Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2020 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 15, 2020 - Wednesday 3RD DAY
SB 6287 By Senators Pedersen, Holy, Dhingra, Rivers, Kuderer, Salomon and Conway

Concerning guardianships and conservatorships.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6288 By Senators Dhingra, Pedersen, Frockt, Carlyle, Wilson, C., Kuderer and Das

Creating the Washington office of firearm violence prevention.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6289 By Senators Dhingra, Kuderer, Lovelett, Darneille, Carlyle, Wilson, C. and Das

Concerning the restoration of the right to possess a firearm.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6290 By Senators Short and Mullet

Concerning contributions to and eligibility for school employee benefit plans.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6291 By Senators Van De Wege, Rolfes and Walsh

Requiring coverage for hearing instruments for children and adolescents.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6292 By Senators Salomon, Nguyen, Wilson, C., Van De Wege, Rolfes, Lovelett and Carlyle

Concerning water rights sales.

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

SB 6293 By Senators Salomon, Kuderer, Lovelett, Wilson, C., Mullet, Randall, Keiser, Wellman and Das

Concerning civil liability for materially aiding domestic terrorism.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6294 By Senators Salomon, Kuderer, Pedersen, Wellman, Wilson, C. and Carlyle

Concerning concealed pistol license training requirements.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6295 By Senators Salomon, Pedersen, Carlyle, Kuderer, Wilson, C. and Randall

Concerning false reporting of a crime or emergency.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6296 By Senators Padden, Pedersen, Holy, Wellman, Wagoner and Wilson, C.

Concerning health care benefits for public school employees.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6297 By Senators Padden, Wellman, Wagoner, Wilson, C. and Hawkins

Recognizing the experience of existing early learning providers to meet educational requirements.

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

SB 6298 By Senators Padden, O'Ban and Wagoner

Concerning the department of corrections.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 6299 By Senators Nguyen and Liias

Creating a business and occupation tax deduction for certain amounts received by zoological facilities.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6300 By Senators Rivers, Pedersen, Zeiger and Kuderer

Concerning animal welfare.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6301 By Senators Van De Wege, Warnick, Salomon, Lovelett, Carlyle, Walsh, Hobbs and Rolfes

Concerning public interest considerations in the transfer or change of surface water rights.

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

SB 6302 By Senators Rolfes, Saldaña, Randall, Takko and Das

Prohibiting local governments from limiting the number of unrelated persons occupying a home.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 6303 By Senators Liias, Cleveland, Randall, Pedersen and Wilson, C.

Concerning testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6304 By Senators Liias, King, Darneille, Saldaña and Das

Assisting homeless individuals in obtaining Washington state identicards.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6305 By Senators Liias and Braun

Concerning library districts.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 6306 By Senators Liias, Van De Wege, Warnick, Rolfes, Short, Nguyen and Das

Creating the Washington soil health initiative.

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

SB 6307 By Senators Liias, Kuderer, Dhingra, Saldaña, Pedersen and Frockt

Communicating mass violence threats.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6308 By Senators Zeiger, O'Ban and Padden

Conducting a study of data systems used by the department of corrections and county jails.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 6309 By Senators Lovelett, Wagoner, Nguyen, Walsh, Das, Salomon and Randall

Expanding access to nutritious food.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 6310 By Senators Keiser, Conway, Wellman, Saldaña and Stanford

Concerning a report of employers with employees receiving certain public assistance programs.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 6311 By Senators Zeiger, O'Ban, Dhingra and Wagoner

Concerning persons with substance use disorders.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6312 By Senators Zeiger and O'Ban

Making the nonprofit and library fund-raising exemption permanent.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6313 By Senators Liias, Kuderer, Hunt, Randall, Mullet, Keiser, Billig, Saldaña, Darneille, Hasegawa, Takko, Rolfes, McCoy, Stanford and Das

Increasing opportunities for young voters.

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

SB 6314 By Senators Holy, King, O'Ban and Liias

Protecting taxpayers from home foreclosure.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6315 By Senators Holy, Padden, Short and Schoesler

Concerning enforcement of the policies of the department of ecology.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 6316 By Senators Holy, Pedersen and Padden

Prohibiting the consideration of the number of citations for traffic infractions issued by a law enforcement officer in the performance review of the officer.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6317 By Senators Holy, Takko, Short and Padden

Concerning the taxation of concrete pumping services.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6318 By Senator Liias; by request of Office of the Governor

Extending the electric marine battery incentive.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6319 By Senators Takko, Short and Dhingra

Concerning administration of the senior property tax exemption program.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6320 By Senators O'Ban, Zeiger and Honeyford

Concerning the ability of a minor to operate a lemonade business on an occasional basis.

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

SB 6321 By Senators O'Ban and Zeiger

Addressing the compliance of certain national transportation safety board recommendations.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6322 By Senators O'Ban, Padden and Wagoner

Addressing the department of corrections early release and inmate medical care errors.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 6323 By Senator Van De Wege

Concerning the board of engineers and land surveyors' appointment of its director and agreement with the department of licensing.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6324 By Senators Takko and Carlyle

Concerning special purpose district financial reporting.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 6325 By Senator Takko

Creating a new on-premises endorsement for domestic wineries, domestic breweries, and microbreweries.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6326 By Senator Warnick

Concerning municipal conflicts of interest.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 6327 By Senator Warnick

Issuing temporary permits in lieu of certificates of competency to electricians from other states.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6328 By Senators Warnick, Hawkins, Kuderer, Zeiger and Fortunato

Creating a local infrastructure investment program to support the development of affordable housing, workforce housing, and revitalization efforts.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 6329 By Senator Warnick

Concerning the misbranding of meat and poultry products.

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

SB 6330 By Senators Keiser, Rivers, Becker, Randall, Short and Conway

Regulating health carriers offering dental only coverage.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6331 By Senators Mullet and Wilson, L.

Concerning captive insurers.

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

SB 6332 By Senators Salomon, Nguyen, Carlyle and Holy

Concerning the potency of marijuana products.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6333 By Senators Salomon, Carlyle, Kuderer and Nguyen

Reducing youth access to products intended for consumption only by adults age twenty-one and over.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6334 By Senators Salomon, Nguyen and Das

Concerning urban housing supply.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 6335 By Senators Salomon, Wilson, C., Nguyen and Das

Addressing climate change through growth management.

Referred to Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SB 6336 By Senator Hunt; by request of Office of Financial Management

Allowing the use of parental leave after a pregnancy disability is resolved.

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

SB 6337 By Senator Hunt

Concerning early retirement reduction factors for certain members of the teachers retirement system and the public safety employees retirement system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6338 By Senators Wagoner, Hobbs and Randall

Concerning veterans' scoring criteria status in examinations.

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

SB 6339 By Senators Hunt, Holy, Wellman and Wilson, L.

Creating a computer science grant program for school districts.

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

SB 6340 By Senators Conway and King

Preserving the ability of auto dealers to offer consumers products not supplied by an auto manufacturer.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6341 By Senators Stanford and King

Requiring the liquor and cannabis board to provide written interpretations of liquor statutes and rules.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6342 By Senator Dhingra

Concerning chemical contaminants in drinking water.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 6343 By Senator Nguyen; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Concerning the abatement of child support for incarcerated obligors.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6344 By Senator Lovelett

Concerning school district enrichment levies.

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

SB 6345 By Senators Honeyford and Warnick

Establishing the water infrastructure program.

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

SB 6346 By Senators Takko, McCoy and Saldaña

Establishing tribal representation on the emergency management council.

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

SB 6347 By Senators Wagoner, Lovelett, Hobbs, Holy and Muzzall

Extending the expiration date for a concealed pistol license.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6348 By Senators Keiser, Conway, Schoesler, Padden and King; by request of Employment Security Department

Granting relief of unemployment benefit charges when discharge is required by law and removing outdated statutory language.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6349 By Senators Keiser, King and Conway; by request of Employment Security Department

Concerning paid family and medical leave.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6350 By Senator Fortunato

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

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6351 By Senators Nguyen, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Lovelett and Wilson, C.; by request of Office of the Governor

Concerning working connections child care eligibility.

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

SB 6352 By Senator Warnick

Eliminating expedited processing of alternative energy resource facilities before the energy facility site evaluation council.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 6353 By Senators Holy, Hunt, Padden and Salomon

Concerning fiscal notes for supreme court decisions.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6354 By Senators King, Cleveland, Keiser and Honeyford

Providing enhanced payment to low volume, small rural hospitals.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6355 By Senators Van De Wege, Short, Takko, King, Mullet, Salomon, Zeiger, Conway, Sheldon, Liias, Warnick and Honeyford

Recognizing the contributions of the state's forest products sector as part of the state's global climate response.

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

SB 6356 By Senators Padden, Kuderer, Holy, Dhingra and Wilson, L.

Requiring training on human trafficking.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.

SB 6357 By Senators Conway and King

Increasing the dollar limit of pull-tabs.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6358 By Senators Randall and Short

Requiring medicaid managed care organizations to provide reimbursement of health care services provided by substitute providers.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6359 By Senators Short and Randall

Creating regulation exemptions for rural health clinics providing services in a designated home health shortage area.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6360 By Senator Van De Wege

Eliminating exemptions from restrictions on the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in firefighting foam.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 6361 By Senators Kuderer and Hunt; by request of Public Disclosure Commission

Concerning the administration of election campaign activities and reporting statements of financial affairs.

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

SB 6362 By Senator Randall; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Concerning services for children with multiple handicaps.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 6363 By Senators Takko and Warnick

Concerning tracked and wheeled all-terrain vehicles.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

SB 6364 By Senator Zeiger

Incentivizing smaller, more affordable single-family home development through impact fee schedule modifications.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 6365 By Senators Warnick and Van De Wege

Concerning payments in lieu of real property taxes by the department of fish and wildlife.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6366 By Senators Mullet, Rivers, Kuderer, Zeiger and Saldaña

Exempting a sale or transfer of real property for affordable housing to a nonprofit entity, housing authority, or public corporation from the real estate excise tax.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 6367 By Senators Conway, Hasegawa and Liias

Changing the definition of public employee for public employees' collective bargaining.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6368 By Senators Nguyen, Lovelett, Darneille, Stanford and Das

Concerning sick leave for K-12 employees.

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

SB 6369 By Senators Nguyen, Darneille, Stanford and Das

Concerning individuals serving community custody terms.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 6370 By Senators Nguyen, Padden, Dhingra, Darneille, Stanford and Das

Concerning individuals under the department of corrections' jurisdiction.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 6371 By Senators Hunt, Warnick, Saldaña, Liias, Brown, Wilson, L., Das and Van De Wege

Expanding school library information and technology programs.

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

SB 6372 By Senators King, Braun and Schoesler

Concerning structured settlements.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6373 By Senators King, Braun and Schoesler

Allowing self-insurers to accept certain industrial insurance claims.

Referred to Committee on LABOR & COMMERCE.

SB 6374 By Senators Holy, Mullet, Padden and Wilson, L.

Concerning apprenticeship materials for dual credit scholarship programs.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6375 By Senators Nguyen, Darneille, Takko, Hunt, Wilson, C., Das, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Randall, Keiser and Van De Wege

Concerning private detention facilities.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 6376 By Senators Frockt, Mullet, Rolfes and Honeyford

Concerning state debt capacity forecasting.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6377 By Senators Zeiger, Becker, Holy, Schoesler, Ericksen, Warnick, Fortunato, Walsh, O'Ban and Rivers

Concerning employment opportunity training programs in restaurants.

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

SB 6378 By Senator Kuderer

Concerning residential tenant protections.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 6379 By Senator Kuderer

Providing protections to residential tenants.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 6380 By Senator Ericksen

Examining the costs and benefits of making changes to the Hiram M. Chittenden locks, Skagit river hydroelectric project, and Ravenna creek.

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY.

SB 6381 By Senator Ericksen

Reducing the property tax.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6382 By Senator Ericksen

Concerning state-inspected commercial custom meat facilities.

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

SB 6383 By Senators Conway and Schoesler; by request of Select Committee on Pension Policy

Concerning the retirement strategy funds in the plan 3 and the deferred compensation programs.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

SB 6384 By Senators Becker, Cleveland, O'Ban and Frockt

Establishing a statewide tracking system for difficult to discharge patients.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG TERM CARE.

SB 6385 By Senators Zeiger, Kuderer, O'Ban and Nguyen

Providing for jobs training for homeless individuals.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES, REENTRY & REHABILITATION.

SB 6386 By Senators Zeiger and Kuderer

Reducing impact fees for low-income housing.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 6387 By Senator Zeiger

Accelerating housing infrastructure investments by adjusting impact fee timelines.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SB 6388 By Senator Zeiger

Concerning impact fees for multifamily and single-family housing.

Referred to Committee on HOUSING STABILITY & AFFORDABILITY.

SJM 8017 By Senators Hasegawa and Hunt

Addressing compacts of free association.

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

SJR 8215 By Senators Padden, Holy and Brown

Amending the state Constitution so that justices of the supreme court are elected by qualified electors of a supreme court judicial district.

Referred to Committee on LAW & JUSTICE.