Washington State Senate

Introduction and First Reading of
Bills, Memorials, Joint Resolutions and Concurrent Resolutions
2005 Regular Session of the 59th Legislature
BRAD OWEN, President of the Senate ROSA FRANKLIN, President Pro Tem
THOMAS HOEMANN, Secretary of the Senate PAULL SHIN, Vice President Pro Tem

MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2005 15TH DAY
 
  SB 5378 By Senators Pridemore, Swecker, Jacobsen, Kastama, Thibaudeau, Haugen, Regala, Benson, Fraser, Delvin, Oke, Spanel, Rockefeller and Kline

Allowing counties to increase funding for properties acquired through conservation futures.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5379 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette and Franklin; by request of Liquor Control Board

Revising provisions relating to contract liquor stores.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5380 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Franklin and Kline; by request of Liquor Control Board

Revising provisions relating to disbursement of liquor revolving fund moneys for the purpose of funding alcohol education programs.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5381 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Parlette, McAuliffe, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Brown, Rasmussen, Schoesler, Shin, Haugen, Schmidt, Keiser and Kline; by request of Governor Gregoire

Authorizing an independent, nonprofit Washington academy of sciences.

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

  SB 5382 By Senators Jacobsen and Oke

Concerning the harassment of big game animals by dogs.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5383 By Senators Jacobsen, Oke, Shin and Kohl-Welles

Concerning hunting safety for children.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5384 By Senators Fairley, Esser, Keiser, Benson and Jacobsen

Changing requirements for public building or construction contracts.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5385 By Senators Jacobsen, Oke, Fraser, Swecker and Kline

Creating the Washington invasive species council.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5386 By Senators Fraser, Rockefeller, Regala, Pridemore, Kohl-Welles, Keiser and Kline

Recognizing interests based on federal laws in the management of state waters.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 5387 By Senators Regala, Fraser, Rockefeller, Franklin, Pridemore, Keiser and Kline

Requiring water conservancy board commissioners to disclose certain financial information.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 5388 By Senators Fraser, Regala, Franklin and Pridemore

Concerning integrated pest management.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 5389 By Senator Kohl-Welles; by request of Parks and Recreation Commission

Requiring the parks and recreation commission to have a record check performed on certain job applicants.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5390 By Senators Keiser, Parlette, Franklin, Kastama, Johnson, Shin, Kohl-Welles and Kline

Concerning improving the quality of care in state-purchased health care programs.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5391 By Senators Keiser, Franklin, Brandland, Kastama, Johnson, Kohl-Welles and Kline

Offering a tricare supplemental insurance policy to certain public employees.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5392 By Senators Keiser, Parlette, Kastama, Roach, Pflug and Kline

Improving the quality of health care through the use of clinical information technologies.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5393 By Senators Kastama, Shin, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Kohl-Welles, Pridemore and Kline

Providing relief for indigent veterans and their families.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5394 By Senator Prentice

Using pictograms in transportation signs.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5395 By Senators Kastama, Haugen, Roach, Rockefeller, Schmidt, Kohl-Welles, Spanel, Pridemore, Kline and McAuliffe

Requiring voting devices to produce paper records.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5396 By Senators Fraser, Esser, Jacobsen, Oke, Regala, Swecker, Rockefeller, Spanel, Pridemore, Thibaudeau, Haugen and Kline

Expanding the criteria for habitat conservation programs.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5397 By Senators Rockefeller, Swecker, Poulsen, Oke, Kohl-Welles, Schmidt, Brown, Esser, Weinstein, Pridemore, Prentice, Keiser, Kline, Fairley, Regala, Fraser, Jacobsen, Shin and Spanel

Changing vehicle emission standards provisions.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 5398 By Senators Thibaudeau, Rasmussen, Zarelli, Oke, Kohl-Welles and Kline

Providing tax exemptions for comprehensive cancer centers.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5399 By Senators Roach, Swecker, Schoesler, Carrell, Mulliken and Benton

Enhancing voter registration verification.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5400 By Senators Roach, Swecker, Carrell, Mulliken, Rockefeller, Pflug and Benton

Requiring voters to show photo identification and proof of voter registration.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5401 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Benson, Thibaudeau, Kline, Poulsen and Jacobsen

Concerning registration fees for weighing and measuring devices.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5402 By Senators Oke, Rockefeller, Poulsen and Haugen

Exempting ferry fuel used by Washington state ferries from excise taxes.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5403 By Senators Delvin, Parlette, Swecker, Stevens, Honeyford, Benson and Mulliken

Limiting the disclosure of birth certificates.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5404 By Senators Kline, Oke, Fairley, Swecker, Pridemore, Esser and Delvin

Paying for certain actions and proceedings for damages brought against law enforcement officers.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5405 By Senators Jacobsen, Swecker, Doumit, Hargrove, Spanel and Morton

Establishing the future of Washington forests review council.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5406 By Senators Franklin, Parlette and Keiser

Modifying medicare supplemental insurance policy provisions to conform to federal law.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5407 By Senators Delvin, Hargrove, Regala, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Keiser, Kline and McAuliffe

Establishing an interagency plan for children of incarcerated parents.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5408 By Senators Jacobsen and Kline

Requiring mailed political advertising to be filed with the secretary of state to be archived.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5409 By Senators Benton and Roach

Excluding the value of rebates from sales and use taxation.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5410 By Senators Benton, Swecker, Roach and Kline

Limiting homeowners' associations' restrictions on political yard signs.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5411 By Senators Pridemore, Kohl-Welles, Benton, Schmidt, McAuliffe, Zarelli, Rasmussen, Thibaudeau, Doumit, Shin, Regala, Keiser, Prentice, Fairley, Jacobsen and Pflug

Authorizing branch campuses to offer lower-division courses.

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

  SB 5412 By Senators Prentice, Fairley, Fraser, Pridemore, Shin, Weinstein and Haugen

Modifying the impact of statewide initiatives on local tax authority.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5413 By Senators Rasmussen, McCaslin, Weinstein, Esser, Swecker, Shin, Haugen, Sheldon, Hargrove, Rockefeller and Regala

Revising mandatory mediation requirements for actions involving health care providers.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5414 By Senators Haugen and Swecker

Continuing funding of airport maintenance.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5415 By Senators Fairley and Kline

Making loans under chapter 31.45 RCW to military borrowers.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 5416 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Prentice, Rockefeller, Fairley, Regala and Kline

Modifying the review of tax preferences.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5417 By Senators Weinstein, Esser, Jacobsen, Rasmussen, Kastama, Rockefeller, Shin, Carrell, Regala, Kohl-Welles, Pridemore, Franklin, Keiser, Kline, Sheldon and McAuliffe

Restricting access to motor vehicles for persons arrested for alcohol offenses (John's Law).

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5418 By Senators Berkey, Benton, Fairley, Shin, Kastama, Carrell, McAuliffe, Benson, Prentice, Delvin, Kohl-Welles, Keiser and Kline

Allowing consumers to place a security freeze on a credit report.

Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.

  SB 5419 By Senators Fraser, Rasmussen, Regala, Pridemore, Rockefeller and Kline

Changing water permit processing provisions.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SJM 8002 By Senators Roach, Benson, Delvin, Stevens, Mulliken, Pflug and Benton

Requesting Congress to repeal the federal excise tax on communications.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SJM 8003 By Senators Roach, Delvin, Schoesler, Stevens, Mulliken and Benton

Requesting that the United States Senate move quickly to confirm all nominations to the United States Supreme Court.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SJM 8004 By Senators Benton, Carrell, Benson, Delvin, Schoesler, Stevens and Mulliken

Requesting Congress to permanently repeal the death tax.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SJM 8005 By Senators Benton, Roach, Stevens, Mulliken and Oke

Asking Congress to end abuse of tort laws against the firearms industry.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SJM 8006 By Senators Benton, Swecker, Delvin and Stevens

Petitioning Congress to pass defense appropriations.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SJM 8007 By Senators Benton, Swecker and Stevens

Petitioning for reauthorization of the Hobbs Act.

Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.

  SJM 8008 By Senators Benton, Swecker, Delvin, Benson, Stevens and Mulliken

Petitioning Congress to reform the Social Security system.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SJR 8206 By Senators Hargrove, Stevens, Regala, Kline, Esser, Zarelli, Carrell, Finkbeiner, Johnson, Delvin, Fairley, Swecker, Sheldon, McAuliffe, Franklin, Prentice, Shin, Spanel, Kohl-Welles, Brown, Roach and Mulliken

Revising limitations on use of inmate labor.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SCR 8404 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Brown, Finkbeiner, Kastama and Jacobsen

Resolving to create a commission on the evaluation of the legislature.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.