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 31, 2005 22ND DAY
 
  SB 5600 By Senators Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Benton, Keiser, Kastama, Spanel, Fairley and Brown

Encouraging employers to be infant-friendly.

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

  SB 5601 By Senator Eide

Modifying property taxation for fire protection services.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5602 By Senators Rasmussen and Schoesler; by request of Department of Agriculture

Managing livestock nutrients.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SB 5603 By Senators Hargrove and McAuliffe

Requiring an education and higher education finance study.

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

  SB 5604 By Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Roach and Benton

Providing a tax credit for syrup sales.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5605 By Senators Thibaudeau, Pflug, Keiser, Deccio, Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Shin and McAuliffe

Regulating naturopathic physicians.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5606 By Senators Pridemore, Schmidt, McAuliffe and Kohl-Welles; by request of Governor Gregoire

Concerning the activation of the national guard.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5607 By Senators Deccio and Keiser; by request of Insurance Commissioner

Regulating health care grievance and appeal processes.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5608 By Senators Shin, Schmidt, Rockefeller, Mulliken, Carrell and Roach

Limiting the authority to condemn property outside the boundaries of the condemning entity.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5609 By Senators Shin, Mulliken, Keiser, Carrell, Kohl-Welles and Benson

Increasing the operating fee waiver authority for Central Washington University.

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

  SB 5610 By Senator Jacobsen

Promoting salmon recovery on a regionwide basis.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5611 By Senators Esser, Kline, Regala, Hewitt, Fairley, McCaslin, Zarelli, Weinstein, Stevens, Johnson, Brandland, Hargrove and Franklin

Changing the interest rate on legal financial obligations.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5612 By Senators Berkey, Schmidt, Keiser, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Oke, Pridemore, Fairley, Kline, Shin and McAuliffe

Expanding programs eligible for housing assistance grants and loans.

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

  SB 5613 By Senators Berkey, Schmidt, Keiser, Roach, Kohl-Welles, Fairley, Pridemore, Oke and McAuliffe

Authorizing community colleges to deduct certain payments from tuition waivers.

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

  SB 5614 By Senators Keiser, Parlette, Rasmussen, Hargrove, Honeyford, Mulliken, Berkey, Oke and Kohl-Welles

Requiring annual audits of the state industrial insurance fund.

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

  SB 5615 By Senators Franklin, Delvin, Kohl-Welles, Parlette, Roach, Brown, Schmidt, Berkey, McAuliffe and Oke; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board

Receiving a disability allowance under the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system, plan 2.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5616 By Senators Parlette, Kohl-Welles, Delvin, Doumit, Brown, Schmidt, Berkey, McAuliffe and Schoesler; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board

Permitting members of the law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system plan 2 to make a one-time purchase of additional service credit.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5617 By Senators Parlette, Kohl-Welles, Delvin, Doumit, Franklin, Schmidt, McAuliffe and Schoesler; by request of LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board

Suspending a retirement allowance upon reemployment.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5618 By Senators Kline, Pridemore, Kastama, Poulsen, Rockefeller, Fairley and Kohl-Welles

Clarifying the process for designation of forest lands of long-term commercial significance.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5619 By Senators Kline, Pridemore, Kastama, Poulsen, Rockefeller, Fairley, Fraser and Kohl-Welles

Requiring consideration of water quality during growth management planning.

Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.

  SB 5620 By Senators Kline, Mulliken, Pridemore, Kastama, Poulsen, Rockefeller, Fairley and Kohl-Welles

Providing for priority consideration of voluntary buffers in open space plans and public benefit rating systems.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5621 By Senators McAuliffe, Weinstein, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles and Rasmussen

Requiring the superintendent of public instruction to adopt standards for voluntary certification of preschools.

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

  SB 5622 By Senators Doumit, Johnson, Kastama, Keiser, McAuliffe, Finkbeiner, Prentice, Delvin, Roach, Berkey, Pflug, Hewitt, Zarelli, Schmidt, Kline, Rockefeller, Benton and Kohl-Welles

Conforming Washington's tax structure to the streamlined sales and use tax agreement.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5623 By Senators Haugen and Esser

Clarifying that sales and use tax does not apply to certain regional transit authority service agreements.

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  SB 5624 By Senators Kastama, McAuliffe, Hargrove, Weinstein, Spanel and Delvin

Authorizing local government funding of ambulance and emergency services.

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.

  SB 5625 By Senators Kohl-Welles, Schoesler, Hewitt, Poulsen, McAuliffe and Delvin

Regarding gender equity reporting.

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

  SB 5626 By Senators Doumit, Hewitt, Prentice, Roach, Zarelli, Rasmussen and Regala

Modifying the business and occupation tax of wholesale sales of motor vehicle and special fuels.

Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.

  SB 5627 By Senators Kline, Johnson and Delvin; by request of Integrated Justice Information Board

Addressing the failure to respond to citations and notices of infractions.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5628 By Senators Keiser and Parlette

Revising insurance coverage of pharmacy services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5629 By Senator Jacobsen

Creating the office of student assistance to handle student financial aid programs.

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

  SB 5630 By Senator Jacobsen

Providing funding for parks and recreational facilities.

Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.

  SB 5631 By Senators Regala, Hargrove, Stevens, Brandland, Kline, McAuliffe, Franklin, Prentice, Esser, Delvin and Kohl-Welles

Changing provisions relating to inmate work programs.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5632 By Senators Schoesler, Hewitt, Mulliken, Parlette, Rasmussen, Roach, Jacobsen, Haugen and Honeyford

Describing educational visits to small agricultural employers.

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

  SB 5633 By Senators Carrell, Rasmussen, Rockefeller, Shin, Stevens, Hargrove, Mulliken and McAuliffe

Revising provisions relating to retention of information concerning unfounded allegations of child abuse or neglect.

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.

  SB 5634 By Senators Schoesler, Sheldon, Carrell, Stevens, Schmidt, Shin, Mulliken, Morton, Benson, Delvin, Pflug, Esser, Roach, Johnson and Benton

Requiring that educational credits used to increase teachers' salaries are earned at verified accredited educational institutions.

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

  SB 5635 By Senators Schoesler, Mulliken, Esser, Hargrove, Hewitt, Carrell, Stevens, Benson, Schmidt, Honeyford, McCaslin, Sheldon and Benton

Clarifying the process for restoration of the right to possess firearms.

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY.

  SB 5636 By Senators Keiser, Benson, Franklin, Parlette, Kline, Thibaudeau and Kastama

Revising provision for imposition of sanctions on health professionals.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5637 By Senators Keiser, Thibaudeau, Franklin, Kline, Prentice, McAuliffe and Kohl-Welles

Creating the "Health Care Responsibility Act" to expand access to health insurance coverage.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.

  SB 5638 By Senators McAuliffe, Rasmussen and Poulsen

Changing student assessment provisions.

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

  SJM 8010 By Senators Rasmussen, Schoesler, Sheldon, Franklin, Roach, Spanel, Deccio, McAuliffe, Shin, Haugen, Prentice, Fairley, Rockefeller, Mulliken and Morton

Petitioning the United States Department of Agriculture to delay plans to reopen the border to Canadian cattle and beef products.

Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

  SJM 8011 By Senators McAuliffe, Weinstein, Kline, Franklin, Spanel, Rasmussen, Keiser, Schmidt, Rockefeller, Pridemore, Jacobsen, Prentice, Fairley, Brown, Doumit, Poulsen, Thibaudeau, Regala, Eide, Shin and Berkey

Petitioning the President and Congress to fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

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

FIRST READING OF HOUSE BILLS

  SHB 1154 By House Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Representatives Schual-Berke, Campbell, Kirby, Jarrett, Green, Kessler, Simpson, Clibborn, Hasegawa, Appleton, Moeller, Kagi, Ormsby, Chase, McCoy, Kilmer, Williams, O'Brien, P. Sullivan, Tom, Morrell, Fromhold, Dunshee, Lantz, McIntire, Sells, Murray, Kenney, Haigh, Darneille, McDermott, Dickerson, Santos and Linville)

Requiring that insurance coverage for mental health services be at parity with medical and surgical services.

Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.