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, FEBRUARY 7, 2005		29TH DAY

	SB 5768	By Senators Kastama, Roach, Rockefeller, Esser, Prentice, Weinstein, Kline, Delvin and Rasmussen Regarding alternative public works contracting procedures. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5769	By Senators Fraser, Franklin and Rasmussen Modifying requirements for voter-approved regular property tax levies. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5770	By Senator Berkey Concerning forfeited property. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
	SB 5771	By Senators Thibaudeau, Keiser and Kohl-Welles Requiring coverage for neurodevelopmental therapies. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 5772	By Senators Kastama, McCaslin, Berkey, Esser, Benton and Kline Creating the growth management infrastructure account. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5773	By Senators Fraser, Fairley, Kohl-Welles, Rockefeller, Kline and Pridemore Protecting homeowners who hire contractors to remodel or build their homes. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5774	By Senators Poulsen and Parlette Modifying employee wage and benefit provisions. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5775	By Senator Mulliken Providing funds for the maintenance and preservation of small city and town streets. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 5776	By Senators Rasmussen, Deccio, Jacobsen, Mulliken, Shin, Zarelli, Hewitt, Morton and Honeyford Extending the date when counties which have authorized facilities for agriculture promotion must allow a credit for city lodging taxes. Referred to Committee on AGRICULTURE & RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5777	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Pridemore, Shin, Franklin, Kastama, Regala, Kline, Poulsen, Thibaudeau, Keiser, Eide, Prentice and Berkey Prohibiting the offshoring of work under state contracts. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5778	By Senators Pridemore, Zarelli and Prentice Taxing the sale of food from vending machines in the same manner as other sales of food. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5779	By Senators Prentice, Rasmussen, Doumit and Kohl-Welles Modifying the business and occupation taxation of slaughtering, breaking, and/or processing perishable meat products. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5780	By Senators Prentice, Zarelli, Fairley and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Social and Health Services Making technical improvements to the medicaid nursing home rate setting process. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5781	By Senators Fraser, Benton, Pflug, Regala, Zarelli, Rasmussen, Keiser, Kline, Haugen, Roach, Prentice, Jacobsen and Kohl-Welles Authorizing retired local government employees to receive benefits from the public employees' benefits board. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5782	By Senators Shin, Prentice, Franklin, Kline, Kohl-Welles and Berkey; by request of Governor Gregoire Modifying provisions of the linked deposit program. Referred to Committee on INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5783	By Senators Sheldon, Delvin, Zarelli, Mulliken, Hewitt, Hargrove, Carrell and Benton Restricting motorcycle helmet requirements only to persons under twenty-one. Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
	SB 5784	By Senators Fraser, Kastama, Haugen, Schmidt, Pridemore, Roach, Jacobsen, Kohl-Welles, Kline and McAuliffe Allowing eligible employees to receive remuneration for sick leave at time of separation or dismissal. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5785	By Senators Fairley, Kline, Keiser, Franklin, Prentice, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles and McAuliffe; by request of Insurance Commissioner Stabilizing the cost of medical malpractice insurance. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
	SB 5786	By Senators Weinstein, Pridemore, Prentice, Franklin, Keiser, Kline and McAuliffe Authorizing voter approved regular property tax levies for school purposes. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 5787	By Senators Swecker, Kastama, Jacobsen, Oke and Sheldon Streamlining the permit process for certain aquaculture projects. Referred to Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION.
	SB 5788	By Senators Doumit, Kastama, Mulliken, Haugen, Morton, Poulsen, Pridemore and Berkey Improving recycling. Referred to Committee on WATER, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT.
	SB 5789	By Senators Prentice and Parlette Expanding the role of self-insurers in the workers' compensation system. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5790	By Senators Doumit, Schoesler and Pridemore Modifying motor vehicle taxation. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5791	By Senators Honeyford, Benton, Deccio, Mulliken, Benson and McCaslin Modifying economic development powers of counties and port districts. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5792	By Senators Honeyford, Johnson, Benton, Esser, Deccio, Benson, McCaslin and Mulliken Restricting postretirement employment for members of the public employees' retirement system plan 1 and the teachers' retirement system plan 1. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5793	By Senators Honeyford, Hewitt, Haugen and Mulliken Authorizing industrial insurance final settlement agreements. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5794	By Senators Prentice, Swecker, Regala, Franklin, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe and Rasmussen; by request of Department of Revenue Authorizing the governor to enter into a cigarette tax agreement with the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. Referred to Committee on WAYS & MEANS.
	SB 5795	By Senators Carrell, Sheldon, McCaslin, Mulliken, Hargrove, Benson, Berkey, Schoesler, Kastama, Honeyford, Esser, Schmidt and Oke Regarding expenditures for works of art. Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS.
	SB 5796	By Senator Fairley Regulating refund anticipation loans. Referred to Committee on FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HOUSING & CONSUMER PROTECTION.
	SB 5797	By Senators Benton, Stevens, Schoesler, Rasmussen, Johnson and Sheldon Requiring school employee recommendations to include information of sexual misconduct, if any. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 5798	By Senators Parlette, Shin, Jacobsen, Haugen, Finkbeiner, Kohl-Welles, Mulliken and Rasmussen Using television advertising to promote tourism in Washington. Referred to Committee on INTERNATIONAL TRADE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5799	By Senators Keiser, Benson, Poulsen, Zarelli, Schmidt, Esser, Franklin, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Kohl-Welles, Kline and Rasmussen Regarding payment of providers for medically needy consumers. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 5800	By Senators Regala, Roach, Franklin, Benson, Haugen, Zarelli, Keiser, Esser, Poulsen, Pridemore, Schmidt, Benton, Rockefeller, McAuliffe and Rasmussen Exempting home care workers' personal information from public disclosure. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 5801	By Senators Poulsen, Schmidt, Benton, Benson, Zarelli, Keiser, Esser, Pridemore, Thibaudeau and Kohl-Welles Requiring a vendor rate study of home care agencies. Referred to Committee on HEALTH & LONG-TERM CARE.
	SB 5802	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Delvin, Shin, Spanel, Carrell, Fairley, Keiser, Roach, Jacobsen, Poulsen, Kline, Pridemore, McAuliffe, Weinstein, Eide, Berkey, Rasmussen and Rockefeller Requiring pay equity for community and technical college part-time faculty. Referred to Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT.
	SB 5803	By Senators McAuliffe, Weinstein, Berkey, Shin, Kohl-Welles, Franklin, Schmidt, Thibaudeau, Eide, Kline, Keiser, Regala, Jacobsen and Rasmussen Promoting internet safety. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 5804	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Pridemore, Rockefeller, Shin, Schmidt, Berkey, McAuliffe and Rasmussen Changing enrollment forecasts and budgeting for institutions of higher education. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 5805	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Hargrove, Brown, McAuliffe, Rasmussen and Jacobsen Regulating preschools and kindergartens. Referred to Committee on EARLY LEARNING, K-12 & HIGHER EDUCATION.
	SB 5806	By Senators Kohl-Welles, Hargrove, Rasmussen and Jacobsen Requiring child care agencies to provide additional information to parents. Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS.