedersen, Wellman, Billig, Padden, Becker, Warnick, Short, Hasegawa, Walsh and Bailey

Concerning youth courts.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 5641 By Senators Holy and Pedersen; by request of Uniform Law Commission

Adopting the 2018 uniform law commission amendments to the uniform law on notarial acts.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5642 By Senators Cleveland, Kuderer and Warnick

Performing intramuscular needling.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5643 By Senators King, Palumbo, Honeyford, Keiser, Walsh and Saldaña

Modifying theater license provisions.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 5644 By Senators Darneille, Nguyen, Pedersen, Hunt, Das, Keiser, Cleveland and Van De Wege

Concerning the hosting of the homeless by religious organizations.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 5645 By Senators Darneille and Van De Wege

Concerning child-placing agencies.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 5646 By Senator Kuderer

Encouraging investments in affordable and supportive housing.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 5647 By Senators Randall, Keiser, Van De Wege, McCoy, Nguyen, Conway, Hunt, Takko and Honeyford

Requiring health insurance payment parity for advanced registered nurse practitioners.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5648 By Senators Keiser, King, Conway, Takko, Nguyen, Hunt, Cleveland, McCoy and Van De Wege

Concerning hospital privileges for advanced registered nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5649 By Senators Dhingra and Pedersen

Adjusting the statute of limitations for sexual assault.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5650 By Senators Warnick, Walsh, Bailey, Becker, Short, Fortunato, Rivers, Padden, Ericksen, Honeyford, Wagoner, Wilson, L. and Holy

Requiring that cursive writing be taught in common schools.

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

SB 5651 By Senators King, Saldaña, Walsh and Darneille

Establishing a kinship care legal aid coordinator.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 5652 By Senators Fortunato, Rivers, Becker, Hawkins, Brown, Hobbs, Warnick, Honeyford, Wilson, L., Short and Palumbo

Clarifying personal belonging disposal for impounded vehicles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5653 By Senators Fortunato, Hasegawa, Takko, Brown, Becker, Padden, Wilson, L., Schoesler, Short, Holy, Warnick, Sheldon, Honeyford, Saldaña, Hobbs and Palumbo

Establishing permissible methods of parking a motorcycle.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5654 By Senators Mullet and Wilson, L.

Concerning rewards cards.

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

SB 5655 By Senators Hunt, Van De Wege, Das, Keiser, Palumbo, Saldaña, Mullet and Walsh

Providing for accountability and transparency in government contracting.

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

SB 5656 By Senator Frockt

Concerning public works contracting procedures.

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

SB 5657 By Senators Becker, Brown, Short, Bailey, Warnick, Wilson, L., Fortunato, Holy, Wagoner, Zeiger, McCoy and Honeyford

Requiring publicly owned wastewater treatment plants that directly discharge to Puget Sound to control pollution from opioids.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5658 By Senators Hunt, Nguyen, Hasegawa and Saldaña

Eliminating tax preferences for bullion.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5659 By Senators Keiser, Nguyen, Hasegawa and Saldaña

Imposing a business and occupation tax surcharge on pharmaceutical advertising revenues for substance abuse and mental health services.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5660 By Senator McCoy

Concerning the duties of mental health professionals.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5661 By Senators Conway and Bailey; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy and LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board

Clarifying the written consent requirement for survivorship benefit options.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 5662 By Senators Palumbo, Carlyle, Rolfes, Mullet, Nguyen, Hobbs and Liias

Concerning cloud computing solutions.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 5663 By Senator Cleveland

Compounding drugs.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 5664 By Senator Cleveland

Implementing an identicard program to provide individuals a Washington state issued identicard.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 5665 By Senator Wilson, C.

Concerning the creation of a youth development work group within the department of children, youth, and families.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SJR 8205 By Senators Brown, Becker, Fortunato, Schoesler and Warnick

Authorizing a tax court.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.