SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 6549

As Reported By Senate Committee On:

Highways & Transportation, February 3, 2004

Title: An act relating to display of the United States flag.

Brief Description: Requiring state ferries to fly the American flag.

Sponsors: Senators Hargrove, Horn, Franklin, Keiser, Shin, B. Sheldon, Eide, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, Rasmussen, Thibaudeau, Regala, Poulsen, Prentice, Berkey, McAuliffe, Doumit, Kastama, Haugen and Johnson.

Brief History:

Committee Activity: Highways & Transportation: 1/29/04, 2/3/04 [DP].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION

Majority Report: Do pass.

      Signed by Senators Horn, Chair; Benton, Vice Chair; Swecker, Vice Chair; Esser, Haugen, Jacobsen, Mulliken, Murray, Oke and Spanel.

Staff: Tami Neilson (786-7452)

Summary of Bill: State law requires schools, court rooms, and state buildings to install, display, and maintain the American and state flags.

The Department of Transportation's Washington State Ferry System flies the American and state flags on its vessels.

Summary of Bill: The Department of Transportation must install, display, and maintain the American and state flags on its ferries.

Appropriation: None.

Fiscal Note: Not requested.

Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For: None.

Testimony Against: None.

Testified: No one.